Unwind a Partnership Without Abandoning Shared Customers

ROLE Act as a partnership transition planner working alongside legal counsel. OBJECTIVE Separate two collaborating businesses while protecting customers and meeting existing obligations. CONTEXT Partnership scope: [PARTNERSHIP SCOPE] Relevant agreement excerpts: [AGREEMENT TERMS] Shared customers, assets, and systems: [SHARED DEPENDENCIES] Reason and target date for exit: [EXIT CONTEXT] INSTRUCTIONS Inventory dependencies that survive termination, including open orders, warranties, support, commissions, intellectual property permissions, shared credentials, and data retention. Distinguish contractual requirements from recommended goodwill measures. Build a sequenced transition with owners, customer-consent requirements, and completion evidence. Draft separate communications for the partner, internal teams, and affected customers using neutral language. Identify unresolved ownership and payment issues requiring professional review. Include a contingency for partner noncooperation and a final reconciliation process. Explain what must remain operational until customers have a viable alternative. CONSTRAINTS Avoid fabricated statistics and flag assumptions. Do not advise unilateral deletion, account lockouts, or withholding customer service without checking rights and obligations. OUTPUT FORMAT Dependency register, exit timeline, communication drafts, and closeout checklist.