Run Your Business. Leave the Legal Issues to Us.
The corporate and business attorneys at Erickson Sederstrom are seasoned and trusted business advisors that will partner with you to ensure that your legal needs are being met.
ES Law serves as general counsel to for-profit and not-for-profit clients of all sizes, from closely held businesses to publicly traded companies. ES Law meets the legal needs of all varieties of companies, including start-up, entrepreneurial, early and growth stage, high-growth and public companies.
Formation & Startup Consulting
ES Law can help you select the proper business entity, including corporations, s-corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, or others, and prepare you to get your business up and running.
Corporate Governance
ES Law can assist in implementing best practices in for-profit and not-for-profit corporate governance and business operations, including directors’ and officers’ duties and Sarbanes-Oxley and other compliance issues.
Capital Raise & Private Equity
ES Law can prepare and consult regarding capital formation strategies, including initial public offerings, placing private debt and equity with individual investors, venture capitalists, and/or angel investors, among others.
Mergers & Acquisitions
ES Law can represent any side in all types of corporate, commercial and business transactions, including asset purchases, stock or equity purchases, mergers, corporate split-offs and spin-offs, leveraged buyouts, and all other forms of transactions.
Succession Planning
ES Law will consult with you on forming the most effective succession plan, and draft and implement your plan in a cost-effective and goal-oriented way, including buy-sell arrangements, redemption plans, estate planning matters and all other aspects of business succession.
Shareholder &
Fiduciary Disputes
ES Law will assist you in identifying and protecting your rights as a shareholder, director, member, manager or other principal in any form of corporate or business entity, including negotiation, litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Corporate Law
ES Law assists its business clients in meeting all varieties of business-related legal needs. Our clients are of all sizes, from small, local operations to international, publicly traded companies, and all types, including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations and others. ES Law has a wealth of experience in all areas of both for-profit and not-for-profit business law, including formation and entity selection issues, corporate governance and day-to-day operations, business reorganizations and restructurings, capital formation, private equity, securities, franchising and distribution, mergers and acquisitions, transition planning, shareholder/owner disputes and mediation, and more. The attorneys at ES Law pride themselves on going beyond serving as valued legal advisors, and truly forming productive and long-standing partnerships with clients, targeted at insuring success both regarding clients’ near-term and long-term goals. ES Law’s business attorneys have the experience and the expertise and stand ready, willing and able to help clients of all shapes and sizes meet their business needs.
Business Formation and Choice of Entity
Assistance in selecting the proper business entity, including Corporations, S Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, or Limited Liability Partnerships.
Corporate Governance
Consulting and assistance with for-profit and not-for-profit corporate and business governance, including directors’ and officers’ duties and Sarbanes-Oxley and other compliance issues.
Real Estate
For more information please go to our Real Estate Practice Area
Business Reorganization and Structuring
Assistance with all types of credit transactions and reorganizations, including structuring and documenting of secured transactions.
Tax Consulting and Planning
For more information please go to our Tax Law Practice Area
Capital Formation and Securities
Preparation and consulting with regard to capital formation strategies. Initial public offerings, placing of private debt and equity with individual investors and/or venture capital, angel investing, among others.
Franchising
Assistance to both franchisors and franchisees, potential and existing, regarding planning, structuring, implementation, and compliance of franchise programs. Drafting, analysis, registration, negotiation and implementation of Franchise Disclosure Documents, Franchise Agreements, Development Agreements, and other franchise related instruments.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Representation of Buyers and Sellers in all types of corporate, commercial and business transactions, including asset purchases, stock or equity purchases, mergers, corporate split-offs and spin-offs, leveraged buy-outs, and all other forms of corporate and business transactions.
Transition Planning
Consulting, drafting and implementation of corporate and business succession plans, including buy-sell arrangements, redemption plans, estate planning matters, and all other aspects of corporate and business succession.
Shareholder/Owner Disputes and Mediation
Consulting, advising and resolution services regarding shareholder, owner or other disputes
For more information on the services and expertise offered by ES Law’s Corporate and Business Law practice group, please contact one of the attorneys listed below
