Anonymous
2018-08-09 19:51:57
2018-08-09 19:51:57
Bankrupt Customer; Principles Formed a New Company
Happy Thursday Everyone! Hope you are all doing well. Hoping to receive some guidance and speaking points on a request I recieved from my sales folks.
We completed a large portion of a project w/ Company X that later went bankrupt. We had a sales contract w/ Company X for the overall project. We received payment for the portion that was completed. Now the principles formed a new company and want us to complete the remainder of the project. However, the new company (& unfortunately, our owns sales team) is trying to pursue using the voided sales contract for the remainder of the remainder of the project to be completed. Basically, just change the name from Company X to "New Company".
I have few basics reasons why that is something we should NOT do. For example, the contract is legally void b/c Company X is no longer in existence; the terms in old contract were not favorable to us as the seller; the risks of doing business with the new company are much different than the old.
Would anyone mind sharing a few additional & impactful reasons why using the old contract isn't a good idea?
Thank you in advance. Have a good weekend.
We completed a large portion of a project w/ Company X that later went bankrupt. We had a sales contract w/ Company X for the overall project. We received payment for the portion that was completed. Now the principles formed a new company and want us to complete the remainder of the project. However, the new company (& unfortunately, our owns sales team) is trying to pursue using the voided sales contract for the remainder of the remainder of the project to be completed. Basically, just change the name from Company X to "New Company".
I have few basics reasons why that is something we should NOT do. For example, the contract is legally void b/c Company X is no longer in existence; the terms in old contract were not favorable to us as the seller; the risks of doing business with the new company are much different than the old.
Would anyone mind sharing a few additional & impactful reasons why using the old contract isn't a good idea?
Thank you in advance. Have a good weekend.