Corporation and Business Law

Corporation and Business Law

Hanaway Ross Law Firm attorneys are familiar with many areas of business law. We work with business organizations, and their owners and managers, concerning the wide variety of transactions that arise during all phases of the business cycle. We advise clients on business organization and start-up issues, assist with corporate governance matters, represent both lenders and borrowers in connection with financing transactions, draft and negotiate commercial contracts, and negotiate commercial real estate transactions.

In addition, Hanaway Ross assists buyers and sellers involved with all types of business sale and purchase transactions. Our clients range from small businesses just being organized to large, third-generation owned businesses. Our expertise, derived from many years of service to our business clients, allows us to anticipate and formulate solutions to the increasingly complex issues confronting businesses today.

Corporation and Business Law Services Provided by Our Attorneys Include:

• Identifying the appropriate form of business, whether a Sole Proprietorship, Corporation, Limited Liability Company, or Partnership
• Preparing and filing organizational documents, including Articles of Organization, Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, shareholder agreements, limited liability company operating agreements, partnership agreements, voting trust agreements, and other governance and ownership documents
• Assisting with annual meeting documentation and filing required reports
• Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including Purchase, Sale, and Leasing Agreements, Commercial Services and Storage Contracts, Independent Contractor Agreements
• Assisting and advising in sale and acquisition transactions involving either stock or assets
• Negotiating, coordinating, and properly documenting merger transactions
• Assisting and advising with recapitalizations and other types of corporate restructuring transactions
• Assisting and advising with joint venture and other multi-investor transactions