Middle Market & Closely Held Businesses
Our goal is to carefully manage resources to maximize benefit to your company.
About
We assist public and private companies and investment funds with corporate legal needs at every stage of development. Experience has taught us how to deliver these services at a cost that represents true value. Passion has made us committed to serving the vital middle market and closely held businesses with one-on-one attentiveness. Our attorneys diligently pursue your goals and objectives; we are creative problem solvers. We know what works and what doesn’t.
Service Highlights
General Counsel
Every business should have a legal advisor it can turn to for guidance, risk assessment, strategy, protection and ideas for growth. We provide that personal advisor either as dedicated general counsel for your organization, or as a partner for in house counsel. Our attorneys, led by Doug Krevolin, Wharton graduate and 35+ year veteran corporate attorney, provide strategic assistance to individuals, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and other entities concerning:
- Acquisition or divestiture of a company
- Business operations
- Contract negotiation and disputes
- Equity compensation plans
- Financing transactions
- Initial organization of business
- Intellectual property protection
- Joint ventures
- Litigation or dispute resolution with shareholders, customers, or vendors
- Mergers
- National and international distribution arrangements
- New business models
- Organizational structure
- Partnership formation
- Technology procurement or licensing
- Venture financing
Securities
We advise public and private companies regarding compliance with federal and state securities laws and assist our clients in the preparation of private and public offerings of equity and debt securities. Our decades of interaction within business and finance enable us to advise our clients on the financial aspects of proposed financing and to connect you to potential funding sources, including investment banks, placement agents, individual investors, and other “players” in the industry.
Our firm provides services to both issuers and placement agents in:
- Private placements of debt and equity securities
- Preparation of offering documents exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933
- Preparation of registered offerings of debt and equity securities
- “Blue sky” compliance
- Negotiation and documentation of PIPES financing and equity lines of credit
- Preparation and review of periodic reports required to be filed by public companies under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
- Sarbanes-Oxley guidance
In addition, we have assisted several companies in becoming public, reporting companies without the expenses and delays associated with initial public offerings through creative structuring.
