Buying a Small Business, Company or LLC in New York

Your business acquisition attorney is not only your legal expert, but also will facilitate the business purchase process. Your business lawyer will coordinate the processes, interface with all the players, and move the business transaction along, culminating in a successful closing. As your legal expert, your business lawyer will conduct the legal due diligence, negotiate, draft and review the necessary legal documents… [Read more]

Tags: Business Checklist, Business Merger, Contracts, Nondisclosure

Do I Need a Business Lawyer?

When do I need to hire a corporate attorney for my business? Some scenarios are obvious — you should call a criminal or corporate attorney when you’re being investigated by government officials for tax or securities fraud, when an employee is injured on the job or when a customer is injured by one of your… [Read More]

Tags: Business Merger, Business Trade Secret, Due Diligence, Employee, Operating Agreement, Partnership

How to Conduct Due Diligence for a Merger or Purchase of a Business or LLC

Regardless of whether you are buying a business as an asset purchase, a stock purchase, or a merger, you (and/or your corporate attorney) must conduct due diligence on the target company.  Due diligence involves an in-depth investigation of the business.  It requires review of a lot of documents by your corporate attorney and a review… [Read More]

Tags: Business Checklist, Business Merger, Due Diligence, Licenses, New York business attorney, NY business lawyer, Operating Agreement

Negotiating the Terms of the Deal — Buying or Selling an LLC or Small Business In New York

After you have found your target New York business to acquire, you (and/or your corporate attorney) have to negotiate the terms of the business purchase transaction.  In this article I will outline some of the typical terms of a term sheet for the purchase of a small business and some of the things you need… [Read More]

Tags: Business Checklist, Business Merger, New York business attorney, NY business lawyer

How Do I Convert a Partnership, LLC or Other Business Entity into a Corporation?

(You may also want to read our related post, “How Do I Convert a Partnership, Corporation or Other Entity into an LLC?“) The New York Limited Liability Company Laws and the Delaware General Corporation Laws have provisions to easily convert an existing limited liability company, and with respect to Delaware, general partnership, limited partnership, other… [Read More]

Tags: Business Links, Business LLC, Business Merger, Conversion, Convert, Partnership

How Do I Convert a Partnership, Corporation or Other Entity into an LLC?

(You may also want to read our related post, “How Do I Convert a Partnership, LLC or Other Business Entity into a Corporation?“) The New York Limited Liability Company Laws and the Delaware Limited Liability Act have provisions to easily convert an existing general partnership or limited partnership (and with respect to Delaware, “other entities”… [Read More]

Tags: Business Links, Business LLC, Business Merger, Conversion, Convert, Partnership