We form and advise closely held businesses, professional entities, and the corporations and LLCs that hold real estate: entity selection and formation, operating and shareholder agreements, governance questions, and the corporate side of buying or selling a business. Clients who first come to us for a transaction or a lawsuit often stay for the ongoing corporate work.
Choosing and setting up the right entity is the foundation, and we help clients weigh the tax, liability, and management trade-offs among corporations, LLCs, and partnerships before they commit. We then prepare the operating or shareholder agreements that govern how the owners share control, profits, and an eventual exit.
We also serve as ongoing counsel for the questions that come up as a business runs — admitting or buying out an owner, financing and leasing, vendor and employment matters, and keeping corporate records and formalities in order. Many of these entities exist to hold real estate, and our real estate practice means we understand them in context.
When an owner decides to sell or bring in a partner, we handle the corporate side of the deal alongside the transactional and tax considerations. The aim throughout is to give closely held businesses the same quality of counsel larger companies expect, scaled and priced to their needs.