Corporate

Our Corporate Group has a dynamic and sophisticated practice providing creative, practical solutions to the issues confronting businesses of all sizes, both public and private. Our transactional practice includes mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs and other corporate restructurings, joint ventures, venture capital, private equity and other corporate financing, recapitalizations, e-commerce and other related corporate matters. We also provide a wide range of tax, general legal advice and counseling services to our clients regarding commercial and other business matters to assist them in making informed strategic decisions relating to the operations of their businesses. Transactions vary in size from public million-dollar business combinations to small private transactions.

Our clients include established industrial and service corporations, franchisors and franchisees, e-commerce and technology startups, venture capital firms, commercial banks, insurance and other financial services companies, professional service organizations, private corporations, non-profit organizations, partnerships and individuals. We pride ourselves on our ability to understand the client's business and to provide practical, cost-effective solutions necessary to deal with the myriad regulatory, tax and other issues faced by business entities in today's environment.

Much of our work in this area involves planning and negotiating the approach to the other party as well as legal analysis and drafting. We use our significant tax expertise in analyzing the results of contemplated transactions, and frequently more tax-efficient approaches are recommended.

Contact Attorneys who Practice in This Area:
H. Stephen Merlin
Pepi Friedman
Steven A. Fetter
Jeffrey T. Leonard
Scott Merlin