Practice Area

Our Expertise in Business Transactions Gives You the Advantage.

We handle all aspects of business transactions across a variety of industries – including those that are highly regulated, nuanced, and evolving. We advise public and private companies, start-ups, boards of directors and management teams, providing legal advice and practical direction to ensure long term growth and success. We also provide risk mitigation, compliance direction, and crisis resolution strategies. Our holistic approach allows us to add significant value to our clients, while establishing long-term, trusted relationships.

Our services and areas of expertise include:

Business Formation [+]

We understand the needs of each business are as unique as the individuals who own and operate them. Factors like industry requirements, market specificity, capital needs, and operational challenges all impact the structure and growth of your company. Our multi-dimensional team advises clients on every aspect, from entity selection to formation, governance, and operations. Whether a new or expanding business, we tailor our legal and operational advice to allow for the establishment of a strong corporate foundation which meets the distinctive needs of each client and their business.

Corporate Governance [+]

We assist and advise clients on every facet of corporate governance, including the development, preparation and implementation of comprehensive operating documents, shareholder and partnership agreements, buy-sell agreements, policies and procedures, risk management strategies and best practices. Additionally, management boards and executive committees rely on us for comprehensive advice on everything from execution of corporate directives to resolving day-to-day operational needs.

Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances [+]

While we provide a breadth of legal and business services, we go one step further to provide our clients with the best chance for long-term success and viability. By utilizing our depth of knowledge, experience, and trusted relationships across the US, and internationally, we assist our clients in identifying, vetting, and forming strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers, and other non-traditional opportunities. With this innovative approach, we’re able to help our clients navigate every industry, operational and market challenge, allowing our clients to pivot quickly, avoid bad actors and mitigate risk.

Commercial Agreements [+]

A vital part of doing business in any industry is conducting commercial transactions under market conditions that are always changing. We assist our clients on a wide variety of commercial transactions at every stage of their business journey. And we bring extensive experience transacting international deals, which allows us to help clients navigate real-world challenges by negotiating transactions that mitigate risk, achieve their goals, and account for adjustments and changes. In addition, our expertise in highly regulated industries gives us the ability to address our clients’ complex challenges by deploying innovative and often non-traditional solutions. We also handle all manner of commercial contracts including management and consulting agreements, supply chain agreements, equipment and finance leases, license agreements, collaboration, and partnership agreements.