Business Litigation Lawyers Near Malibu

Are you searching for established Business Litigation Lawyers? Our firm represents individuals and corporations in Malibu and throughout the state of California.

Business Litigation in Malibu: Who We Defend

Malibu’s commercial economy is small but high-revenue and concentrated along the coast — hospitality and restaurants along PCH and at Cross Creek (Nobu Malibu, Soho House Malibu, beach clubs), high-end retail at Malibu Country Mart and Cross Creek, vacation-rental and property-management firms handling a dense ultra-high-end residential market, real-estate brokerages, Pepperdine University and its surrounding service businesses, surf and beach retail, wellness studios, equestrian businesses, and a deep base of construction and high-end residential trades. Business disputes in Malibu tend to be high-stakes and discrete — brokerage commission and dual-agency claims, vacation-rental management contract fights, restaurant partnership splits, lease disputes at Cross Creek and Country Mart, construction-contract claims at high-end residential projects, and household-employer commercial disputes. Our Malibu business litigation attorneys defend these matters, in arbitration and in the Los Angeles County courts.

Common Commercial Disputes Faced by Malibu Businesses

Malibu’s hospitality, retail, brokerage, vacation-rental, university-vendor, and household-employer base tends to encounter a recurring set of commercial disputes:

• Partnership and shareholder disputes at restaurants, hospitality operators, brokerages, and professional practices
• Breach of contract claims — high-end construction, vendor, vacation-rental management, brokerage-commission, and service agreements
• Real estate transaction disputes in Malibu’s ultra-high-value residential market, including brokerage and dual-agency claims
• Commercial lease disputes — rent abatement, holdover, build-out, and CAM-charge fights at Cross Creek and Malibu Country Mart
• Construction trade and subcontractor payment disputes at high-end residential projects
• Insurance coverage disputes, including high-limit business interruption, property, and liability claims
• Business torts — fraud, intentional interference with contract, defamation, and unfair competition
• Trade-secret misappropriation, NDA enforcement, and non-solicitation claims at brokerages and professional employers
• Confidentiality and reputation-protection work for high-profile employers and household employers
• Buy-sell, dissolution, and winding-up disputes between business co-owners

For a Malibu restaurant, brokerage, property manager, construction firm, or boutique retail operator, any one of these can become a seven-figure exposure quickly — and confidentiality is often as important as the legal outcome.

Why You Need a Business Litigation Attorney in Malibu

Commercial disputes move fast, and the cost of an avoidable misstep can be the entire dispute. Here is what a Malibu business litigation attorney does:

• Resolves the dispute on the best available terms — most commercial claims should be settled or arbitrated rather than tried.
• Protects your operating business and your reputation — litigation should not stop the business from running, and Malibu employers often need confidentiality handled alongside the legal work.
• Defends contract claims — construction, brokerage-commission, hospitality, lease, and service-agreement disputes are the most common Malibu exposure.
• Manages partnership and shareholder disputes — the cleanest path through a co-owner fight is rarely the loudest one.
• Pursues and defends business torts — fraud, interference, and unfair-competition claims need precise evidentiary work.
• Handles insurance coverage and bad-faith claims — we read the policy and force the carrier to do its job.
• Builds the record that supports a clean exit — settlement, summary judgment, or trial — whichever delivers the best result.

How Our Business Litigation Attorneys in Malibu Can Help

At Novian & Novian, we represent Malibu businesses and household employers in commercial disputes that range from brokerage-commission fights to multi-million-dollar construction and contract claims. We know California commercial law and how these cases actually play out in LA County trial courts and arbitration.

We Defend Commercial Contract Claims

Breach-of-contract claims drive most Malibu business litigation — high-end construction, vacation-rental management, brokerage-commission, and lease disputes. We read the contracts, identify the strongest defenses and counter-positions, and push for the most favorable resolution.

We Handle Partnership and Shareholder Disputes

Many Malibu restaurants, brokerages, and boutique firms are owned by two or more partners, and when a dispute starts, the firm itself becomes the casualty. We handle buy-out negotiations, derivative actions, dissolution proceedings, and the work of getting one owner out cleanly so the firm survives.

We Protect You from Business Torts and Unfair Competition

When a competitor poaches employees, takes customer lists, misuses trade secrets, or runs an interference campaign, we move quickly — preliminary injunctions, expedited discovery, and aggressive damages claims when the conduct warrants it.

We Resolve Real Estate and Lease Disputes

Real estate and brokerage disputes are recurring Malibu issues, given the ultra-high-value residential market and the dense Cross Creek/Country Mart retail leases. We handle brokerage-commission, transaction, lease, and title disputes from any side.

We Represent You in Insurance Coverage Disputes

When your insurer denies coverage, reserves rights, or low-balls a claim, we read the policy and push back. Business-interruption, property, general-liability, and bad-faith disputes are part of our regular practice, including the high-limit policies common to Malibu employers and households.

Farhad Novian

Farhad Novian has advised, counseled and represented Malibu businesses and individuals in a broad range of corporate/business transactions. Learn more about Farhad.

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