Corporate and Business Law
Martha M. Dwyer provides assistance in determining your needs, choosing the appropriate type of transaction, structuring the transaction, including considering tax and accounting aspects, preparing and negotiating contracts, complying with legal and regulatory requirements, and getting the transaction closed. Strong emphasis is placed on your needs, the appropriate planning efforts to achieve those needs, and addressing issues which may arise in the following areas:
Mergers and Acquisitions / Purchases and Sales of Businesses
Assistance for individuals and companies wishing to purchase or sell a business by merger or other form of acquisition and sale
Formation of Corporations, LLCs, Partnerships and Other Entities
Legal assistance with transactions relating to:
- Limited Liability Companies
- Corporations (Subchapter C or Subchapter S)
- Partnerships
- Joint Ventures
Transactional Law
Legal assistance with transactions relating to:
- Forming a business - whether a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership or another entity
- Buying or selling a business
- Adding or removing principals, shareholders’ contracts and other contracts among the principals of an entity
- Changing management
- Converting a business to another entity form
- Management contracts
- Consulting and employment contracts
- Other types of business transaction requiring a thoughtful and sophisticated lawyer
Commercial and Contract Law
- Purchases and sales of businesses
- Contracts among principals in a business (shareholders, partners, etc.)
- Commercial contracts
- Leases
- Many other types of contracts
Bank Loans and Other Financings
Representation for both borrowers and lenders in connection with:
- Loans (secured, unsecured)
- Business and personal loans
- Mortgages
- Start-up financing
- Refinancing
- Receivables loans
- Other operating loans
Employment and Consulting Contracts
This includes a wide variety of employment and consulting contracts, from simple part-time arrangements to complex consulting contracts with non-competition and severance provisions.
Counseling of Directors and Officers
Advice for officers and directors regarding due diligence, legal compliance and procedures.
Securities Law
Private Placements, Public Offerings and ’34 Act Compliance
Client assistance in raising money through the sale of securities. Such sales include various types of private placements and public offerings. The filing of periodic reports and other ’34 Act compliance needs.
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