Business Law
Running a business effectively requires discipline, time and passion for your work. At Herzog Crebs LLP, we realize the amount of effort and pride our clients place in their businesses. We pride ourselves in our ability to develop creative and sophisticated solutions to the many legal issues that face businesses and corporations, both ordinary and extraordinary. Often, this includes litigation–avoidance counsel which can short circuit business disputes before they arise or get out of hand.
Our business lawyers have provided counsel in a multitude of matters, including:
- general corporate and business advice
- acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, and reorganizations
- financing issues
- negotiation and drafting of a broad range of business agreements
- formation and organization of business structures / LLC / LLP / S-corp. formation
- choice of business entity issues
- succession planning
- preparation of articles of incorporation, by-laws and director and shareholder minutes
- dissolution and liquidation
- drafting employment policies and procedural manuals for employers
- corporate tax planning
Our business law attorneys frequently handle matters of contract negotiation and development. These matters include drafting letters of intent, acquisition agreements involving asset and stock purchases, merger agreements, construction agreements, multi-party agreements, joint venture agreements, licensing and distribution agreements, limited partnership agreements, financing documents such as loan and security agreements, shareholder agreements, employment non-disclosure, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, securities filings, drafting closing documents and necessary legal opinions, preparing press releases and handling other public disclosure matters. We understand how important relationships are to running your business, and we are thoughtful in drafting all documents with an eye towards fostering those long-term relationships.
Our firm also has a great deal of experience handling aspects of business law related to franchises. We have experience preparing uniform franchise offering circulars, drafting franchise agreements, and providing general assistance for state registration.
