Business Transactions

We advise clients on a variety of business transactions ranging from entity selection and formation to dissolution, including the formation of hundreds of entities as C-corporations, S-corporations, non-profit corporations, limited liability companies, general partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships. We represent business entities in mergers and acquisitions as both buyer and seller. In this practice, we have substantial experience negotiating and drafting asset and stock sales agreements, and agreements ancillary to mergers and acquisitions, such as employment and management agreements, covenants not to compete, and stock option agreements.

Our firm regularly advises businesses on all aspects of general commercial law and has negotiated a wide variety of contracts involving distribution arrangements, property licensing, and other matters. We have broad experience representing outside members of corporate boards of directors on issues of corporate governance and the exercise of fiduciary responsibilities. We also advise corporations and their boards on a variety of business litigation-related topics, including indemnification of officers and directors and coverage issues under director and officer insurance policies. We have created corporate compliance programs for both public and private companies and routinely advise companies on the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.