corporate law

Whether you’re a startup founder, a growing small to middle-market company, or an established enterprise, we partner with you to build resilient corporate structures, navigate complex transactions, and resolve disputes before they threaten your organization’s success.

General Corporate Counsel

We serve as your external general counsel, managing day-to-day legal needs so you can focus on your business:

  • Corporate governance and board advisory

  • Fiduciary duty analyses for directors and officers

  • Preparation and maintenance of minutes, resolutions, and corporate records

  • Legal audits to identify and remediate compliance gaps

  • Regulatory filings and state-level reporting

Entity Formation & Structuring

From inception through evolution, we guide you to select and maintain the ideal legal entity for liability protection, tax efficiency, and operational flexibility:

  • Entity selection: corporations (C-Corp, S-Corp), LLCs, partnerships

  • Drafting and negotiation of organizational documents—articles of incorporation, operating agreements, bylaws, and shareholder agreements

  • Capitalization planning, including equity-incentive structures and founder vesting schedules

  • Entity conversions, mergers, and domestic or cross-border reorganizations

Transactional & Deal Support

Our transactional team delivers end-to-end deal services, anticipating risks and optimizing outcomes:

  • Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures

  • Joint ventures, strategic alliances, and shareholder buy-ins

  • Securities offerings and private placements (Rule 506(b)/(c), Reg. D, crowdfunding)

  • Asset and stock purchase agreements, including tailored indemnity and escrow provisions

  • Due diligence coordination and deal-document negotiation

Corporate Disputes & Litigation

When conflicts arise, we act swiftly to protect your interests and preserve value:

  • Partnership and shareholder disputes, including oppression and minority-interest claims

  • Breach of fiduciary duty and derivative-action defense

  • Business-divorce buyouts and deadlock resolution

  • Contractual disputes, unfair-competition claims, and trade-secret litigation

  • Alternative dispute resolution: mediation, arbitration, and trial advocacy

Entity Management & Succession Planning

Maintaining a healthy corporate lifecycle and preparing for leadership transitions is key to long-term stability:

  • Ongoing entity management: annual meetings, filings, and corporate housekeeping

  • Corporate restructurings: spin-offs, divisive mergers, and recapitalizations

  • Succession planning for family-owned businesses and closely held enterprises

  • Stock redemption and buy-sell agreement implementation

Agreement Drafting & Employment Compliance

Well-crafted agreements and robust policies reduce litigation risk and ensure workforce alignment:

  • Independent contractor, consulting, and vendor agreements

  • Executive employment contracts, non-competition, and non-solicitation covenants

  • Confidentiality, data-protection, and intellectual-property assignment agreements

  • Employee handbooks, policy manuals, and severance-separation packages

  • Compliance programs: anti-harassment, wage-hour, and corporate ethics