The Firm's Corporate and Business Practice Group has represented an extensive and diverse group of institutional and entrepreneurial clients in almost every industry, including apparel, computer, real estate, restaurants as well as wholesale and retail distribution, just to name a few. It has experience and expertise in broad and diverse issues, enabling its attorneys to counsel and assist businesses of all sizes and types from start-up to maturity. We pride ourselves on providing personal and relevant service and developing long term relationships with the clients we represent. We have had experience in varied sophisticated business transactions and economic relationships. While many of our clients are located and do business in Orange County, California, we represent clients nationally and internationally as well.

The firm has established an impressive track record and has developed a strong reputation with local and international business communities, accountants and financial institutions from which we enjoy numerous referrals. Our size and structure allows us to avoid bureaucratic protocols and to customize our representation to suit the specific individual and financial requirements of the client.

We are sensitive to the unique needs of business start-ups and emerging growth companies. We advise companies on issues including the drafting of organizational documents, early-stage capitalization, planning and merger and acquisition transactions.

We pride ourselves on our ability to deal quickly and efficiently, on a cost-effective basis, with all types of business issues. Resources of all our attorneys are available to address clients' specific needs. For example, although members of the Corporate and Business Department regularly advise clients regarding transactional matters from a business perspective (including litigation avoidance), we utilize the experience and resources of our Taxation Group to consult on or assume responsibility for specific matters whenever needed.

Our attorneys have extensive experience in assisting and advising entrepreneurs, management, investors and in-house counsel in virtually all business matters, including:

• Business structuring, including the organization of all forms of business entities, such as corporations, limited liability entities, partnerships and joint ventures.
• Mergers, consolidations, asset and stock sales, acquisitions, business separations and reorganizations and leveraged buyouts.
• Financial problem resolution, including workouts, and other solutions, planning for and assisting with regard to bankruptcies.
• Corporate governance.
• Tax planning, executive compensation and strategic planning.
• Employment, consulting and independent contractor agreements, including issues relating to appropriate restrictive covenants and non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements.\
• Licensing, intellectual property matters (including issues relating to trade names, trademarks and copyright).
• Licensing of computer software and assistance with the preparation/negotiation of system purchases, lease and license agreements.
• Issues concerning corporation and director and officer liability.
• General business agreements governing relationships with customers, suppliers, strategic partners and others.
• Shareholder agreements and relations, including stockholder disputes and buy-outs
• Contract preparation and review, including lease, financing and licensing agreements
• Issues concerning confidentiality and trade secrets, corporate and personal liability issues.

Our Corporate & business attorneys represent clients in all aspects of insolvency and bankruptcy, including litigation, reorganizations, liquidations, insolvency planning, and loan workouts. We take a multi-disciplinary approach to credit problems, examining workout, foreclosure, litigation, and bankruptcy alternatives.