Unfortunately, corporate disputes and conflicts can arise in the process of business activity of companies of practically any organizational and legal form. Often, having started a business as friends, partners quarrel, which can lead to blocking the business and increasing losses. This is often accompanied by greenmail, when a minority shareholder (or a group of minority shareholders) demands to buy out a share from them, and not at its market value but at a much higher price. They threaten to block general meetings, contest all significant legal actions and decisions of the company in court, and disrupt transactions. In such situation, the company's management and majority participants / shareholders face a large number of problems, begin to incur significant losses, and make emotional decisions. During this period, it is important to comply with formal procedures and legal requirements, as well as try to find legal mechanisms to suppress abuse of a shareholder (or their group). Each case requires an individual approach, since even the smallest and insignificant circumstances of the relationship between the parties to the conflict can affect its outcome.

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Moreover, the earlier professional lawyers enter the dispute process, the sooner countermeasures can be taken, which will significantly reduce the risk of adverse consequences. It also has a strong psychological impact on abusers, as the involvement of serious lawyers means for them an increase in their own risks and costs in the conflict process.

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At present, the court practice on the protection of the rights of majority shareholders is being formed more clearly. The number of claims for the recovery of damages in connection with the abuse of law keeps increasing.

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