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
• Stock options and shareholder buy-sell and voting trust agreements
• Nondisclosure, noncompetition, and employment agreements
• 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
• Regulatory representation for financial institutions
• Revenue bond financing and public and private financing for governmental or public purposes

Securities

• Representation of companies on Securities and Exchange Commission matters
• Corporate mergers, acquisitions, stock and asset transactions, sales, leveraged buyouts, and other business combinations
• Compliance with federal and state securities laws and regulations
• Annual reports, proxy statements, Sarbanes-Oxley and SEC reporting

New Technologies

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