CORPORATE/BUSINESS
Bhatia
& Associates has a diverse corporate and business
practice with experience in representing companies in
all aspects of corporate and business transactional matters.
The corporate and business practice of the firm is broad,
ranging from complex and sophisticated transactional work
to practice involving day-to-day corporate counseling
and assistance to companies and business owners on legal
aspects of business.
Our
client base is diverse, including small entrepreneurial
businesses as well as large privately held corporations
and ranges from well-established companies to new start-up
ventures. Bhatia & Associates serves in the role of
general outside counsel to many small and medium-sized
companies. Our attorneys are business-oriented and focus
on a practical approach to business law. The practice
frequently involves a team approach, drawing from tax,
real estate, commercial, labor and other specialty practice
areas within the firm as necessary or appropriate.
Some
recent matters handled by the firm include:
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Corporate Matters
- corporate and partnership formation and dissolution
- drafting corporate, joint venture and other organizational
documents
- due diligence process
- shareholder agreements and buyouts
- employee stock option plans
- merger and acquisition agreements, buy-sell agreements
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Business Transactions
- joint venture operating agreements and business alliance
agreements
- service agreements, business contracts, independent
contractor and consulting agreements
- financing and securitization documents
- employment and non-compete agreements
- evaluation of Uniform Franchise Offering Circulars (UFOCs),
repurchase negotiation of franchise agreements and review
of leases for franchised business premises
- copyright and trademark prosecution
