Business Law
Business Law with the Future in Mind.
BUSINESS LAW
Legal Advice with a Business Understanding
AlphaBridge Law advises business owners on the legal issues that arise throughout the life of a business—from formation and governance to growth, contracts, ownership arrangements, employment matters, incentives and eventual transition. Our goal is to use our business law capabilities to help you protect, strengthen and grow your business.
We focus not only on the legal issue at hand, but also on the business objectives behind it. Decisions made today can affect ownership, control, economics, growth opportunities and an eventual transition years from now.
ADVISE | STRUCTURE | TRANSITION | ACQUIRE | PROTECT | SUCCEED
Build & Grow Your Business
Business Formation & Optimization
Contracts & Commercial Relationships
Employment & Key-Person Matters
Equity & Incentives
Disputes & Regulatory Matters
Intellectual Property
Advise on trademarks, business names and other intellectual property matters that help protect a company’s brand and enterprise value.
Advise on business and financial services disputes, regulatory matters and arbitration, with a focus on practical resolution and protecting the business.
Develop real equity, synthetic equity and other incentive arrangements designed to attract, retain and reward key people while addressing ownership and control.
Structure employment and independent contractor relationships, compensation arrangements, restrictive covenants and other key-person agreements.
Draft, review and negotiate agreements with clients, vendors, strategic partners and other key business relationships.
Form, structure and refine businesses with an eye toward ownership, governance, growth and future transition.
Protect What You’ve Built
1. Governance & Ownership
Address ownership rights, decision-making authority, control and changes among owners and key personnel before those issues become problems. Properly document these decisions in entity agreements (operating agreement, shareholder agreement, bylaws, etc.).
2. Buy-Sell & Ownership Agreements
Plan for death, disability, departure, disputes and other events that may require or permit an ownership interest to be transferred. Make sure you have the proper agreements in place to address such matters.
3. Key-Person & Business Continuity
Develop legal structures and agreements designed to protect the business when an owner or other key person can no longer perform their role. This includes employment/independent contractor agreements and business continuity agreements, when an entity is not applicable.
4. Risk, Relationships & Enterprise Value
Identify legal and contractual issues that can create risk, disrupt important relationships or diminish the value and transferability of the business. We help clients address these issues proactively to grow and protect enterprise value.
Transition & What Comes Next
1. Succession & Ownership Transition
Develop and implement succession plans and ownership transition strategies that reflect your business, your objectives and your timeline.
2. Mergers, Acquisitions & Sales
Advise on the legal, structural and strategic aspects of acquiring or selling a business, from initial planning and valuation through negotiation, documentation, closing and transition.
3. Valuation & Deal Economics
Asses valuation, purchase price, deal structure, financing, payment terms, earnouts, rollover equity and other economic considerations that can shape a transaction.
4. Life After a Transition
Plan for what comes next, including continued involvement, consulting or employment arrangements, equity rollovers, future business activities and other post-closing considerations.
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