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Represents and counsels clients on corporate, business law, employment law, contracts, securities, tax and compliance matters.
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Provides general corporate and limited liability company legal and tax advice to clients on all aspects including ownership rights and obligations, asset protection, intercompany transactions, compliance and entity governance.
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Drafts, reviews, revises and negotiates agreements and documents, including: entity formation and conversion documents; limited partnership and limited liability partnership agreements; shareholders’ and operating agreements; by-laws; company resolutions; stock purchase and ownership transfer agreements; asset purchase agreements; terms of service and privacy policies; master services agreements; service agreements; Software as a Service (“SaaS”) agreements; assignment and licensing of intellectual property; affiliate and joint venture agreements; consulting agreements; commissions agreements; broker agreements; commercial lease agreements and independent contractors agreements.
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Provides legal advice to startups on raising capital including capitalization matters, conversion securities, investment instruments and compliance with federal and state securities’ registration and disclosure requirements.
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Provides tax advice to clients concerning the optimal structure to operate the business, tax jurisdictional matters and general tax issues.
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Counsels clients on compliance with industry-specific rules and regulations.
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Advises clients on all aspects of employment law, including employment discrimination, wage and hours, unemployment, workers’ compensation and compliance with related statutes and drafts employee handbooks, policy and procedures.
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Negotiates and drafts legal contracts and documents used in the labor and employment setting including: employment agreements; temporary employment agreements; probationary employment agreements; restrictive covenants including, covenants not-to-compete, non-solicitation agreements, non-disparagement agreements, and non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements; assignment of intellectual property; general release and termination agreements; separation and severance agreements; equity compensation agreements; bonus agreements and incentive plans.
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Renders advice and drafts legal documents for clients' estate planning, including the creation of trusts and the draft of wills, living wills, powers of attorney and other legal documents.