Top 10 Issues When Considering A Joint Venture

Leading diverse companies through the consideration and implementation of Joint Ventures in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions provides a short list of Key Issues that a client must consider.

1. JVs require client personnel to devote several months of close attention to detail and significant legal fees. Most JVs fail within 3-5 years. The JV business plan should be comprehensive and agreed upon up front as well as compelling.
2. There often are cheaper and easier alternatives to a JV.
3. Will company names, trademarks, patents or know-how be transferred to the JV? What happens to IP the JV develops? As most JVs fail and one party buys out the other, what happens to the IP? Would the JV be worth buying if the exiting partner takes back all its IP on the date it gets bought out?