Experiences
Corporate counsel to several privately-held distribution and manufacturing companies, providing lead counsel and coordinating legal counsel on a wide array of matters, including corporate matters and operations, corporate governance, business planning and financial transactions, financing, intellectual property consulting, bankruptcy and creditor rights, labor and employment matters including union organization, and insurance and tax matters.
Representation of numerous clients in leases and mortgage financings.
Provided day-to-day employee benefit consulting on wide variety of qualified plan issues (both 401(k) and defined benefit plans) for major retailer.
Represent borrowers in negotiation and documentation of credit facilities.
Representation of business owners in designing business succession plans.
Numerous proxy solicitations on behalf of issuers and shareholders of privately-held companies.
Represented numerous senior executives with respect to the negotiation of employment agreements, executive compensation agreements and severance arrangements.
Represented shareholders of large physician practices in numerous personal and corporate financial matters.
Counsel with respect to numerous acquisitions, by a manufacturing client, of synergistic operations.
Assist clients with general corporate matters including the drafting, negotiation and review of contracts to the formation and governance of business entities such as corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies.
Counsel with respect to all employee benefit matters in numerous acquisitions by a large retail client.
Counseling of high net worth families regarding issues associated with multi-generational wealth transfers.
Numerous private placements of securities and other venture financings on behalf of issuers.
Representation of technology start-up companies with respect to acquisitions of intellectual property and counsel to the board of directors and shareholders thereof with respect to development plans.
Creation of special needs trusts.
Counsel with respect to the sale and leasing of commercial properties.
Performed due diligence on numerous transactions for a wide variety of clients, focusing on executive employment agreements, options plans and potential excess parachute payments, in addition to rank-and-file benefit plans and programs.
Representation of developers in joint ventures and real estate limited partnerships.
Sales and gifts of family business interests.
Counsel with respect to the sale of assets of a middle market distributor.
Legal counsel to large regional accounting firm in general corporate representation and structuring with respect to establishment of separate operating divisions, general acquisitions, employment matters, risk management and oversight of litigation matters.
Represented numerous physician practice groups in general contracts, acquisitions and investments.
Sales and gifts of family business interests.
Represent many business owners, corporations and partnerships in tax matters ranging from acquisitions and leasing, to major real estate acquisitions and financings.
Lead counsel with respect to numerous bank financings and/or restructurings.
Represented numerous senior executives with respect to the negotiation of employment agreements, executive compensation agreements and severance arrangements.
Prepared amended and restated plan documents for numerous clients and obtained favorable determination letters from the IRS.
Counsel in numerous management buyout transactions.
Creation and maintenance of Family Limited Partnerships and LLCs.
Buy-sell planning in the family business context.
Negotiated the employee benefit terms and conditions of purchase and sale agreements for numerous transactions.
Representation of owners of closely-held businesses, corporate executives, professionals, and other individuals (of widely varying levels of net worth)in designing appropriate wealth accumulation and transfer plans.
Significant experience in counseling business owners as they grapple with the difficult and often conflicting issues and desires that arise when trying to pass businesses to future generations.
