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Unvested Options and Restricted Stock in Divorce: To Divide or Not to Divide? – Property-Attribute Determination of Options as Expectant vs. Vested Rights (Part 5: Options)
Part 5 (Options) | Unvested Options and Restricted Stock in Divorce: To Divide or Not to Divide? This article addresses the cutting-edge dispute over whether unvested options and restricted stock constitute community property in divorce, and whether what is divided is the right itself or its property value. Drawing on the marital property regime under…
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Husband Holds Equity as Nominee for a Friend — Can His Wife Claim a Share at Divorce? How Courts Decide — Rules for Dividing Nominee-Held Equity in Divorce (Part 4 · Nominee Shareholding)
This article addresses the dispute over whether a spouse may claim a share of equity that one party holds as a nominee for another during the marriage, and examines the rules for dividing such equity where the nominee relationship is established versus where it is not — drawing on the entrustment contract regime of the…
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Why Startups Need a Legal Partner: Full-Cycle Protection from Equity Design to Compliance
Why Startups Need a Legal Partner: Full-Cycle Protection from Equity Design to Compliance Many entrepreneurs regard a lawyer as someone they only think of “when things go wrong”—rushing to find one only when a contract is about to be signed, when they are being sued, or when shareholders fall out. This “firefighter lawyer” model typically…
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Shareholder Exit Clauses: Without an Exit Clause, Your Investment May Never Come Back
Shareholder Exit Clauses: Without an Exit Clause, Your Investment May Never Come Back Kevin Jun Lin, Lawyer · Corporate Law Compass June 2026 The first lesson of starting a company is “how to get in,” and the last lesson is always “how to get out.” In the practice of equity investment, a regrettable reality is…
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