Our Corporate Practice Group brings together seasoned attorneys with backgrounds as CPAs, MBAs, former CFOs, in-house counsel, and senior executives, including a former NYSE Director. This diverse experience allows us to approach transactions with both legal and financial insight, offering well-rounded guidance that reflects a deep understanding of our clients’ business needs.
General Corporate Counsel
We draft, negotiate, and review corporate documents for clients of all sizes—domestic and international, growing or restructuring. Our Corporate team often works alongside in-house counsel or serves as virtual General Counsel, offering strategic guidance on business formation, reorganization, and complex capital structures across corporate, LLC, partnership, and joint venture entities.
Complex M & A Transactions
The majority of our work is in complex transactions, disclosure, compliance, governance, and M&A, but in everything we do, we endeavor to support clients in a manner that allows them to focus on the growth of their business and know they are on sound legal footing, well-positioned for growth, and able to act swiftly to capitalize on the next opportunity.
Business Combinations/Reorganizations
We handle business combinations and reorganizations, including mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts, working closely with our Tax team to ensure tax-efficient structures. We also draft ownership agreements such as bylaws, shareholders, partnership, and membership agreements, and advise clients on NYSE, Nasdaq, and NASD submissions.
Private Equity & Venture Capital Financing
Our Private Equity team supports clients through every stage of the investment lifecycle, from fund formation to exits, with strategic guidance and regulatory insight.
Our Venture Capital lawyers advise on financings, joint ventures, and cross-border deals for companies and venture funds.
Regulatory Expertise/Investment Banking & Deal Flow
We advise on capital markets transactions including SPACs, PIPEs, and Registered Direct Offerings, as well as structuring private equity and venture investments. Our team counsels exchanges, broker-dealers, and asset managers on securities regulations, FINRA and SEC compliance, and trading rules. With deep expertise in ATS, OTC markets, and regulatory matters, we handle audits, inquiries, and reporting with precision and insight.
Investment Management & Funds
Our Corporate team advises broker-dealers, asset managers, private funds, and financial institutions on complex transactions and regulatory matters across the investment management industry.
We work with hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, real estate, registered investment advisors, and alternative funds—guiding them through formation, operations, and M&A.
Key services include:
- Representing funds and financial firms in private equity and M&A deals
- Advising on compliance, risk, and regulatory strategy
- Conducting internal reviews and operational assessments
- Counseling on federal securities laws, including ’40 Act issues
- Structuring fund vehicles and advising on governance
Securities
We advise public and private companies—from startups to established entities—on corporate and securities matters, including public offerings, private placements, joint ventures, and legal audits. Our team helps clients meet their disclosure and compliance obligations under the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934, including drafting proxy statements, SEC filings (Forms 8-K, 10-K, 10-Q), registration statements (S-1, S-8), and private placement memoranda.
Partnership/LLC Structures
We specialize in the structure and formation of the various forms of partnerships. Our goal is to assist businesses and sophisticated clients in the choice of what Partnership model best suits their financial and strategic goals. Complemented by our expertise in Corporate, Tax and Trusts & Estates law, we handle Joint Venture Agreements and develop and execute stock purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, employment agreements, and other contracts to assist in addressing management and succession.
- Limited Partnerships
- Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- Partnership Amendments
- Sale or Acquisition of Partnership Interests
- Tax Advice
Business Formation
We provide counsel on traditional business transactions, the formation of new entities, basic corporate management responsibilities, and unforeseen legal needs resulting from continued international and global growth. We counsel clients in complying with increasingly fragmented government and agency regulations, in understanding and managing new legal developments, and in forecasting legal trends to formulate sound corporate policy and stay ahead of the regulatory curve.
Conventional Financing
We represent institutional lenders and borrowers in connection with short and long-term financing for business enterprises, including mortgage financing.
Our Clients
We represent a broad range of corporate clients—including startups, Fortune 500 companies, private equity and venture funds, lenders, boards, and family-owned businesses—across diverse industries. Our team helps clients meet disclosure requirements and provides the legal support needed to grow and adapt.