RAETZER PLLCTAKE READINESS ASSESSMENTS

COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION

NEGOTIATED BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS

Resolve a commercial dispute, contract breakdown, payment issue, or business relationship through a defined negotiation and settlement process.

Transaction view

PARTY ATERMSAGREEMENTPAYMENTTRANSITIONRELEASE

A practical legal process

Structure the next decision.

Not every business dispute should become prolonged litigation. A negotiated resolution may allow the parties to control the outcome, protect confidential information, preserve selected commercial relationships, establish enforceable payment or transition obligations, and reduce the expense and disruption of a contested proceeding. RAETZER represents businesses, owners, and executives in negotiated resolutions involving matters such as:

  • Contract performance and termination
  • Unpaid or disputed business obligations
  • Consulting, services, vendor, licensing, and partnership arrangements
  • Separation or unwinding of commercial relationships
  • Payment plans and business workouts
  • Confidentiality, intellectual property, customer, and data issues
  • Mutual releases and covenants not to sue
  • Transition services and continuing obligations
  • Settlement of threatened business claims before litigation

RAETZER represents one side to the dispute. The firm does not represent both adverse parties and does not serve as a neutral mediator through these packages.

Priority review

HAS A CLAIM, DEMAND, LAWSUIT, ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, OR RESPONSE DEADLINE ALREADY BEEN SERVED OR SCHEDULED?

Time-sensitive or pending proceedings may require Priority Review or separate litigation counsel.

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Defined scope / clear starting point

TRANSPARENT STARTING PRICES FOR DEFINED LEGAL WORK

RAETZER offers defined fixed-fee packages for qualifying negotiated-resolution matters. The packages are designed to give prospective clients an informed starting point before an attorney reviews the specific transaction.

Final package eligibility, scope, and fee are confirmed only after completion of the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, jurisdictional review, attorney consultation, and execution of a written engagement agreement.

Transaction map

  1. Business party A
  2. Negotiated terms
  3. Settlement agreement
  4. Resolution

NEGOTIATED BUSINESS RESOLUTION PACKAGES

Defined legal work for qualifying negotiated commercial settlements, contract unwinds, payment resolutions, releases, transition agreements, and pre-litigation dispute resolutions. The packages assume a non-litigation or pre-litigation process and do not guarantee a settlement, payment, resolution, or closing.

Indicative fixed-fee packages for qualifying matters. Final eligibility, scope, and fee are confirmed after the applicable readiness assessment, conflicts review, and an initial attorney consultation.

All engagements remain subject to conflicts review, attorney review, scope confirmation, and a written engagement agreement. Government fees, third-party costs, local counsel, tax advisers, accountants, filing fees, and specialty counsel are not included unless expressly stated.

Package 1

SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTATION ESSENTIALS

$7,500 FLAT LEGAL FEE

For qualifying standard-scope matters.

Best for

Best for two commercial parties that have already agreed on the material settlement terms and need the resolution converted into an enforceable written agreement.

Principal inclusions

  • Review of principal underlying contract/dispute summary
  • One settlement, termination, or resolution agreement
  • Mutual or one-way release provisions
  • Confidentiality and standard non-disparagement provisions
  • One straightforward payment schedule, if required
  • Standard execution and corporate-approval documents
View Scope and Assumptions

Assumptions: one party represented; one client/principal counterparty; material terms agreed; no direct counterparty negotiation; no pending lawsuit/arbitration/discovery/emergency deadline; no security interest/guaranty/escrow/complex enforcement; no ongoing operating/transition arrangement; one principal agreement; up to two consolidated revision rounds. If material terms are not agreed or direct negotiation is expected, Package 2 is required.

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Package 2

MOST COMMON

NEGOTIATED BUSINESS RESOLUTION

$19,500 FLAT LEGAL FEE

For qualifying standard-scope matters.

Best for

Best for a business dispute that requires legal strategy, a demand or response, direct negotiation, and a comprehensive settlement and release before a lawsuit or arbitration is filed.

Principal inclusions

  • Review principal agreements/material dispute docs
  • Resolution strategy/risk analysis
  • One formal demand, response, or settlement-position letter
  • Direct negotiation of principal business terms
  • One settlement agreement and release
  • One simple payment plan or unsecured promissory note, if required
View Scope and Assumptions

Includes one client/principal counterparty; up to 10 core contracts/communications/dispute documents; one demand/formal response; up to three substantive negotiation conferences; one settlement term sheet; one comprehensive settlement/release; confidentiality/non-disparagement/termination/transition/covenant-not-to-sue; one simple payment plan or unsecured note; standard approvals; and up to three consolidated principal-document revision rounds.

Excludes filed litigation/arbitration, court appearances, discovery, depositions, emergency relief, formal mediation, bankruptcy, secured lending documents, extensive forensic accounting, more than one counterparty, and tax/employment/benefits/environmental/specialty regulatory advice. Material stalemate or expanded parties or claims may require supplemental/custom scope.

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Package 3

COMPLEX COMMERCIAL RESOLUTION

STARTING AT$39,500

Final fee confirmed after attorney review.

Best for

Best for high-value, multi-party, multi-contract, or structurally complex business disputes requiring layered settlement, payment, transition, security, or continuing-performance arrangements.

Principal inclusions

  • Comprehensive commercial-dispute strategy
  • Multi-party or multi-contract term-sheet negotiation
  • Complex settlement and release documentation
  • Secured payment, escrow, guaranty, or standstill architecture
  • Transition, licensing, IP, customer, data, or continuing-service provisions
  • Multi-document closing and performance checklist
View Scope and Assumptions

Custom topics may include multi-party/multi-contract strategy; layered settlement terms; secured payment, escrow, guaranty, or standstill structures; transition, licensing, IP, customer, data, or continuing-service terms; and multi-document performance architecture where expressly included.

Excludes litigation/arbitration, discovery, depositions, emergency injunctions, court appearances, trial, appeal, bankruptcy, independent forensic accounting, and tax opinions.

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Next step

NOT SURE WHICH PACKAGE FITS?

Complete the applicable RAETZER readiness assessment. Your responses will help identify the likely scope, urgency, complexity, decision authority, and appropriate next step before you speak with an attorney.

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Pricing and package descriptions are provided for general informational purposes and do not constitute an offer to provide legal services. No attorney-client relationship is created through the website or an assessment submission. Representation begins only after conflicts review and execution of a written engagement agreement.

Representation boundary

IMPORTANT REPRESENTATION NOTICE

RAETZER represents one side to the dispute. The firm does not represent both adverse parties and does not serve as a neutral mediator through these packages.

Defined scope

NON-LITIGATION SCOPE

Business-separation and negotiated-resolution pricing assumes a non-litigation or pre-litigation process. Active lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, emergency matters, discovery, court appearances, trials, appeals, bankruptcy proceedings, and other contested proceedings require a separate scope or appropriate litigation counsel.

Where contested proceedings are pending or expected, RAETZER may coordinate with appropriate litigation/local counsel under a separate engagement.

Practical questions

Questions before the next conversation.

What is a business divorce?

Business divorce is a common term for a negotiated or contested separation and may involve a buyout, redemption, transfer, division, dissolution, sale, or other negotiated exit.

Does RAETZER represent both owners or both sides?

RAETZER represents one client or aligned client group. Adverse owners or counterparties should obtain separate counsel.

Is RAETZER acting as a mediator?

No. RAETZER serves as counsel and advocate for its client, not as a neutral mediator.

Do the packages include litigation or arbitration?

No, unless a separate written engagement says otherwise. Active proceedings require a separate scope or appropriate litigation counsel.

Who decides whether to accept a settlement?

The client retains final authority to decide whether to accept a settlement, separation, buyout, or other resolution.

Are the legal fees contingent on reaching a settlement?

No. Fees compensate legal services and are not contingent on a settlement, separation, buyout, or closing.

What happens if the dispute becomes more complicated?

RAETZER identifies the change and proposes a supplemental fixed fee, approved hourly scope, or specialty counsel before material out-of-scope work.

Does RAETZER provide valuation or forensic-accounting services?

No. RAETZER may coordinate with qualified valuation, accounting, tax, or financial professionals.

A considered first step

START WITH THE RIGHT ASSESSMENT

Before legal work begins, identify the transaction, urgency, complexity, decision authority, and principal readiness issues.

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