Client Services
We advise on all types of general business contracts. We can support your team, or serve as outside general counsel to assist your daily business needs and provide advice. If a business requires it, we can draft and negotiate it. Some of our previous deals include:
- Employment Agreements
- Non-Compete Agreements
- Contractor Agreements
- Consulting Agreements
- Licensing Agreements
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Indemnity Agreements
- Lease Agreements
- Franchise Agreements
- Supply Agreements
- Master Service Agreements
- Terms and Conditions
- Manufacturing Agreements
- Contractor and Sub-contractor Agreements
- Purchase Orders
- Distribution Agreements
- Software Licenses
- Waivers
- Release Agreements
- Settlement Agreements
When you consider starting a new business, it’s probably not something you’ve done before. We do this daily. Let us advise you on the proper way to form your entity, as well as pitfalls to avoid. Once you’ve formed that entity, we can assist in your business planning, including all the way to your exit strategy or dissolution. Our expertise includes:
- Assistance with determination of most appropriate entity to form – Limited Liability Company, Corporation, Partnership, or Limited Partnership
- Verification of name availability
- Filing of Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State’s Office
- Registering your business in other states where you do business
- Drafting Corporate Governance Documents that allow you to open a bank account
- Bylaws, Company Agreements and Partnership Agreements
- Management Agreement Documents
- Buy-Sell Agreements
- Company Policies and Handbooks
- Employment Agreements
- Transfer ownership to the next generation or sell your company
- Partner Dispute workouts including Business Divorces
- Dissolution Documents
We provide a full range of commercial real estate services related to both ownership and leasing, including management and operations of your properties. We coordinate with lenders and title companies to provide a smooth process for your transaction.
- Acquisition and Sale – drafting and negotiation of acquisition and sale documents
- Review of Title matters
- Development of Commercial Property
- Operation of Commercial Property – including Management Agreements
- Lessor and Lessee Agreements including Lease Agreements, Amendments, Subleases and Assignments for office, warehouse, commercial and retail properties
- Warranty Deeds
- Deeds of Trusts
- Promissory Notes
- Loan Agreements
- Guaranty Agreements
- Security Agreements
- UCC Filings
We serve as your legal advisors to assist in acquiring, selling, operating, merging, or restructuring your business or entity. We can assist in the sale or purchase of equity (through stock, membership interests, or partnership interests), as well as issuance of new ownership and transfer of that ownership. We can assist in merging with other entities. We can help you buy or sell assets.
Our job is to protect your interests by using strong representations and warranties, indemnities, and escrow agreements.
We deliver comprehensive legal advice and counseling to both Buyers and Sellers on all types of corporate transactions in and around the greater Houston area, including:
- Joint Venture Agreements
- Letters of Intent
- Purchase and Sale Agreements – for both equity and assets
- Important Ancillary Documents to the Purchase and Sale Agreement – Consulting Agreements, Non-Compete Agreements, Employment Agreements, Earn Out Agreements, and Bills of Sale and Assignments
- Debt and Equity Agreements – including bank loans, private equity and SBA loans