Business Transactions & Advisory

Business transactional law deals with the planning, negotiating and drafting legal documents that pertain to the buying, selling and/or operation of a business.  The lawyers at Ahmad & Guerard have broad experience in advising businesses and individuals on a wide range of business transactions.  Our lawyers have advised a variety of businesses from small family owned business to international multi-million dollar companies with a variety of transactions.

If you are starting a new business lawyers at Ahmad & Guerard are here to assist you navigating the complex legal environment you will encounter when starting your new business.  One of the most important decisions when starting a business is your entity choice.  Whether forming an LLC, C-Corporation, S-Corporation, Limited Liability Partnership or General Partnership, Ahmad & Guerard will help you choose the right entity for your business needs.  Additionally, our lawyers will assist you in obtaining all necessary business licensing needed to properly operate a business. Furthermore, Ahmad & Guerard also assists in ensuring federal and state tax compliance and advises about the tax consequences of basic business transactions.

Our lawyers will also assist you in drafting the necessary legal documents you will need with your customers, clients, suppliers or vendors.  We will also help you negotiate contract terms with individuals or businesses that require your business to sign a contract with them.  For example, our attorneys can assist you in drafting sales agreements or negotiating your commercial lease agreement.

If you are buying or selling a business, our lawyers have extensive experience representing both buyers and sellers.  We have represented clients buying and selling multi-million dollar businesses and client’s buying and selling much smaller businesses.  Whatever the size of the business you are buying or selling it is extremely important to hire a quality law firm to represent you in the process.  Buying a business is a can be a stressful and complex process.  Our lawyers will work with you at every step of the process to relive the stress of the legal complexities.

Some documents included in transactional business law are:

  • Shareholder Agreements
  • Partnership Agreements
  • Buy-Sell Agreements