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- calendar_month December 11, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
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- schedule 90 minutes
Operating Agreements and Partnership Provisions: Capital Calls, Dilution, Removal, Breaches
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Description
Economic fallout from the pandemic, the administrative trade and tariff wars, and generative AI's acceleration towards a potential "Great Job Replacement" has companies worried. Many partnerships and LLCs have taken steps to improve or protect their financial position and to continue operating by making capital calls, diluting or removing members, and taking other measures as needed to ensure viability.
Properly drafted partnership and operating agreements establish the obligations to fund business ventures, including the responsibility to contribute additional capital when needed. These governance documents also typically describe the consequences for failing to do so.
A partner's or LLC member's failure to contribute necessary capital may be regarded as a breach of obligations, and the consequences for such a breach can be significant. For instance, in the case of an LLC, a repeated failure of a member to comply with financial obligations under an operating agreement may be grounds for removal or dilution where an operating agreement provides for such penalties. However, exercising these remedies generally requires strict compliance with the operating agreement, the applicable state's LLC act, and other applicable laws, such as the common law in the state of formation.
Counsel should consider whether updates should be made to their clients' governance documents to provide flexibility to raise capital and take other actions as necessary to allow the company or partnership to address economic uncertainty. As part of these considerations, counsel should consider the scenarios that could exist in various situations, including the history between the parties, the nature of the business, and prior contributions made by each party.
Listen as our expert panel discusses potential changes to partnership and operating agreements that allow for flexibility when addressing current and future economic uncertainty.
Presented By
Mr. Gorby has tried hundreds of cases and handled thousands of matters for corporations and individuals across the United States throughout his three- decade legal career. His practice focuses on Insurance Coverage Disputes, Commercial Litigation and Liability for Owners and Managers of Property. Mr. Gorby is also a certified mediator.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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Live Online
On Demand
Date + Time
- event
Thursday, December 11, 2025
- schedule
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
Outline
I. Introduction
II. Partnership agreements
A. Capital contributions and calls
B. Breaches of a partnership agreement
C. Remedies for breach
III. Operating agreements
A. Capital contributions and calls
B. Breaches of an operating agreement
C. Remedies for breach
IV. Practical considerations and key takeaways when drafting governance documents
V. Practitioner takeaways
Benefits
The panel will address these and other relevant issues:
- How have current economic conditions affected partnerships' and LLCs' need for capital calls?
- When can a partnership or LLC remove a breaching partner or member for failing to contribute necessary capital?
- What other remedies are available to partnerships or LLCs when a partner or member breaches the partnership or operating agreement?
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