Business and Commercial Transactional Law

We provide a wide variety of transactional services to our business clients, including:

• Documenting and advising clients in real estate purchase/sale contracts, commercial leasing, zoning and municipal matters including subdivisions, variances, special permits, and related appeals

• Documenting construction and construction management contracts for builders, owners, and sub-contractors

• Buying and selling businesses and business interests, including stock and asset purchases and sales, management and leveraged buyouts, and mergers; management of due diligence investigations from buyer and seller perspectives

• Documenting software development and license agreements; Internet Service Provider hosting and customer agreements; software and hardware distribution, OEM & VAR re-seller agreements; hardware purchase and equipment lease agreements

• Structuring and documenting clients' choice of business entity: corporation, limited liability company, general or limited partnership, or joint venture

• Developing alternative forms of ownership and management of the start-up entity, including: voting and non-voting common stock, convertible preferred stock, warrants and similar rights; and specialized LLC provisions

• Drafting and reviewing employment, stock option, phantom stock, bonus and profit sharing agreements; employee nondisclosure, invention assignments, non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements

• Drafting and reviewing stockholder agreements, including cross-purchase, redemption, insurance-funded buyout, voting trusts

• Drafting and reviewing license and royalty agreements (both patented and non-patented technologies); research and development agreements; employee confidentiality, invention and non-competition agreements; distribution, sales, manufacturing and joint venture agreements

• Structuring and advising clients in businesses recapitalizations, redemptions, reorganizations, and business trust formation.