Corporate Entity Formation, Governance and General Advice

Gordon Arata attorneys serve as general outside counsel to many companies in a variety of industries. We regularly negotiate and prepare their employment, consulting, joint venture, supply, distribution, product sales and franchise agreements, advise them regarding business and expansion plans and regularly prepare and update their corporate, partnership and other organizational documents to keep pace with changes in law and business practices and to document approval for many transactions.

We also advise many start-up and emerging businesses on structure and organization, capitalization and recapitalization, financing, acquisitions and sales, employment, intellectual property issues and many other matters.

Our attorneys have:

• Structured, negotiated and closed mergers, stock and membership interest purchase and sale transactions and asset purchase and sale transactions
• Prepared boards of directors for regular and special shareholder meetings
• Handled redemptions of preferred stock, stock splits and stock repurchase programs
• Advised companies regarding stock liquidation issues and minority shareholder rights
• Prepared proxy materials, private offering memoranda and shareholder agreements for companies of all types
• Handled bank holding company reorganizations and other corporate reorganizations and recapitalizations
• Rendered third-party legal opinions in connection with stock and warrant issuances, mergers and acquisitions, financings and other corporate and partnership matters
• Represented clients before, and prepared antitrust filings required by, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice in connection with acquisitions
• Assisted and advised members and shareholders of closely held corporations and limited liability companies as to their rights and obligations and helped them effectuate sales or buyouts of their interests