Business Law and Farm Planning
This firm represents a diverse group of entrepreneurs, small business owners and farm families. In this capacity, we help businesses and individuals create legal documents that govern their relationships with their partners to provide for the present and future; provide certainty in their relationship with present and former employees; and outline clear expectations for their dealings with other companies and customers. The firm provides its clients a long list of business law and transactional matters such as:
- Business planning and formation, including partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, and family limited partnerships
- Commercial leases
- Non-compete and non-disclosure agreements
- Employment agreements and independent contractor agreements
- Licensing agreements
- Buy/Sell agreements and other business succession documents
- Review, revision, and negotiation of third party contracts
- Joint venture agreements
- Lending and financing documents
- Escrow agreements
- Releases
- Sale and Acquisition of a business
- Merger or Dissolution of a business
- Stock and asset purchase agreements
- Purchase and sale of businesses
In advising clients on business law and farm planning, the firm places a strong emphasis on tax planning and finding the most advantageous structure for the client in connection with the business transaction or opportunity. The firm also looks to use business entities to accomplish goals such as preserving family ownership of business assets in succession planning.