One of the successes that most entrepreneurs achieve is to be able to sell their business. After many years of building an empire and establishing big-numbered assets, there always come a time to take risks and put a few assets on sale. Often, such assets are transferred when a business or company is sold or closed. For that matter, it is important to have basic precautions when selling business assets and maintaining owned ones after the company sale.

The first thing most entrepreneurs should bear in mind is to make sure the business entity of the company is preferable for private assets protections. That is to say that any transfer of assets made should not be prohibited by the law and by no means construed as a negligence or any other wrongful act. Moreover, the entity in which the business is running should have low-risk threat to one's personal assets. Therefore, starting to protect assets is important, according to Chartered Surveyor.

Because of this precaution, it would be better  to make sure all of the previous transactions are clear so that it would be easier to differ some personal assets gained from the business and pure business assets that are sold. Most companies comply with this term by following a standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting. 

What people should also bear in mind is having tax awareness and a financial strategy. Lincoln Financial Group gave afew tips on protecting wealth like understanding tax implicaitons and planning a tax-efficient retirement strategy. "By understanding the implications of taxes on a financial plan, consumers are more likely to achieve positive outcomes in retirement," said Dianna Parker, the director of planning with Sagemark Consulting Private Wealth Services.  

On the other side, knowing and trying to secure one's assets from company sale with patent law is important. According to Business Report, all employers' activities that involve innovation, research and development, new products or processes, or the use of products, processes or technologies, should be protected by patent law.

Other than retirement accounts, some other efforts of protection is to put the assets in adequate insurances. Such insurances should be best applied to main assets. There are some forms of coverages, such as homeowners insurance, commercial liability insurance, umbrella coverages, long-term care insurances, and even retirement plans. Some protections that are popular today are asset protections beyond territory, such as the asset protection by making offshore trusts.

Basically, one must be aware of the business and legal impact of one's transferred assets and acknowledge the sort of assets on hand.