Our Business Practice Group provides a complete range of legal services to privately owned businesses and to the people who invest in and operate them. We work with business owners to create new business entities and provide ongoing counsel as the business develops and prospers. We address questions regarding the choice of entity, the rights and responsibilities of owners, business management and financial issues for success in both the short and long term. We also provide business tax planning, working with business owners to take advantage of available savings including the 20% business income deduction.
We provide counsel on key business issues including:
- Formation of corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), and partnerships
- Advising on business operations and related employment and commercial matters
- Complying with legislative, regulatory and other government-imposed requirements
- Protecting assets and managing risk
- Counseling on business expansions, changes in structure, capital and debt transactions, asset purchases and sales and succession planning
Our Business Practice Group also counsels executives in the business, not-for-profit, and governmental sectors regarding their employment and compensation. Our services to executives include the following:
- Negotiating and preparing employment and separation/severance agreements
- Providing guidance to executives in complying with their responsibilities to employers and other parties
- Structuring current and deferred compensation and equity participation arrangements
- Integrating an executive’s employment benefits with his or her financial, retirement, tax and estate planning