"The Family Business Legal
Group is Launched"

The Family Business Legal Group has years of experience in guiding family businesses through these and other important issues.

• Defining the roles—ownership, management and otherwise—of various family members in the business.
  
  
• Forming a well-planned legal structure—as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company—for the family's liability protection and tax savings.
  
  
• Taking steps to ensure that ownership of the business remains completely within the family in the event of the death or divorce of family members.
  
  
• Creating incentive-based compensation arrangements for both family members and key non-family employees.
  
  
• Guiding you through the minefield of employment law and the typical employment issues that arise with both family and non-family employees.
  
  
• Providing sound legal advice in your negotiation of financings, leases, strategic alliances and other significant agreements.
  
  
• Reducing business and personal taxes through well-tested planning techniques.
  
  
• Leasing and acquiring real estate for your business operations and family investments.
  
  
• Protecting and exploiting your trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property.
  
  
• Expanding your enterprise, through acquiring other businesses and/or creating new subsidiaries and operating units.
  
  
• Fashioning a carefully constructed estate plan to meet your objectives of fair distribution of family assets and tax savings.
  
  
• Helping you plan and execute your exit strategy, through an orderly transition to the next generation or a successful sale of the business.