Business Transactions
You can expect us to bring ideas to the table for your benefit in your business’s transactions. We have handled many thousands of transactions and contracts, and are familiar with the business as well as the legal standards for closing well-negotiated deals.
If you seek stable business relationships and successful results, we can help by working with you to assure that your strategies will be given effect through thoughtful contract negotiation and drafting. We can assist you in cooperatively addressing and resolving your key business relationship issues up front.
If you are considering selling your business or growing it through mergers and acquisitions, we can help. We work cooperatively with your team of managers, accountants, investment bankers, valuation experts, and other advisors to create a process that allows you to continue to run your business while you make decisions on and manage your transaction.
We can assist your team and you with ideas and advice on the business and legal sides of sales, purchases, and mergers of businesses. We have handled over 75 mergers & acquisitions transactions, ranging in size from the low hundred thousands to over $100 million, involving both privately held and public companies. Our due diligence procedures and drafting work are thorough.
Further, our transactions and contracts practice offerings actively include:
- Stock sales and purchases and related financing, membership interest sales and purchases and related financing, and partnership interest sales and purchases and related financing;
- Joint venture agreements;
- Teaming agreements;
- Take-back and other financing arrangements, promissory notes, security agreements, liens, guaranty agreements, contribution agreements, subordination agreements, and indemnification arrangements;
- Nondisclosure agreements and confidentiality agreements;
- Representation of private financing companies in federal government leasing arrangements;
- Consulting agreements;
- Product distribution agreements;
- Equipment leases;
- Equipment sales and purchase agreements;
- Personal property sales and purchase agreements;
- Brokerage and sales agent agreements;
- Franchisee counseling;
- Contract relationship analysis and counseling, and contract negotiation and drafting;
- Negotiation and settlement of contract disputes.
We appreciate the opportunity to serve. If you have questions about our transactions services and experience, or our philosophy of client relationships, please do not hesitate to call us.