Transactional

OVERVIEW

Within our corporate and transactional practice, we advise clients, ranging from family or small businesses to brand new start-ups, in all stages of the business cycle. We handle business formation, financing, structuring acquisitions and lending agreements, end-stage planning and exit strategies, as well as estate planning for business owners.

Our firm can assist with selecting the optimized structure for your business, organize joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and the formation of subsidiaries. We review and negotiate contracts, leases, licensing agreements, stock and assets transactions, and draft various agreements tailored to our clients’ needs. Additionally, we handle due diligence in acquisition and sale of businesses to provide clients with a review of ways to minimize and mitigate risk from the purchase, as well as local, state and federal tax issues. We work regularly with our clients' professional advisors to optimize legal recommendations and balance our clients’ various needs and concerns.

We have represented art galleries, restaurants, consulting companies, retail establishments and technology-focused firms, as well as artists, designers, and independent retail owners.

Recent Matters

We represented several start-up companies in service industries, including food services, to negotiate their commercial lease agreements during their launch period or in renewal circumstances.

We represented start-up companies in their corporate structures and finalized their bylaws and other legal documents to provide them with an optimized operational structure during their launch and ensure compliance with the most recent changes in New York law as applicable to their given industry.

We represented a New York engineering company in negotiations related to copyright terms, and selling key technology to international business partners.

We represented a majority shareholder in several technology startups, including negotiation of critical lending and capital restructuring agreements.

We represented several French industrial conglomerates in negotiating commercial agency contracts, as well as business brokers agreements on a nationwide scope.