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As businesses mature, their needs grow and change. Business owners rely on our
experienced attorneys during all phases of such growth, including the purchase
of other businesses, and modifying contracts. Our attorneys keep current on
changes in the law and legislation that affect small, medium, and large sized
business owners. Through working with numerous business owners, we understand
the hard work, planning, and time that goes into maintaining a smooth and
profitable business. Our principal attorneys have a combined 60 years of experience
representing business owners. Contact our firm for more information. As is often
the case in transactional matters, time is of the essence. Because of our in-house
experience, we can take a pragmatic approach to a business objective. We know how
a business runs and we understand the difference between a business decision and a
legal decision. Because we have worked with business owners and managers for years,
we know how to study a problem from a business perspective.
Unlike lawyers without practical experience in the business world, we naturally
"think outside of the box" during the process of providing a wide variety of
transactional services, including:
- Documenting and advising clients in real estate purchase/sale contracts,
commercial leasing, zoning and municipal matters including subdivisions,
variances, special permits, and related appeals
- Buying and selling businesses and business interests, including stock
and asset purchases and sales, management and leveraged buyouts, and mergers;
management of due diligence investigations from buyer and seller perspectives
- Structuring and documenting clients' choice of business entity
- Developing alternative forms of ownership and management of the start-up
entity, including: voting and non-voting common stock, convertible preferred
stock, warrants and similar rights; and specialized LLC provisions
- Drafting and reviewing employment, stock option, employee nondisclosure,
non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements
- Drafting and reviewing stockholder agreements, including cross-purchase,
redemption, insurance-funded buyout, voting trusts
- Negotiation of contracts and agreements with vendors, suppliers, licensees,
distributors, and other related entities
- Negotiation of employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, and
joint venture agreements
- Representation of the parties to mergers, sales, acquisitions, and other
commercial transactions
- Corporate governance, management and control, and crisis management,
including in connection with family run companies and close-corporations
- Providing advice to majority and minority owners, partners, members,
employees and other business participants, and dispute resolution among
business owners
- Representation of lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions
- Representation of creditors in bankruptcy and other contexts
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