Our Business and Corporate Team consists of lawyers that provide expert advice to both private and public companies on general business, corporate, finance and securities matters. Whether your business is a small start-up or a seasoned market participant, we can advise you on the next steps to help your business grow and flourish. We provide legal counsel that not only helps you grow, but also preserves the capital that you have worked so hard to build. We will work to deliver innovative, practical and timely solutions to meet your legal needs, regardless of your stage of development.
We will apply our knowledge of your business and our experience to deliver the strategic and day-to-day advice you need. We stay abreast of current laws and law changes that could affect your business, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We will advise you on routine and extraordinary issues related to your management, employees, operations, ownership and governance.

BUSINESS FORMATION

We can handle the formation of your new business entity, whether it be a corporation, partnership, Subchapter S corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or some other form of specialized entity or structure. We can advise you regarding all aspects of organizing a new company, including issuance of stock or other equity, buy-sell arrangements, and voting or other agreement and among owners. We can further advise you with respect to management incentives and employee stock option and equity incentive plans.

CONTRACTS

We can handle the multitude of contracts with vendors, suppliers, distributors, lenders and employees that you will need to grow your business. We will negotiate contracts that maximize your flexibility and growth potential and prevent complex legal problems down the line. We will negotiate and prepare licensing, distribution and reseller agreements that allow you to bring your products to market quickly without sacrificing your potential rights and profits. We can protect your intellectual property and help you maintain your competitive advantage by preparing and negotiating non-disclosure, non-solicitation and non-competition agreements for your employees and other parties.

JOINT VENTURES AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

We can identify potential partners and strategic allies that can contribute to your business and introduce them to you. We will negotiate and implement joint ventures, strategic alliances and other collaborative partnering ventures.

BANK FINANCE PRACTICE

Our bank finance lawyers represent lenders and borrowers in all aspects of financing transactions. We assist in the negotiation, documentation and closing of revolving, term, asset-based and highly leveraged loan arrangements, secured as well as unsecured. We represent financial institutions in various capacities: as direct lender/secured party in bilateral loan arrangements; as agent, member or participant in syndicated loan facilities; and as issuers of commercial and standby letters of credit. We advise corporate borrowers in connection with working capital, acquisition and divestiture, equipment and other financings. If required, we assist clients in enforcing remedies under governing loan documentation.

THE DISTINGUISHING FACTORS

Our attorneys have represented founders and companies for over thirty continuous years. We have witnessed most things that can happen to a business entity from formation to exit. We know what is to be considered and to be treated in that journey. We find practical ways to allow business owners to combine their energies and resources with compatible enterprise. We have a proven record of protecting and enhancing ownership value.