Preparation, Planning & Strategy
When it is time to hand off your business to a successor, you need to make sure the right person fills your shoes. At Windes, we know that succession planning strategy for business can make all the difference between success and failure. Like a well-run relay, the race to succession involves months of preparation, intense training, a sound strategy, and a drive to succeed. Winning the gold medal means securing your future and the future of your company, with help from Windes, a Los Angeles accounting and succession planning firm.
We specialize in business succession planning and wealth transition strategies for privately held businesses in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Orange County. Our professionals will help you develop and implement a business succession planning strategy that will promote family harmony, avoid potential power struggles and costly disruptions, and create estate and income tax savings.
Succession Planning Services
- Goal assessment
- Assistance in choosing and grooming a successor
- Identification of strategies for transforming ownership to family members, including:
- Gifting
- Selling stock
- Stock-redemption
- Selling assets
- Split-offs
- Identification of options for transferring ownership to unrelated shareholders and partners, including:
- Redemption agreements
- Cross-purchase agreements
- Buy/sell agreements
- Liquidation agreements
- Analysis of the funding of the transfer
- Analysis of employee leveraged buyouts and ESOPs
- Business valuation
- Estate planning
- Wills and trusts
Committed To Your Succession Plan
Windes has a unique commitment to providing effective business succession planning strategies for clients in the Los Angeles area. We understand privately held businesses and their unique personalities and needs. We are experienced in dealing with small business owners and large businesses with varying degrees of complexity. At Windes, we will work closely with you and your advisors to provide the required expertise and balanced communication needed to ensure the successful implementation of your business succession strategy.