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Business / Corporate / Commercial

Our firm is comprised of experienced attorneys who work in all areas corporate law and business transactions. Whether your business has one employee or many, our lawyers are here to guide you through every aspect of owning, operating, managing or contractingwith a business or corporation. Our clients include both large and small businesses. We represent numerous businesses and professions.

The firm represents clients regarding:

  • Entity and Structure: selection and structure of appropriate entity: incorporation, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or not for profit formation for new and existing businesses.

     
  • Acquisitions and Divestitures: representation of both buyers and sellers of large and small businesses of all types.

     
  • Strategic Planning: identify the problem and possible solutions; analysis and advocacy; entity analysis; litigation vs. negotiation.

     
  • Disputes, Business Divorce and Marriage: negotiating entry into and exit from relationships in professional practices and other businesses.

     
  • Lender Institutions and Financial Documents: representation of banks and borrowers, negotiation, preparation and review of loan documents, and other dealings with lenders.

     
  • Commercial Transactions: structure, negotiation, preparation and review of commercial documents required for commercial transactions.

     
  • Intellectual Assets: identify and assist in protecting and securing intellectual assets with regard to employees, clients and customers and intellectual property assets; manage legal issues.

     
  • White Collar Crimes: including embezzlement, perjury, fraud, money laundering, larceny, wire fraud, mail fraud, bankruptcy fraud, theft, forgery and credit card fraud.

     
  • Commercial / Business Litigation: services in matters involving contracts, notes, guaranties, security agreements and other loan documents, actions involving fraud and misrepresentation, tortious interference with contracts and interference with economic prospective advantage, avoidance of fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers of assets, debt collection, loan workouts and other debt restructuring, real property commercial and residential foreclosures, U.C.C. Article 9 foreclosures, actions to recover assets from fiduciaries and third parties and other commercial controversies.

     
  • Corporate Litigation: services in matters involving director, stockholder, and partner disputes, claims involving breaches of fiduciary duties, usurpation of corporate opportunities and exercise of the business judgment rule.

 

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711 Court Street
P.O. Box 509
Harlan, Iowa
51537-0509
(712) 755-3141
(712) 755-3144 FAX