As your company matures through its life-cycle, it will face a variety of new challenges and experiences. Our firm is here to provide advice, support, and counsel for your company in order to guide you through these new developments. We counsel clients on contract and document negotiation and preparation, employment related issues, mergers and acquisitions, capital restructuring and recapitalizations, venture capital transactions, governmental regulatory compliance, financing, and general estate and business planning. Our firm has the experience your company needs to negotiate the transaction and close the deal.

The formation and operation of your business requires experienced legal counsel. Our firm provides responsive counsel in order to guide your company throughout its organizational life-cycle from choice of business entity and jurisdiction to acquisition, disposition, dissolution and beyond.

When your business needs legal counsel, our firm has an excellent track record of innovative thinking to help our clients succeed. Our most important priority is knowing your business, your challenges, and your goals so that we can help you move to the next level in a manner that is personalized to you and your company.

Excellent corporate governance is fundamental to the health and stability of any business. Our attorneys provide counsel to corporations, its board of directors, officers, management, and committees. Our firm emphasizes providing counsel to company management regarding corporate governance and compliance related matters. We advise clients on the roles, rights, and responsibilities of all company principals. Our firm also focuses on limiting potential liability through compliance policies and procedures.

Estate planning can be a complicated and difficult task. A well drafted estate plan can help avoid unnecessary stress and ensure that your estate is managed correctly.

Our firm is here to help you plan where you would like your assets to go and discuss other beneficial legal options for you and your family’s future needs. We can help you devise a strategy, so your loved ones will not be burdened with unnecessary costs or legal problems after your passing.

A Will is an important legal document that ensures your assets
go to the right people in the way that you decide. A Will can help make sure your wishes are followed when you pass away. If you pass away without a valid Will, then your assets can end up somewhere you do not want them to be.

Trusts can be a strong foundation for your estate plan. At a basic level a trust is a legal entity that holds assets for another party’s benefit.

Establishing a trust requires knowledge of the law and taxes.
Hiring an experienced lawyer who understands the complexities of
trust and estate law is important.

A "Power of Attorney” is a legal document in which a person appoints another individual (called Agent) to act on his or her behalf.  When engaging in estate planning, it is common to name a trusted individual to protect your interests in the event you are unable to manage your affairs.

An “Advance Directive for Health Care” (often referred to as a “Living Will”) is a document where an individual expresses their wishes with regard to health care decisions and/or treatment.  Importantly you have the ability to to name a “health care representative” to articulate your desires should you be unable to do so.

We can assist our clients with navigating the complex changes in estate tax law. We can help devise strategies to help minimize Federal or State taxes.

We help our clients navigate and plan for lifetime gifts. We can help you with asset evaluation, gift tax planning, documentation and compliance, establishing a trust for your gift, and harmonizing the gift with your overall estate planning.

When a loved one passes, we can assist you in settling their affairs.  

When it comes time to buy or sell a house, we can assist you in protecting your interests and helping to close the transaction quickly and efficiently.

Whether you are looking to lease space or purchase or sell a building, we can assist you in structuring the transaction.  We can assist you in complying with state rules and regulations.