Expertise across a range of business concerns

Our attorneys address the legal needs of businesses with personal representation and practical advice.

We handle uncomplicated legal issues such as contract interpretation and regulatory compliance and unusual and complex matters that result in business litigation.

Our experience encompasses:

• Business formation and organization of closely held businesses, limited liability companies (LLCs), partnerships, and corporations
• Obtaining financing and funding for business operations
• Contract drafting, interpretation, and negotiation
• Contract disputes
• Directors’ and officers’ liability
• Franchising
• Reorganization
• Purchases and sales of business assets
• Business dissolution
• Trade association membership and activity
• Joint ventures
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Divestitures
• Business successions
• Shareholders’ rights
• Stock transfers
• Employment and labor relations

Our vast experience enables us to assist business owners in almost any legal matter they encounter. From starting a business to planning the transfer of ownership to successors, we have what it takes to be your company’s legal expert. As a result, many of our clients are repeat customers. We’ve helped numerous business owners in Southern Maryland maintain and grow their businesses through the years.

Other areas of our practice complement our business and commercial law practice. For example, we assist business clients with real estate purchases, leases, and land use issues, which many businesses encounter as they develop. We have experience in personal injury and workers’ compensation matters, which may arise when companies hire employees or contract workers.