As part of Fuerst Ittleman’s experienced corporate and business law practice group, we offer a wide variety of services to our clients in forming and operating their companies. From start-up through to dissolution, we are at the client’s side to ensure that their entity’s legal needs are met in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
At the start-up phase, we counsel individuals and companies on the optimal entity form for their new businesses. Our professionals are well versed in the advantages and disadvantages of “C” and “S” corporations, limited liability companies, and the array of partnership arrangements. As part of our entity formation process, we also work with the client and their tax advisor to ensure that the chosen entity form maximizes their tax benefits and minimizes their tax burdens. We have hands-on experience in forming business entities throughout the United States and internationally. We will draft and execute formation documents, including:
- Preparation and filing of articles of incorporation and organization
- Drafting partnership agreements, bylaws and LLC operating agreements
- Filing initial tax documents to obtain employer identification numbers
In addition to basic formation services, we routinely advise our clients on more nuanced aspects of entity formation including:
- Preparation of shareholders’ agreements and documenting buy-sell arrangements, funded and unfunded
- Drafting terms dealing with issues of management and control, capitalization and voting
- Succession planning for both intra-family and outside the family for family-owned entities
Of course, once the business is fully operating, the need for strong, cost-effective legal guidance never stops. Fuerst Ittleman offers services in basic and advanced corporate governance as well as handling those exceptional situations that can have serious consequences for your business. Our on-going entity support includes:
- Structuring the division of a business or the departure of an owner or executive
- Corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, including recapitalization of subchapter S corporations
- Negotiation, drafting and execution of joint venture agreements
- Analyzing and counseling on personnel issues, including negotiating and drafting employment and independent contractor agreements, consulting agreements, and separation agreements
- Drafting non-competition agreements
- Counseling regarding compensation arrangements, including deferred compensation planning for executives, stock options and phantom stock agreements
For more information about our wide range of entity formation and governance services, please contact Mitchell Fuerst at mfuerst@fuerstlaw.com.
