Mohr Hackett business and corporate lawyers have the experience and training to blend business, corporate, and tax law requirements to help our clients create a “complete package” to meet their business and legal needs. Likewise, Mohr Hackett concentrates on our clients’ business growth. Our “vision” is to help our clients own and operate their businesses more efficiently, effectively, productively, and profitably, which allows us to assist them in planning for future growth and opportunities. By utilizing current entity and contract flexibility, Mohr Hackett enables our clients to take advantage of future opportunities without having to amend or modify prior business decisions.
Owning and operating a business presents significant operational challenges. Mohr Hackett partners with our clients to develop strategies to reduce or resolve their legal, tax, and contractual challenges. This allows our clients to concentrate on their day-to-day business operations.
Mohr Hackett works closely on a day-to-day basis with our business clients’ in-house personnel, as well as their outside professionals, to help them properly and timely respond to ongoing issues, honor their compliance obligations, deal with issues relating to the ownership and operation of their businesses, and prepare for future growth and the problems that can be anticipated from such growth. We negotiate and draft many types of contracts and agreements with and on behalf of our clients. These include general contracts respecting our clients’ businesses, promissory notes, financing agreements, stock redemption agreements or ownership buy-out agreements, contracts for purchasing or selling a business, either the operating assets of the business or the ownership interests of the business, independent contractor agreements, employment agreements, management agreements, development agreements, transportation agreements, and joint venture and partnership agreements. We assist clients protect their interests via security agreements and Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Financing Statements.
Corporations and business organizations law (or corporate law) relates to the formation and establishment of corporations and other business organizations, such as limited liability companies (LLC), partnerships, and sole proprietorships. The form of business organization is often dictated by the nature of the business that a client wants to conduct and the tax benefits or structure that a client wishes to have. Mohr Hackett assists clients to determine whether the corporation should be a Subchapter C corporation or a Subchapter S corporation. Likewise, Mohr Hackett assists clients to determine whether a limited liability company should be member-managed or manager-managed. Such decisions involve a mixture of tax, business, and securities law. Mohr Hackett believes each decision will be based on the individual clients’ needs and circumstances. Mohr Hackett does not believe in a “one size fits all” approach.
Corporate and business organizations law also includes preparing documents that support the business entity governance decisions. Such documents include entity and management documents such as articles of incorporation, corporate bylaws, meeting minutes, and resolutions documenting management decisions; and documents governing the parties’ relationships, such as shareholders’ agreements among closely-held corporations, limited liability company operating agreements among members of limited liability companies, and partnership agreements among partners. Mohr Hackett also oversees necessary and required governmental filings that maintain our clients in good standing. Mohr Hackett counsels clients concerning the responsibilities that shareholders, directors, officers, or managers owe to the business entity and/or to the other owners. Mohr Hackett also works with clients to comply with corporate governance laws dictating how entities may merge, consolidate with one another, divide and spin-off various types of businesses, as well as split up existing businesses among the existing owners.