Practice Areas

We are effective counselors and assistants to the entrepreneur, manager or investor. Our expertise adds value to any business, large or small.

PRACTICE GROUP DESCRIPTION

The Business Entities, Transactions and Financing group is ready to assist you to accomplish your business goals. We are effective counselors and assistants to the entrepreneur, manager or investor. We can assist in all business transactions – initial formation through funding, business contract documentation, ownership succession and business acquisition and disposition. Our expertise adds value to any business, large or small.

ENTITY FORMATION, TRANSFORMATION AND GOVERNANCE

From the day you first open for business to the day your business is listed on a major stock exchange, operating as an entity is essential to protect your personal assets. We can help you structure corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, and can help you understand the related corporate tax and estate planning issues. We can help you anticipate and resolve issues with your partners, employees and customers and plan for those issues in bylaws, shareholder agreements, operating agreements, employment contracts and marketing, distribution and service agreements.

CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION

Whether it’s a license, joint venture, distributorship, sale of goods or other complex transaction, you know the business terms you want. We can achieve those terms in your negotiations, identify the likely “what if” scenarios for your consideration, document the agreed upon terms to avoid future disputes and help you avoid the contractual minefields and traps proposed by the other side.

FINANCING

The advice of expert legal counsel is essential in structuring and procuring financing for businesses. We can advise both borrowers and lenders in public and private debt transactions, as well as equity and venture capital transactions. We also assist underwriters, developers, lenders, operators and service recipients in a wide variety of project finance transactions.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Buying, selling or merging a company is a complex task that merits a team of experts to work on your behalf. Let us use our broad experience to help you realize your goals through the structuring of asset sales or purchases, stock sales or purchases, recapitalizations, mergers and spin-offs.

SECURITIES

Securities issues are complex and can be a significant hurdle to a business person. We can guide you through the layers of state and federal regulations that apply to the offering of securities. We represent issuers in public and private securities offerings and financing involving common stock, preferred stock, limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests, bonds and debentures. We can also help you prepare proxy materials and periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and comply with other securities law issues.