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His move makes sense if he plans to quit his wife. He knows she will get half of what he has, so before he makes a move, he tries to see if she would accept to
by shin_lao 9y ago
His move makes sense if he plans to quit his wife. He knows she will get half of what he has, so before he makes a move, he tries to see if she would accept to sign a post-nup. What's the risk?
Another explanation is that we have an incomplete/distorted explanation from the wife, and that she may have misunderstood the post-nup. If what he's working on is getting significant funding, during due-diligence the lack of pre-nup may appear as a problem.
Anyway, I'm not making any judgment on any of the parties, human relationships are such intricate machines...
- celticninja 9y agoWhy on earth would the existence or not of a pre-nup affect funding? The funds go to the business not the individual and wouldn't form part of their finances if there was a divorce. No due-diligence is going to raise the lack of a pre-nuptial agreement as a reason to withhold investment.
- charlesdm 9y agoHalf his (vested) shares would go to his wife, in the event of a divorce. As a shareholder, she would have the right to vote on certain matters. I don't think it makes sense for her to sign a standard post-nup, however, I think it does make sense to account for the fact that the husband wants to make sure he keeps control of his shares in a business he's currently building.
- shin_lao 9y agoExactly this. There are ways to do mitigate this problem without going through a post-nup though.
- dgudkov 9y ago>His move makes sense if he plans to quit his wife. Or if he suspects that his wife can quit him one day.