Entity Formation. Attorneys in the Group assist founders and investors in selecting, forming, organizing, and capitalizing corporations, partnerships, trusts and limited-liability entities to provide favorable benefits from a tax, securities, and corporate-control perspective.
Negotiating and Drafting Corporate Control and Succession Documentation. To ensure that the ownership and control of the entity is within the desired parameters, attorneys in the Group negotiate and draft the appropriate documentation in the form of partnership agreements, limited-liability company operating agreements, buy-sell agreements, shareholder agreements, voting agreements, voting trusts and proxies.
Negotiating and Drafting Commercial Agreements. Attorneys in the Group regularly represent clients in the drafting, review, and negotiation of agreements of every sort relating to business transactions and arrangements, including franchise agreements, distributorship agreements, joint venture agreements, organizational agreements, supply agreements, purchasing agreements, equipment, loan and financing documents, consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements, employment agreements, licenses, marketing agreements, transportation agreements, consignment agreements, and inventory arrangements.