Representative Experience

• Represented buyers, sellers, and business owners in business acquisitions, sales, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), stock purchases, asset purchases, and membership interest transactions involving privately held companies, including transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation, financing, and closing.
• Served as outside general counsel to privately held companies, advising business owners, executives, and management teams on corporate governance, commercial contracts, risk management, strategic decisions, and day-to-day business legal matters.
• Advised entrepreneurs, founders, and closely held businesses on business formation, entity selection, ownership structuring, capitalization, corporate governance, and succession planning.
• Advised privately held companies, founders, and investors on strategic business transactions, ownership restructurings, recapitalizations, and corporate governance matters.
• Drafted and negotiated asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, partnership agreements, and other business transaction documents.
• Represented commercial real estate investors, developers, landlords, tenants, and business owners in commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing, leasing, and related transactions.
• Negotiated and drafted commercial leases, lease amendments, purchase agreements, development agreements, easements, and other real estate documents for property owners, investors, developers, and operating businesses.
• Advised clients regarding commercial real estate financing, loan documentation, refinancing, lender requirements, secured lending transactions, and related real estate finance matters.
• Advised commercial real estate developers on property acquisitions, development projects, financing, leasing, and transactional matters.
• Counseled startup and emerging growth companies on entity formation, founder agreements, capitalization, governance, intellectual property matters, and commercial contracting.
• Negotiated and drafted commercial contracts, vendor agreements, service agreements, licensing agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other agreements supporting business operations.
• Represented investors and business owners in business succession planning, ownership transitions, strategic growth transactions, and long-term business planning.
• Assisted clients with intellectual property ownership, licensing, assignments, and intellectual property due diligence in connection with business acquisitions and commercial transactions.
• Advised licensed cannabis businesses on commercial real estate acquisitions, leasing, site selection, due diligence, and real estate transactions for cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail operations, including regulatory considerations affecting property ownership and occupancy.
• Represented clients in complex transactions involving corporate, commercial real estate, financing, tax, and regulatory considerations, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate successful closings.

Clients and Industries Served

• Privately Held and Closely Held Businesses
• Growth-Stage and Emerging Companies
• Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Business Owners
• Investors and Investment Groups
• Private Equity-Backed Companies
• Commercial Real Estate Developers and Investors
• Property Owners, Landlords, and Commercial Tenants
• Professional Services Firms
• Manufacturing and Distribution Companies
• Technology and Emerging Businesses
• Cannabis Businesses and Licensed Operators