Commercial Disputes

First and foremost, commercial litigation should serve the client’s business objectives. Commercial litigation is expensive and Gudmundseth Mickelson ensures that a client’s litigation spend makes business sense.  We act for companies, partnerships, professional firms, financial institutions, investors, shareholders, directors, officers, and high-net-worth individuals in disputes where legal strategy must be aligned with commercial reality.

Our work includes contract disputes, shareholder and partnership conflicts, oppression claims, fiduciary duty claims, fraud and asset recovery matters, business torts, professional services disputes, injunctions, settlement enforcement disputes, and claims involving the misuse of corporate assets or breach of corporate obligations. We begin by understanding the client’s business, the risk, the leverage, and the point at which litigation will either create value or consume it.

We are well known for focused, outcome-driven litigation. We do not overwork files. We identify the issues that will affect risk, settlement value, or result, then apply effort where it will make a difference.

Our commercial litigation experience includes high-profile corporate governance and fiduciary duty disputes, including obtaining interlocutory injunctions, for example prohibiting a major shareholder and former CEO from competing with the company. We have successfully brought and defended closely held corporation oppression claims, acted in disputes involving the enforcement of settlement agreements with financial institutions, and resolved matters efficiently where early tactical action avoided unnecessary litigation steps.

Whether the matter requires urgent court intervention, negotiation, arbitration, trial, or appeal, we bring judgment experience, preparation, and persuasive advocacy to business disputes.