Practice Areas
Transactional
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Asset purchase agreements
- Stock purchase agreements
- Shareholder redemptions
- Lease agreements
- Licensing and technology transfer agreements
- Collaboration and commercialization agreements
- Teaming agreements and joint venture agreements
- Value Added Reseller (VAR) and distribution agreements
- Private placements/financing
- Software licensing and maintenance agreements
- Master services agreements/consulting agreements
- Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
- Non-competition and solicitation agreements
- Settlement and release agreements
- Stock options, direct stock grants, Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) and phantom stock plans
- Loan agreements, guarantees, promissory notes
- Resolution of shareholder and member disputes
- Resolution of regulatory disputes
- Loan and lease workouts
Corporate
- Choice of entity and formation
- Internal governance documents, including stockholder agreements, by-laws, operating agreements, partnership agreements
- Buy-sell agreements
- Corporate resolutions
Tax
Tax Planning
- Maximizing after tax return of a variety of transactions
- Like-kind exchanges
- Qualified small business stock
- Installment sales
- Contingent purchase price/earn-outs
- Exit strategies/succession planning
Tax Controversy
- Installment agreements
- Offers in compromise
- State and local tax resolution
- Sales and use tax disputes
- Income tax resolution
Employment Matters
- Employee manuals
- Terminations
- Independent contractor agreements
- Employment agreements
- Labor force dispute resolution