Investors, Entrepreneurs and Business Executives

Individuals who are in business require a set of services different from those required for their businesses. Investors, entrepreneurs and executives retain us because we understand that difference, and we offer the needed legal expertise and technical capabilities without the bureaucracy and cost factors associated with the "mega-law firms". As such, we provide all of the advantages and none of the disadvantages.

Our attorneys have experience and expertise in structuring investments and protecting the interests of investors; we know how to deal with shareholder and partnership mechanisms and agreements; we understand start-ups, and know how to turn an individual's business ideas into a real business; we have handled all varieties of employment agreements and incentive arrangements; we know how to put litigation avoidance measures into play; we know how to protect intellectual property; we understand franchising and licensing arrangements; we know how to prepare a company to buy or be bought; we understand e-commerce and the Internet. In short, we know what sophisticated, and not-so-sophisticated, business persons require as they make their way through the current business climate.

Whatever is done for individuals engaged in business must dovetail with their personal estate and financial plans. We know how to interrelate business plans with personal and family requirements. We can create business structures with exit strategies. We know how to work with ESOPs and other techniques that can turn an investment in a business into cash. We know how to minimize estate and other taxes that might result from business interests. We know how to create estate plans that address special, individualized needs.