Business & Corporate

Roberts Kaplan LLP business attorneys can take your business where you want to go, navigating through legal challenges and working as a business partner and trusted advisor. Our clients include closely held private companies, start-up and emerging growth companies, private equity funds, public companies and financial institutions. Our attorneys have experience working closely with clients of all sizes across many industries.

General Business Representation — Assistance in determining most appropriate entity and structure—S corporation, C corporation, limited liability company, partnership or cooperative. Guidance through entity and organizational formalities and changes, control and management issues and tax and succession planning. Contract negotiations and drafting including buy-sell, voting, employment, production, sales, marketing and distribution agreements.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Finance — Negotiating and completing public offerings, private offerings, venture capital investments and credit facilities for growth and ongoing operations. Due diligence, structuring, negotiation and documentation of consolidations, tax free reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, purchase and sale of businesses and assets.
Governance and Regulatory — Advice to boards of directors and development of company policies and governance matters for publicly traded companies including Sarbanes-Oxley, changes in accounting rules, SEC disclosures and NASDAQ and NYSE rules. For entities facing the challenges of working in regulated industries, establishing compliance policies and strategic planning.
Employment and Executive Compensation — Structuring, negotiating and drafting a variety of compensation arrangements including equity based compensation programs (stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock), retirement plans, employment agreements, change in control agreements, severance arrangements and bonus and incentive compensation plans. Providing day-to-day advice on the complex problems facing employers.
Intellectual Property Practice — Drafting and negotiating OEM agreements, development agreements, license agreements, international and national distribution agreements, joint venture agreements, systems integration and joint marketing arrangements, research and development agreements, beta agreements, end user licenses, multimedia content licenses, publishing agreements, escrow agreements, production agreements, and maintenance and technology support agreements. Protecting the value of trade secrets and intellectual property.

Our clients count on our experience, insight and responsiveness to guide their businesses to success. We get to the heart of the matter and we do not waste time doing it.