business organization

The members of Taylor-Busch counsel entrepreneurs, executives and management teams in all areas of business organization and operations including assisting the client in selecting the form of organization and organizing the business; to raising capital and financing growth; to engaging in acquisition, sale and exit transactions. Because of our breadth of experience, we are able to serve the needs of both small and large businesses, ranging from start-up work to complex business planning and regulatory matters. Moreover, our clients have experience in virtually every sector of the economy, public and private, from manufacturing to retailing, from financial services to health care, and from basic industries to information technology.

In addition to representing business organizations, members of the Firm also represent directors, officers, majority/minority shareholders, members and partners in connection with employment agreements, shareholder and buy-sell agreements and other contracts, change of control issues and succession planning. We advise boards of directors and executive management on matters such as corporate governance, including board and committee make-up, decision-making processes and strategic planning.

A sample of services that we provide includes:

• Forming and organizing corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships (both general and limited), and joint ventures.
• Drafting and reviewing contracts, shareholder agreements, leases, finance and transaction instruments and similar commercial documents.
• Various officer, director, and stockholder agreements, including buy-sell agreements, voting trust agreements, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, and trade secret, confidentiality and indemnification provisions.
• Advising on corporate governance and regulatory matters, shareholder rights and disputes concerning ownership and management.
• Advising companies in business planning, stock options, capital formation, technology licensing and other matters.
• Negotiating and preparing employment contracts and executive compensation arrangements.
• Stock exchange and NASD compliance and enforcement.
• Counseling concerning federal and state consumer credit laws and regulations.
• Dissolutions, liquidations and receivership.
• Structuring and formation of not-for-profit and professional corporations.

For more information concerning the Firm’s Business Organization practice please contact Adam M. Slipakoff.