Corporate and Commercial Law

I work with a variety of companies to manage their corporate governance and other day-to-day commercial relationships and will take the time to understand your unique goals and needs.  Using cost-effective measures and creative billing gives you practical targeted advice to help you run your business, not manage your lawyer.

Buying and Selling Businesses

Whether you are looking to purchase some assets or to take over an entire company through a stock acquisition, we have the experience to assist you through the process.  We have represented clients from Fortune 500 companies to small family operations in a variety of transactions, and we can help you by taking the time to understand your business and to help explain the process in plain English.  From negotiating the structure and term sheet, through diligence, document markup, and closing, you can trust that we will protect your interests while facilitating cooperation to get the deal done.

Business Contracts

As a business owner, you enter into contracts with a variety of vendors, suppliers, employees, contractors, lenders, and others.  Do not assume that because you are handed a contract from a "sophisticated" company that you can trust them to sign it.  We can help explain your rights and obligations under the agreements and look out for your interests without becoming a roadblock to the process.  We have negotiated non-compete agreement and non-disclosure agreements, franchise agreements, services agreements, transitional agreements, lending and finance agreements, leasing, and many other contracts that are vital to your operation and can enable you to make clear decisions with informed knowledge.

Corporate Governance

Corporations, LLCs, and other business entities are required by state statute to maintain certain formalities in the way their operate.  Annual meetings, corporate votes, board composition and structure, stockholder issues, disclosures, and other requirements may be necessary legal obligations.  You can rely on this firm to act as your in-house counsel and sort through the process.  Particularly if you have not taken a look at your records for a while, we can get you back on track with a corporate cleanup and get you focused back on running your business.

Business Formation and Startup

Sorting through the various entities can be confusing.  Knowing the difference between a C corporation, an S corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, or other entity can help limit your liability, but will have various effects on how your run the company and how it is taxed. No two businesses are alike, and not all entities are right for each business.  By taking the time to understand your unique goals and needs, we can help you sort through the choices to find what works best for you.