NAEPC Webinar: Complimentary Webinar Co-hosted with the Society of Financial Service Professionals - Succession Planning and Selling Family and Closely Held Businesses
Presented by National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
Thursday, June 8, 2023
12:00pm - 1:00pm ET
Speaker: James S. Aussem, JD, AEP (Distinguished)
Join us for this complimentary webinar co-hosted with the Society of Financial Service Professionals. Please note the special date and time.
Program Overview:
This program addresses the questions and analysis used to motivate the client/owner’s journey through the process of transferring their enterprise. The emphasis is on a nuts-and-bolts explanation of alternative strategies which have proven effective in transitioning ownership to employees, or family members, or third-party buyers. The presentation provides a guide for speaking with clients, their families, and key employees.
Learning Objectives:
- Which issues should be addressed in determining a successful exit from a business
- Practical approaches for transferring the business to family and key employees
- How to handle management transfer
- Strategies for selling a business if the other options are not viable
- An understanding of basic valuation approaches
Featured Speaker:
James S. Aussem, JD, AEP (Distinguished) is a shareholder in the Cleveland law firm of Cavitch Familo & Durkin, Co., LPA, a former member of its board of directors and former Chair of the Business Practice Group. Jim’s practice is focused on succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, as well as estates and trusts. Jim is a frequent speaker, facilitator, and instructor for many professional organizations on topics such as business succession, buying and selling businesses, estate planning, insurance, trusts and estates. Jim is designated an Accredited Estate Planner with Distinction; AEP® Distinguished by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) which inducted him into its Hall of Fame November 17, 2022. Baldwin Wallace University in 2004 presented him with its Distinguished Alumni Award, The Cleveland Chapter of the Society of FSP named him its Financial Service Professional of the Year in 2013 and the Society of FSP for which Jim served as the national president in 2017-2018 presented him with its Kenneth Black Leadership Award for 2019. Mr. Aussem is AV® Preeminent Rated – by Martindale-Hubbell the leading rating organizations for practicing attorneys and has been elected by his peers every year since 2009 as one of the “Best Lawyers in America for Business” in both Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates.
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Thank you to the Society of Financial Service Professionals for co-hosting this webinar with NAEPC.
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The Robert G. Alexander Webinar Series
The Robert G. Alexander Webinar Series was launched in September 2013 to provide estate planners with accessible, high quality, multi-disciplinary and supplemental education. Programs typically take place on the second Wednesday of each month at 3:00 pm ET.
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2024 Fees
Registration is available for individual webinars or by purchasing a yearly series subscription, which offers access to all of the programs scheduled during 2024 for one discounted fee.
| Individual | Series | Type |
|---|---|---|
| $40 | $280 ($360 value) | Accredited Estate Planner® designee or Estate Planning Law Specialist certificant |
| $40 | $280 ($360 value) | Student (available to a student who is enrolled either full or part time in an undergraduate or graduate program, majoring in the disciplines of legal, accounting, trust, insurance/financial planning, or philanthropy) |
| $60 | $420 ($540 value) | Member of an affiliated local estate planning council or at-large member of NAEPC |
| $100 | $700 ($900 value) | Non-member |
| $250 | $1,125 ($2,250 value) | Council meeting / group gathering (one feed to be shown in a single location to a group that has gathered together) Additional feeds available for $25 per feed per webinar by contacting us after the initial registration. |
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