Corporate & Business

Business Formation

BGD attorneys represent clients in forming new business entities, including: 

• General partnerships
• Limited partnerships (LPs) and limited liability partnerships (LLPs)
• Limited liability companies (LLCs)
• Corporations, including S-Corps
• Non-profits

We help clients select the business structure that best meets their needs and goals and in identifying and addressing issues related to forming the business and starting operations.

Corporate Governance

BGD attorneys have widespread experience in counseling businesses ranging from sole proprietorships and small, family owned businesses up to larger corporations. We help clients steer through the myriad legal issues that arise in the day-to-day operations of a business, including: 

• Corporate financing
• Stocks and securities 
• Appointments of officers and directors 
• Drafting, maintenance and enforcement of corporate bylaws
• Development of codes of conduct and ethics in compliance with relevant law
• Development of employee handbooks in compliance with relevant law

Fundamental Changes

Our attorneys have experience guiding clients through events and transactions that may fundamentally alter the nature of a business entity, including:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Joint ventures
• Recapitalizations
• Divestitures
• Partnership dissolution
• Winding up