Our business organizations practice involves assisting clients in all facets of their businesses from inception to succession and/or disposition, including formation, acquisitions, operations, sales, mergers, conversions and management. We have significant experience representing both acquiring and target companies in all types of business acquisitions. In addition, we assist many businesses with restructuring and reorganization. We prepare all necessary documents for the formation and operation of closely-held businesses (i.e., corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies), counsel owners on their continuing operations, and render advice to directors, managers and officers on laws governing their conduct. We also work extensively with physicians, physician groups and other health care providers in connection with organizational, tax, employment, business and investment matters.

Our business organizations practice involves general contract work in a wide variety of commercial settings, for both closely-held businesses and executives of public companies. For a number of our clients, we serve as a ‘general counsel,’ advising them on all aspects of their business and personal affairs. Our practice in this area includes assisting with and/or preparing:

• Entity formation, tax planning and administration
• Mergers and acquisitions and other sale transactions

• Purchase and Sale agreements

• Merger agreements

• Partnership agreements

• Company agreements
• Redemptions
• Liquidations
• Business reorganizations
• Buy/sell agreements
• Employment agreements
• Option agreements
• Severance agreements
• Noncompetition agreements
• Sales agreements
• Agency agreements
• Software licensing and related agreements
• Compensation agreements
• Nonqualified deferred compensation plans
• Phantom equity arrangements

• Recruitment agreements
• General contracts