Business Law
From the moment a business forms, and throughout its life cycle, there will be legal matters to address. Business law is not just one area of law, but many areas that govern a company’s formation, operation, contractual agreements, financing, intellectual property, securities, and even, insolvency. Businesses require legal advisors who recognize their distinctive needs, to help achieve their objectives and protect assets.
Areas of Business Law
The Bruner Frank team and its experienced lawyers can assist in numerous business-related legal matters, including:
Business Litigation
We litigate breach of contracts or contract disputes, partnership or shareholder disputes, shareholder oppression, breach of fiduciary duty, dissolution of a business, buyouts, temporary restraining orders and injunctions
Business Formation
Let us help you form a new business, including choice of entity, entity formation, buy/sell agreements, employment agreements, partnership and shareholder agreements
Business Transactions
We can also help with corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, acquisition of assets, equipment or real estate; independent contractor agreements
Business Contracts
We can draft, negotiate, review and execute business contracts including operating, shareholder or partnership agreements that will serve your business through every state of development
Partnership Disputes
When business partners, shareholders, members or other participants in an enterprise come to disagreement about business decisions, distribution of assets, or other corporate operational and governance issues, the resulting litigation can be contentious and distracting. Our experienced business litigators can help you aggressively resolve such disputes while protecting the viability of the business.
Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete Violations
When an employee leaves an organization, he/she may have contractual obligations to not solicit the former employer’s customers or compete for a particular period of time and/or in a particular geographic area. The enforceability of those obligations often depends on the agreement and whether it has been enforced in a clear and consistent manner. Our business litigators can evaluate your non-solicitation or non-compete agreements to help you pursue or defend against claims.
Vendor Disputes
When you rely on vendors to get you products or services, any disruption to that supply chain can be devastating and create a domino effect of missed deadlines and reputational damages. Our experienced lawyers can review the prevailing contract and pursue all available remedies to make you whole.