Corporate + Transactional

James Bates enjoys a dynamic and sophisticated corporate and transactional practice. Our attorneys regularly counsel clients, negotiate, document, and close complex business acquisitions, draft a variety of corporate and contractual agreements, and develop creative solutions to business and transactional issues.

Our Corporate and Transactional Group handles a wide variety of corporate matters, including general corporate advice; shareholder representation; asset purchases; stock purchases; mergers; partnership issues and agreements; employment agreements; letters of intent; secured transactions; ancillary real estate issues; taxation; and tax-deferred exchanges.

Our attorneys frequently assist clients in the organization and operation of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and other business entities, and in the preparation of organizational documents, bylaws, operating agreements, subscription agreements, employment agreements, and confidentiality and noncompetition agreements.

Our attorneys are experienced with all major issues that arise in structuring and negotiating acquisitions. We are also intimately familiar with corporate governance and choice-of-entity issues that impact many of our business clients. We strive to handle our clients’ corporate and transactional matters in a timely, businesslike manner, with an emphasis on efficiency and creativity.

Corporate + Transactional Attorneys