abstract:In the United States, a separate legal entity or SLE refers to a type of legal entity with detached accountability. A business can be set up as an SLE to legally separate it from the individual or owner, such as a limited liability company or a corporation.
The International Board of Partners can only kick the offending firm out of the network when that separatelegalentity, part of the loose confederation of member firms that equals the global brand, does something bad.