Business and Commercial Transactions

Start building your success with confidence. We strive to develop an attorney-client relationship based on each client’s unique concerns and requirements. We are committed to providing sound business advice based on experience and time-tested business practices. We look at more than your immediate needs; we also take into account how to maintain and expand your business structure when you are ready to do so. We understand that a successful business is operated on a tight budget, and we are dedicated to providing full value for every dollar you invest in our legal service. We strive to provide you prompt personal and uncompromising quality legal services.

At Joel Glaser APC, we advise and represent business entities on matters ranging from initial formation and registration to the enforcement of agreements and transactions. Along the way, we can help you with employment agreement matters, licensing and regulatory compliance problems, the negotiation of contracts and lease terms, severance agreements, and the resolution of disputes concerning management or shareholder issues. We assist from entity formation to asset protection strategies to drafting and negotiating contracts with vendors, customers and key personnel.

Business Operations

As your business lawyers, we can also advise you about documenting your essential management arrangements, corporate governance agreements and operating contracts. We can help negotiate and draft agreements such as:

  • Corporate by laws and minutes, partnership agreements or operating agreements
  • Buy-sell agreements, confidentiality or trade secrets agreements, and non-compete agreements
  • Vendor and customer contracts, real estate or equipment leases, licensing or distribution agreements, and other instruments essential to your daily business operations
  • Insurance policies and indemnification agreements
  • Business and commercial loan transactions, including security agreements, guaranties and pledges
  • Employment agreements, independent contractor agreements and executive compensation agreements

Our experience with business transactions and disputes is wide and varied, and we are prepared to represent your interests in administrative proceedings, arbitration, mediation and litigation.

The clients of our firm come from the fields of real estate, property management, software design, entertainment, construction, health care, hospitality, government contracting, retail, advertising and promotion, and many other industries and professions.

We can also guide you through corporate or partnership disputes, commercial collections, contract disagreements and business torts such as negligence, products liability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, misrepresentation, nondisclosure and unfair competition. Our skill and experience with these matters can help you find prompt and efficient ways to achieve your objectives without the risks and expenses of full-blown civil litigation and trial. We will keep your eyes focused on the ultimate goal.