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Selling Dealerships
  • Structuring Asset & Stock Purchase Agreements
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  • Structuring Blue Sky Agreements - Personal Goodwill and Business Goodwill
  • Structuring Consulting Fee Agreements
  • Dealership Valuations
  • Checklists and Forms


Investing in Car Dealerships
  • Business Plan Analysis
  • Negotiation Process
  • Due Diligence
  • Factory and Finance Application Process
  • Takeover Checklists and Forms


Troubled Dealerships
  • Work-outs and Reorganizations
  • Out of Trust Workouts
  • Crisis & Interim Management Services
  • Upside-Down / Out-of-Round Advice
  • Creditor Advisory Services
  • Wind Down Management
  • Consultant to Receiver in Automotive Group Receivership
  • Consultant to Debtor – Chapters 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization
  • Consultant to Debtor – Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Liquidation
  • Debtor Advisory Services

  • Operating Dealerships
    • Fraud and Embezzlement Detection and Resolution
    • Employee Theft


    Litigation Support, Mediation and Arbitration

    Checklist & Factory Notes

    ” How you run the race – your planning, preparation, practice, and performance – counts for everything. 
    Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.” John Wooden

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    CHECKLISTS