Minority Investor Rights in Private Companies: Governance Protections, Economic Rights, and Exit Enforcement

Kyle R. Junik | Greenberg Traurig LLP

Kyle R. Junik is a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate department in Boston, where he focuses his practice on business ownership transactions and related governance matters. He represents private equity and credit sponsors, their portfolio companies, financial and strategic buyers and sellers, minority investors, co-investors, and lenders across the full range of equity based transactions — from primary investments and secondaries to buy-outs, exits, and convertible debt.

• Education & Credentials

Kyle earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 2009, distinguishing himself academically at one of the Northeast’s leading law schools. He previously earned his Bachelor of Science with highest honors from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2001, reflecting a strong analytical and technical foundation that informs his approach to complex equity structures and deal mechanics. Kyle is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

• Recognition & Leadership

Kyle’s deal work has been recognized at the highest levels of the M&A community. Most recently, he was named a Team Member on The M&A Advisor’s “Materials Deal of the Year” for 2025 — an award that honors the most significant and complex transactions in the industry and reflects the caliber of matters Kyle handles and the standing he holds among peers in the private equity and M&A bar.

• Professional Involvement

Kyle remains actively engaged with the corporate, private equity, and credit sponsor community through his client-facing practice, regularly advising sponsors, portfolio companies, investors, and lenders across jurisdictions on the transactions and governance issues shaping the current market.

• Experience

His work spans leveraged buyouts, portfolio company sales, structured preferred equity, warrants, coin-vestments, secondary tenders, out-of-court restructurings, and debt-for-equity swaps. He also advises on corporate governance, shareholder relationships, incentive equity programs, and commercial and operational matters for a broad client base that includes financial and strategic buyers and sellers, minority investors, co-investors, and lenders.

Preston Barclay | Greenberg Traurig LLP

Preston Barclay is a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate Practice, resident in the firm’s New York and Boston offices, where he advises at the intersection of venture capital, emerging companies, and corporate M&A. Preston focuses his practice on emerging company and venture capital matters, growth and private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, business combinations — including special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transactions — commercial transactions, and general corporate governance issues.

• Education & Credentials

Preston earned his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School in 2017. He previously earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing, cum laude, from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in 2014 — an academic foundation in finance and business that informs his work on venture capital financings, M&A structuring, and deal economics.

• Recognition & Leadership

Preston has been consistently recognized by leading legal directories for his corporate and transactional work. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America’s “Ones to Watch” for 2025 and 2026, including recognition in Corporate Law (2025-2026), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026), and Venture Capital Law (2026).

• Professional Involvement

Preston is a member of the New York State Bar Association and remains actively engaged with the legal and business community through his practice, his pro bono work, and his role as a continuing legal education presenter.

• Experience

Preston’s career spans private practice, in-house counsel, and substantive corporate clinic experience, giving him a well-rounded perspective on the deals he now advises from both sides of the table. As a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate Practice, his work is concentrated on venture capital, emerging companies, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate counseling — representing start-ups, growth and later-stage venture-backed private companies, and venture, strategic, and private equity investors across the full deal lifecycle.

SESSION 1 – Governance and Control: How Minority Investors Protect Their Voice | 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Examine how board designation rights, protective provisions, information rights, and statutory inspection remedies define real minority control in private companies and learn to draft and enforce governance protections that withstand disputes with majority sponsors.

BREAK | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

SESSION 2 – Economic Protections, Exit Rights, and Practice-Ready Strategies | 2:10pm – 3:10pm

Master anti-dilution formulas, liquidation preferences, participation rights, and pay-to-play mechanics, then apply them to drag-along exits, forced buyouts, and minority oppression claims through negotiation checklists attorneys can use on every private company deal.