Your Employment Agreement Won’t Protect You Like You Think (Ep. 29)
Thu Feb 05 2026
Employment agreements are often treated as a formality, until a key employee leaves, client relationships walk out the door, or a succession plan starts to unravel.
In this episode of The SRG Exchange, SRG’s consulting team and General Counsel break down the real-world role of restrictive covenants in advisory firms, and why the biggest risk is often having no agreement in place at all.
The group explores the difference between non-competes, non-solicits, and no-serve provisions, why enforceability varies state by state, and how firms can create protections that are both practical and reasonable.
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Employment agreements are often treated as a formality, until a key employee leaves, client relationships walk out the door, or a succession plan starts to unravel. In this episode of The SRG Exchange, SRG’s consulting team and General Counsel break down the real-world role of restrictive covenants in advisory firms, and why the biggest risk is often having no agreement in place at all. The group explores the difference between non-competes, non-solicits, and no-serve provisions, why enforceability varies state by state, and how firms can create protections that are both practical and reasonable.