{"id":3879,"date":"2021-04-07T10:32:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stevenslee.com\/sesesop\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:46:03","slug":"maximizing-stakeholder-value-in-business-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevenslee.com\/sesesop\/articles\/maximizing-stakeholder-value-in-business-transitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximizing Stakeholder Value in Business Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sesesop.com\/team_member\/sean-tamba-matthew\/\">Sean-Tamba Matthew<\/a> recently had an article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sesesop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BarNews4-5-21-Matthew-article.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maximizing Stakeholder Value in Business Transitions<\/a>,\u201d published in <em>Pennsylvania Bar News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article examines \u201cstakeholder capitalism\u201d in the context of business transition. An excerpt follows, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/sesesop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BarNews4-5-21-Matthew-article.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view the article in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026 A \u2018stakeholder capitalism\u2019 approach can have the double bottom line effects of providing economic value to closely-held business owners while ensuring opportunity and benefit for stakeholders in one critical aspect: business transitions. With nearly $10 trillion in business value transitioning during the next decade and only 20-30% of businesses that go on the market selling, transitioning a closely-held business to new owners while providing liquidity to selling shareholders can be an uncertain process that often ends with value left on the table or with businesses being shuddered after an owner retires. Such results can be disastrous for a business\u2019s employees and the communities in which the companies operate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFortunately, two mechanisms in the law allow business owners to get liquidity from their businesses while providing a chance for their employee stakeholders to build wealth \u2014 establishing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) or converting to a worker cooperative. Both options offer the transfer of ownership or the benefit of ownership to a company\u2019s employees while using tax-advantaged dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sesesop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BarNews4-5-21-Matthew-article.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean-Tamba Matthew recently had an article, \u201cMaximizing Stakeholder Value in<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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