Aside from litigation, bankruptcy and change of management or ownership, a relationship may require renegotiation or abandonment of fundamental relationships that have proven unequal, antiquated in light of evolving environments, or otherwise unable to respond to competitive challenges. In this phase, we assist our clients in structuring, negotiating and closing transactions for the renewal of the enterprise and any personal transitions of its individual participants. Corporate law was born of a legislative intention to limit liability. With the recent addition of American limited liability companies to the variety of options for business structures, investors and managers can easily implement strategies for accomplishing this goal. They will make important choices in selecting a corporate structure.
Capital is the grease of a market economy.
Financial structures include equity and debt, special allocations of risks and resulting shares of profits and losses, leasing, supplier or seller credits, asset-backed loans and unsecured loans, options, incentive compensation for managers and other flexible structures. Transborder flows of goods, services and capital require appropriate tax and financial planning. Real estate has its own infrastructures, beyond bricks and mortar. Land acquisition, zoning, construction, management, leasing and sales activities, and environmental compliance, are the obvious infrastructural transactions. Commercial infrastructures in international trade and investment reflect diverging cultural, political, economic and legal systems.