BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL LAW

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MRR’s Business & Commercial law attorneys assist business clients with legal counsel and advice on all aspects of their business operation and commercial transactions, including new business formation, shareholder, partnership, and operating agreements, succession planning, asset acquisition and transfers, non-competition and buy-sell agreements, confidentiality, trade secrets, and intellectual property, and many other issues that crop up in the modern business environment. Our clients include industrial and service corporations, insurance and financial service businesses, health care companies, professionals, contractors, restaurants, and various individual entrepreneurs. Our attorneys also handle a variety of real estate development matters on behalf of public entities and developers including building permit applications, rezoning issues, conditional use permits, condominium development, and governance and Telecommunications Act cases. We strive to avoid litigation by providing sound preventive counseling and planning, but when lawsuits are filed, our attorneys stand ready to provide outstanding and cost-effective representation.

Representative Services

Selection and formation of business entities
Drafting operating, close corporation, and buy-sell agreements
Corporate governance and compliance
Evaluating and preparing employment, non-solicitation, non-competition, non-piracy, and confidentiality agreements
Advising on regulatory and compliance issues under state and federal law
Evaluating and preparing procedure and employment manuals
Contract negotiation and drafting
Commercial loans and secured transactions
Protecting and licensing trade secrets and intellectual property rights
Business succession
Separation of partners, members, and shareholders
Mergers, sales, and acquisitions
Purchase and sale of assets and stock
Leasing and construction
Real estate acquisition and development
Litigation and dispute resolution in all State and Federal courts and administrative agencies

Practice Group Contacts

Joseph F. Nicholas, Jr.