BUSINESS LAW
Starting or operating a business can be extremely rewarding but also comes with significant legal responsibilities, expense, and potential liabilities. Our attorneys can assist you with strategic planning and how to structure your business and contracts so that you can have less legal issues in the long term, and save money for the future. Having experienced lawyers on your side, who understand your business needs, can make a world of difference to the long-term success of your business. We would be pleased to serve as general counsel to your business or to assist you on a case-by-case basis as the need arises.
We regularly assist businesses, including large and small corporations, partnerships, sole proprietors and non profit organizations, in a broad range of transactions and counseling, including:
- Incorporations - including how to best structure your business to meet your organizational needs
- Employment Agreements and Manuals
- Contract formation and negotiation
- Licensing Agreements
- Trademark registration
- Corporate governance issues
Examples of some of our recent work include:
- We assisted a newly established food production business in New York City with strategic long-term planning, equipment and real estate lease agreements, and trademark issues.
- We assisted a large non-profit organization in its employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, and real estate leases.
- We counseled a start up IT consulting company on tax, incorpration, contract formation and potential liability issues
- We are assisting an organization to establish nonprofit status under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)
- We counseled a small business who wanted to acquire and merge with another related business
- We defended a small business owner in a trademark infringement action