Corporate and Business Transactions

For a list of attorneys, please see below.

You work hard every day to make sure your business is profitable and thriving. That work alone demands your full attention. Our attorneys work their hardest to efficiently address your legal needs in a timely manner so you can get back to doing what you love (or have) to do.  We advise and work with solo entrepreneur businesses, corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), limited liability partnerships (LLPs), limited partnerships (LPs) and general partnerships (GPs), whether they are in the start-up phase or fully mature, in all of the following ways (and more):

Start up phases

• Strategic planning
• Entity formation and fictitious business name (FBN) filings
• Licensing and permitting advice and filing
• Employment and compensation considerations
• Initial identification of regulatory compliance issues
• Transactions and operational considerations
• Insurance, financing and other major contracts
• Initial customer and vendor contracts (forms)
• Business conflict resolution
• Lawsuit prevention strategies
• Working with your tax advisor on financial or tax considerations

Businesses already in operation

• Strategy, preparing and memorializing entity governance matters
• Board coaching regarding “best practices” and procedures and crisis management
• Preparation and filing of annual entity compliance documents
• Regulatory compliance advice for operations
• Ongoing contract negotiations with clients and vendors
• Insurance and risk management considerations
• Review, analysis, compliance and preparation of responses to shareholders regarding Subscription Agreements, Shareholder Rights Agreements, Voting Agreements/Trust or similar for LLCs, LLPs, LPs and GPs
• Employment consultation, litigation avoidance planning and litigation

Financing, Transactions and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

• Loans and secured financings (Bank, Investor, Shareholder)
• Corporate finance and equity structures
• UCC lien and real estate deed of trust filings
• Strategize, negotiate and draft NDAs, letters of intent, memoranda of understanding, sales and acquisitions agreements, funding rounds, joint venture agreements 
• Organize or conduct due diligence reviews and data rooms
• Risk analysis