El Paso

221 N. Kansas, Suite 1700
El Paso, TX 79901
Phone: 915.533.4424
Fax: 915.546.5360

Austin

2905 San Gabriel St, Suite 205, 
Austin, TX 78705
Phone: 512.320.5466
Fax: 512.320.5431

Las Cruces

3800 E. Lohman Ave., Suite C
Las Cruces, NM 88011
Phone: 575.527.0023
Fax: 915.546.5360

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Corporate and Business

Kemp Smith business attorneys help clients to achieve their objectives by applying technical skills and experience with an understanding of the clients' businesses.


Business Planning and Organization

  • Formation of domestic business entities: partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, joint ventures and professional associations
  • Planning and formation of non-US business entities
  • Equity and non-equity compensation arrangements
  • Owner buy-sell agreements
  • Voting trust arrangements
  • Nondisclosure, noncompetition, and employment agreements
  • Business mergers and conversions
  • Corporate mergers, acquisitions, stock and asset transactions, sales, leveraged buyouts, and other business combinations
  • Business dissolutions

Business Transactions

  • Sales and purchases of businesses
  • Asset acquisitions
  • Stock acquisitions
  • Distribution and marketing agreements
  • Contract drafting, review and analysis
  • Franchisee and franchisor representation for financial transactions

Finance and Financial Institutions

  • Borrower and lender representation in domestic and international financing transactions
  • Bank mergers and acquisitions

New Technologies

  • Electronic commerce and e-transactions
  • Trade secret, trademark, and copyright protection
  • Sale, licensing, maintenance, and distribution agreements
  • Establishment of security interests in intellectual property and technology-based assets