Corporate Practice

Overview

Our corporate attorneys combine in-depth legal expertise with a practical, results-oriented approach, ensuring our clients receive efficient and effective solutions to support their operations and growth.

Corporate

Our corporate attorneys work with clients on a broad spectrum of legal issues related to operations, including corporate formation, governance, and compliance.

Whether structuring complex joint ventures, negotiating vendor and supply agreements, or managing commercial contracts, our attorneys bring years of experience and strategic insight to every transaction. We aim to protect our clients' interests while facilitating seamless and efficient business operations. Our team represents clients on a range of services including:

Corporate Formation and Governance: We assist clients with the creation of new business entities, ensuring proper legal structure and governance frameworks. Our services extend to drafting and reviewing organizational documents, operating agreements, bylaws, and shareholder agreements.
Commercial Contracts: Our team drafts, negotiates, and reviews a wide range of complex commercial contracts, including purchase and sale agreements, distribution agreements, and service contracts, always with an eye on mitigating risk and maximizing business opportunity.
Mergers & Acquisitions: We employ a lean team of skilled mergers and acquisitions counselors with an understanding of business practicalities and deep experience in structuring and closing deals to execute high-stakes engagements.
Intellectual Property: We draft and negotiate intercompany agreements to manage IP ownership, usage rights, and transfers among affiliated entities. We also handle licensing agreements, helping companies structure deals that protect proprietary assets, while enabling commercialization and strategic partnerships.
Vendor and Supply Agreements: We help businesses navigate the complexities of vendor and supply chain relationships, negotiating favorable terms for clients.
Joint Venture Agreements: Our corporate attorneys have extensive experience structuring joint ventures that align with our clients' business goals, addressing key issues such as governance, profit sharing, and risk allocation.
Employment Agreements and HR Matters: We assist with a full range of employment matters, including employment agreements, non-compete clauses, and dispute resolution.
General Business Counseling: We act as outside general counsel for day-to-day legal operations, disputes, and strategic planning. We proactively identify legal issues and coordinate with internal multidisciplinary teams, as needed, to ensure effective resolution.
Trusts & Estates: Our team assists with the formation and administration of business trusts, ensuring fiduciary duties are met and legal obligations are addressed. We also advise business owners on succession planning, integrating estate planning strategies with corporate structures to preserve wealth and ensure smooth transitions.

Selected Representative Experience

Closed $467 Million Settlement Agreement For University of Pennsylvania Relating to COVID-19 Vaccine Technology.
Closed the sale of an entrepreneur’s food company to a private equity firm in a $108 million equity sale transaction.
Closed several venture capital deals for the investment arm of an international company focused on sustainability in manufacturing.
Handled the development, management and financing agreements for a $500 million casino and entertainment complex.
Sale of a golf club for $12 million in New England.
Sale of three high value boutique hotel properties and one valuable development site in Manhattan out of bankruptcy for a combined purchase price of $230 million.
Closed an equity sale of an online fashion retail company in a highly complex $54 million transaction, involving tax and structural issues, pre-closing mergers and restructurings, and rollover stock issues.

Related Services

Business Litigation — Our business litigation attorneys have a proven track record resolving high-stakes, mission-critical litigation for corporations, as well as efficiently resolving cases for companies with a view to the bottom line. Clients include, Fortune 500 companies along with multi-nationals, technology superstars (and iconoclasts), and small businesses. Learn more.

Commercial Real Estate — Our Commercial Real Estate Group has extensive experience in the areas of conventional and commercial real estate financing, as well as in general commercial real estate matters, including acquisition, leasing, development, management, and sale of commercial real estate on local, regional and national levels. Learn more. Learn more.