Areas of Practice

Your business needs change, your business itself changes, and you change with your business. We can help keep everyone on the same page.

Starting or Buying a Business

Starting your Business Journey

Starting your business journey is exciting. Having professional help to provide certainty for now and provide flexibility for the future allows you to focus on business growth and chart your own path.

  1. Company Formation - Forming a business provides legal protection by separating personal assets from business liabilities, reducing personal risk in case of financial or legal issues. It also enhances credibility, enables access to funding, and offers tax advantages depending on the chosen structure. 

  2. Company Purchase - A lawyer ensures the business purchase process is legally sound by reviewing contracts, conducting due diligence, and identifying potential liabilities. 

Business Operations

Setting Up for Success

Standardizing business processes improves efficiency, consistency, and quality by providing clear guidelines for employees to follow. It reduces errors, enhances customer satisfaction, and makes scaling or transferring knowledge within the organization easier. 

  1. Process Review (Business Analysis) and Risk Assessment  

  2. Standardizing Operations from a Legal Perspective 

  3. Purchase Orders/Vendor Agreements 

  4. Subcontractor Agreements 

  5. Equipment Leases 

  6. Client Terms & Conditions 

  7. Client Contracts / Engagement Letter 

Employee/ Independent Contractors

Finding the Right People

Finding the right people is hard. Making sure they know what to expect from you and what you expect from them doesn't need to be. Proper legal frameworks can prevent potential problems or end unsuccessful relationships.

  1. Independent Contractor Agreement 

  2. Non-Disclosure Agreement 

  3. Hiring 

  4. Firing 

  5. Handbooks 

Business Goals

Grow with your Changing Goals 

As your business grows, your goals may change with it. We can help your company manage ownership, equipment, location, or new partnerships. 

Asset Purchase 

  1. Asset Sale 

  2. New Partners // Stock Sale 

  3. Real Estate
    a. Leases 

    b. Purchase or Sale of Land 

Intellectual Property

Protect your brand

Protecting a trade name through a trademark or copyright secures your brand's identity and prevents others from using it without permission. This legal protection enhances credibility, builds customer trust, and safeguards your business's unique value in the marketplace. 

  1. Trade Names 

  2. Trademarks 

  3. Copyrights 

Succession Planning

Plan for an uncertain future 

Knowing what happens to your business in the event of accident or death can provide certainty and peace of mind. We can help set up succession plans, pre-negotiate terms, and avoid future disagreements between family members or owners in your small business. 

  1. Succession Planning 

  2. Buy/Sell Agreements 

Estate Planning

Prevent needless stress

We know small businesses are often one of the two or three largest assets and most important things in an owner’s life. They are usually not the only assets. Planning ahead allows your loved ones to know your desires and remove decisions and stress in what is already an incredibly stressful time. 

  1. Will 

  2. Trust 

  3. Healthcare Power of Attorney & Living Will 

  4. Power of Attorney