Do you have a great idea for a business, but don’t know where to start?
Do you have an existing business and want to ensure that you are avoiding legal pitfalls as you grow and avoiding potential conflict with your co-owners?
If you fall into any of those categories, we can help you.
Start-Ups
Where businesses are in the “start-up” phase, legal costs are typically the last place where owners want to spend money. However, even an hour or two of preventative legal advice at the formation of a business can save countless headaches, liabilities, and disputes months or years later.
Our attorneys provide scalable solutions to identify what is absolutely critical (the “must-dos”) and what can be revisited at a later date (the “should-dos” or “will-dos”).
We provide cost-effective advice on matters ranging from:
- Where to form a legal entity and what type of entity to form.
- Drafting simple owner agreements, form client and customer agreements, form employment agreements, and
- Providing general business advice.
We also provide our clients with the skills to spot situations in the future they can solve themselves and situations where they should seek additional legal advice.
Existing Businesses
For existing business clients of all sizes, we offer complimentary annual business “checkups” to identify any potential problem areas early before they become serious and costly issues.
Our mission is to work with our clients throughout their business life cycle to help avoid distracting disputes and pitfalls so that those clients can remain focused on what really matters: operating and growing their businesses.
We help business clients maintain general compliance with applicable laws, including registering for appropriate tax accounts and business licenses and compliance with a wide range of employment-related laws.
Where a business has more than one owner, our attorneys can also provide practical, straightforward advice as to how to structure the working relationship among stakeholders and plan for unforeseen events. We help our clients craft appropriate ownership agreements that reflect each party’s understanding of how the relationship should work and how any disagreements will be resolved, both now and in the future.
