“…our lawyers work closely with our clients to prepare appropriate documentation to address the management, operation, and ownership rights for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures, and other entities domestically and internationally. This documentation may include operating agreements, shareholder agreements, joint-venture agreements, voting agreements, restricted stock purchase agreements, and buy-sell agreements. ”
The attorneys in our Corporate Transactions practice assist clients with corporate matters throughout the entire corporate lifecycle. At the very beginning we are here to assist with proper entity selection and structuring. Our lawyers also have extensive experience with advising on any mid-cycle corporate restructuring and recapitalizations, structuring stock redemptions of existing owners, restructuring for new owners, and acquiring minority interests. Finally, should the need arise, we are here to help companies at the end of their lifecycle, and can provide assistance with dissolution and winding up of a company and its affairs.
Our lawyers regularly provide advice to officers, directors, and shareholders of private companies regarding their fiduciary duties and responsibilities, including with regards to related party transactions, conflicts of interest, indemnity agreements, mergers, acquisitions, financings, and relevant contractual provisions. It is not uncommon for such issues to arise during a crisis, where concise advice is needed by, and promptly delivered to, our clients.
We also counsel clients on the complexities that may arise with regards to closely held private companies. In particular, our lawyers work closely with our clients to prepare appropriate documentation to address the management, operation, and ownership rights for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures, and other entities domestically and internationally. This documentation may include operating agreements, shareholder agreements, joint-venture agreements, voting agreements, restricted stock purchase agreements, and buy-sell agreements.
We also have extensive experience with buy-outs of retiring shareholders and structuring and implementing appropriate documentation for new owners acquiring a minority interest in a company. The solution for transactions where a new owner acquires a minority interest is to provide incentives and pride of ownership for the new owner, which protects the existing owners and preserves their control.
Since Hochheiser & Akmal operates as outside general counsel for many of our clients, we regularly assist these clients with their day-to-day corporate governance needs such as nominating and removing officers and directors, issuing stock certificates and other equity interests, preparing resolutions of the board of directors and shareholders, providing for indemnification arrangements for management, and hosting and conducting corporate board or shareholder meetings.