Business Law
Overview
We know the law and our qualified business attorneys are more than fit to provide legal business consulting to our clients. In fact, you will find members of our business law section speaking frequently on legal topics, chairing bar association committees, and maintaining blogs on the latest legal issues.
But more importantly, we know our clients. We visit our clients on our own time to learn how they do business. Our clients are our business.
We do more than push paper. Like other law firms, we have experience in all aspects of the business law practice. But our passion lies beyond the paperwork. We take our role as legal business counselors seriously. Whether a straightforward entity formation or a complex merger, we're engaged throughout the process. We advise our clients and make recommendations only after listening to and understanding our clients' expectations and goals.
We are attentive to our clients and their timetables. We return their phone calls and reply to their emails. We know that our clients want their lawyers to be dealmakers, not deal killers.
We work as a team. We will staff your project with the right amount of experience and specialization.
When you retain us you are retaining lawyers who are not only passionate about banking law, but also passionate about our clients. We will be responsive and aggressive advocates for you knowing that our first responsibility is to see that you achieve your goals, effectively and efficiently.
Our wide-ranging work in this area of the law includes representing, assisting or counseling our business clients with regard to:
- Business formation/choice of entity
- Business contracts and agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions/selling and purchasing of businesses
- Funding and financing for business operations
- Business litigation
- Business reorganizations
- Executive compensation
- Corporate governance and director and officer liability issues
- Business succession planning
- Business taxation
- Licensing and permits
- Derivatives
- Secured transactions and other credit arrangements
- Commercial lending
- Joint ventures
- Corporate and regulatory advice
- Licensing agreements
- Employee relations
- Shareholder agreements including buy/sell and voting agreements
- Shareholders' rights
- Private securities offerings
- Securities regulation and reporting at the state and federal levels
- Stock issuance, stock splits, reverse stock splits, and stock redemptions
- Insider and affiliate transactions
- Debt securities
- Limited liability companies
Attorneys
Blogs
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- 2021 Summer Associate: Charles Telk III
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- Idea Execution with Justin Brady - Podcast Episode #6
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- Jeff Quint from Cedar Ridge: Barrel-Aging Your Start-Up Efforts - Podcast Episode #5
- Buying and Selling: Succession Planning for Startups - Podcast Episode #4
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- On Demand Webinar: COVID-19 Potpourri – Employment Issues Not to Be Overlooked, Especially When Re-Opening for Business
- New Guidance from EEOC Regarding COVID-19
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- On Demand Webinar: COVID-19 Relief Options and Your Business
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- COVID-19: SBA Releases Final Payroll Protection Program Rules
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- Commercial Loan Defaults Affected by COVID-19
- Different Definitions of "Son or Daughter" Under EFMLA & EPSL: Differences Not Addressed by the DOL
- Webinar: COVID-19 Relief Options and Your Business
- COVID-19: DOL Clarifies EFMLA / FMLA Interplay
- DOL Has Revised Its "COVID-19" Poster
- On Demand Webinar: Mandated Emergency Leaves – Employers with Less Than 500 Employees
- COVID-19: Paycheck Protection Program – Forgivable Loans for Businesses under SBA 7(a) Program
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- Webinar: COVID-19 Mandated Emergency Leaves: Employers with Less Than 500 Employees
- DOL Issues Posters & Other Materials Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- COVID-19: Tax Filing Date & Payment Extension, Tax Credits for Paid Leave, and NEW Stimulus Payments
- SBA Disaster Loans – What Constitutes a Small Business
- SBA Disaster Loans – Eligibility and Filing Requirements
- The Coronavirus and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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- SBA Disaster Business Loans – A Financial Lifeline for Small Businesses During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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- Startup Presentation Now Available On Demand
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- The Cyber-Lawsuit that Works: Company v. Company
- Startup and Fintech Leaders to Present at March 5th Seminar
- HUD Issues New Guidance on Emotional Support Animals
- New Iowa Cybersecurity Legislation
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- Dickinson Law to Host Startup Seminar & Happy Hour March 5th
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