Entrepreneurs, Closely Held & Family Owned Business
Our team is tailored to meet the needs of closely held and family owned businesses, entrepreneurial enterprises and the entrepreneurs that manage these enterprises.
Our attorneys assist small businesses and startups from daily operational needs to long-term strategic goals. We adapt to our clients’ needs as their business grows.
Businesses at any phase and entrepreneurs face strategic challenges in moving towards their goals. That’s why many business owners and entrepreneurs find themselves overwhelmed by a lack of understanding of common legal and corporate structure/governance issues despite having an in-depth understanding of their own particular industry.
Our team can assist you in:
Entity formation and choice of entity
Business development and relationship structuring
Employee and independent contractor relationship contracts
Mergers, acquisitions and sales
Business financing, including start-up and expansion capital
LLC, LLP, S-Corporation, C-Corporation and Partnership issues
Litigation services
Compensation structures
Dispute resolution
Strategic, financial, legal and operational due diligence
Negotiating and structuring of capital infusions
Pre-funding preparation, including evaluation of existing corporate structure, shareholder agreements, management agreements, and other issues to position the company for funding
Structuring of management relationships and agreements, shareholder agreements, and entity formation considerations to enable funding
Asset purchase and sale agreements
Start-up capitalization
Private equity and debt financing
Venture capital
Asset sales
Contract drafting, negotiation and litigation
Board of directors structure and executive compensation