For more than 25 years, Cotten Schmidt, L.L.P.’s business attorneys have provided comprehensive legal services to a diverse group of local, national, and international clients – including individuals and business entities alike – in a wide variety of activities, industries, and business transactions. Our wealth of business-law experience enables us to custom-tailor our services to each of our client’s particular needs and to provide practical and cost-effective legal solutions to the varied and complex issues faced in an ever-changing business environment.
Our attorneys have extensive expertise in forming, operating, financing, buying, and selling all forms of business enterprises, including corporations (both for-profit and nonprofit), general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, professional corporations, and professional associations. We also routinely advise our clients on day-to-day legal issues that arise in the operation and governance of their businesses, as well as in analyzing business opportunities and negotiating, structuring, and properly documenting a variety of business transactions.
We represent clients in virtually all areas of business, including:
Mergers and acquisitions
Purchases or sales of a business or the assets of a business, including stock purchase agreements and asset purchase agreements
Executive employment agreements
Stock incentive plans
Severance arrangements
Corporate governance matters
Purchasing or leasing business property, equipment, or furnishings
Stock options and other equity compensation
Acquisition and licensing of business intellectual property
Forming, operating, and liquidating business entities
Employment and non-competition agreements
Service contracts and licensing agreements
Subscription, buy-sell, and shareholder agreements
Indemnity agreements
Joint ventures
Franchising agreements