Closely Held Businesses

After seventy-five years, we know that every day we learn something new about business – your business and ours. And every day, we strive to be better – better people, better parents, better lawyers. As a result, we become better business owners.

  • Determine the proper structure for your enterprise and receive counsel on the steps for formation as well as potential means of financing that fit your goals, growth curve and exit strategy. Siegel Brill’s business lawyers have experience with the form of business structure that best supports your needs and goals.

  • Whether you are acquiring a new enterprise that aligns with your current business, entering a new industry or selling your business we are deal makers. Negotiating a range of mergers, acquisitions, purchases and sales, our attorneys step in to effectively and efficiently make and close the deal.

  • While you focus on the opportunities to add partners and investors to your business, Siegel Brill will work to structure it in the most beneficial way and to protect you from the liabilities it may create. We deliver practical advice on how to protect your interests while operating, investing in or exiting a business.

  • If there is a contract to negotiate or draft, Siegel Brill has seen it. We regularly prepare ownership, employment, real estate, vendor, financial, benefits and customer contracts that accurately reflect that deal and which help you navigate changing laws and preserve your rights. Because we also litigate contract disputes, we understand the various pitfalls in business decisions and written contracts. Call us before you sign anything.

  • Invite Siegel Brill to your annual retreat, quarterly meeting or other strategy sessions. Our legal and business experience helps you plan more effectively for short- and long-term goals. We can help you align your vision with action, advise you on threats and opportunities and facilitate strategic discussions with the executive team and your other advisors.

  • With tax, accounting and business backgrounds, Siegel Brill attorneys are well-versed in the language of finance. We represent community banks and credit unions for general business and corporate counsel, the documentation of complex lending facilities and work-out matters. If you must negotiate a work-out or other troubled loan and asset matter on the creditor or borrower side, we can provide a fresh perspective or creative solution. Call us early in the process to avoid bankruptcy or difficult collections.

  • Siegel Brill has particular experience with multi-generational family enterprises when it comes to matters of succession.

  • Siegel Brill provides representation on domestic and international registration, licensing and infringement matters, and Internet and domain name issues. Some of our work includes copyright registration and licensing, trade secret protection and infringement counsel and litigation. We plan carefully to maintain the integrity of your ideas and brand and know the means to vigorously enforce and protect those rights.

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