Business Organization and Consulting

We handle business transactions for clients statewide and worldwide, ranging from small, locally owned companies to multinational corporations.

Business Formation and Organization

We counsel developing enterprises on the advantages and disadvantages of forming under different entities in terms of personal liability, taxation issues, and other business considerations, including:

• Limited liability companies (LLC) and operating agreements
• Limited liability partnerships (LLP), general partnerships and family limited partnerships (FLP), and drafting of the partnership agreement
• S corporation or C corporation and shareholder agreements
• Sole proprietorships

We assist the new business with state filings, drafting of standard contracts, negotiating executive and employee agreements, and other operational matters.  Our firm consults with companies in business planning, including succession planning for family-owned businesses, and exit strategies for LLCs, corporations and partnerships.

Business Transactions

We handle a wide variety of commercial transactions, from contracts for goods and services to multimillion-dollar mergers, including:

• Buying a business, including due diligence research
• Selling a business
• Corporate mergers and acquisitions
• Negotiation and review of contracts with other businesses, contractors and customers
• Commercial real estate transactions
• Negotiation of commercial leases
• Business or partnership dissolution

We also handle litigation of business disputes arising from contracts, transactions or disagreements among shareholders, owners or partners.