Do you have plans to open your own business in the United States? If your answer is yes, contact us. We advise our clients regarding business entity selections. We form and maintain business entities. We make your business ready to open a bank account and hire employees. We handle a broad range of business and corporate matters. We also have extensive experience in negotiating and drafting all kinds of corporate documents including but not limited to bylaws, operating and shareholder agreements, stock and membership transfer and sale agreements, and shareholder loan agreements.
Contract negotiations especially the ones involving financial obligations can be complicated and difficult. We can assist you with our experience for contract drafting, review and negotiations. We explain to you your rights and duties under a proposed contract. We draft and revise all kinds of commercial and business contracts including but not limited to all kind of sale, purchase and transfer agreements, lease agreements, agency and distributorship agreements, commission agreements, manufacture, supply and license agreements, consultancy and employment agreements, confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-competition agreements.
Do you have plans to buy a restaurant or sell your market? Regardless of the type of the business transfer we will help you handle the transactions smoothly and determine the best legal structure for you business transfer. We, on your behalf, draft, revise and negotiate the necessary documents such as asset purchase and transfer agreements. We show you the steps you should take to avoid any future headaches caused by third party receivables or unpaid sales taxes of the transferred business. We also help you negotiate with the landlord the terms of a brand new lease agreement or an assignment of lease with a guaranty agreement to make the business transfer favorable to you.
When properly protected and secured, a business name or trademark can generate continuous financial gains. Also can create strong opportunities and secure a steady position in the competitive business market. Lack of protection can result in lost opportunities or eventual termination of economic existence. You should avoid unpleasant surprises by taking necessary legal steps to protect your trademark. We help our clients register, protect and prosecute their trademarks in the United States. We perform searches and file necessary applications to obtain legal protections. We also present and defend businesses in infringement actions, licensing and royalty issues.
We represent trademark owners before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) to protect and defend their trademarks. Our trademark litigation practice includes handling opposition and cancellation proceedings.
We help trademark owners renew their U.S. trademark registrations. These renewals must be done periodically. If you fail to renew your trademark registration, you lose your rights in the United States. Our U.S. trademark registration renewal services include the mandatory Declaration of Use and Incontestability filings under Sections 8 and 15 of the Lanham Act.
Settling business disputes outside of a courtroom is sometimes possible. Carefully planned negotiation and taking smart steps may help you save a lot of money and time. We handle business-related legal problems by first trying to resolve them economically, amicably and expeditiously, without going to court. When the parties have an intention to resolve the dispute amicably, we draft necessary documents to secure the parties’ performances such as settlement and compromise, loan agreements, and promissory notes. To avoid and mitigate any future business dispute we also conduct background checks for liens and judgments, business status searches, and license checks for all counter parties.
Corporations are required to maintain certain corporate formalities that will preserve the corporation’s status as a separate legal entity, and therefore, insulate its shareholders from personal liability. Basic corporate formalities include having annual meetings and documenting important corporate decisions through corporate resolutions. Maintaining corporate formalities is not difficult, but it needs full attention. We can advise you on maintaining such formalities and protecting you from personal liability. We also help you structure and draft partnership documents such as buyout or buy-sell agreements to avoid future disputes between the business partners or shareholders.
We guide you to collect your receivables in the United States without going to court. For that purpose, we conduct due diligence to assess the collection risk. We also contact debtors to collect the debt or structure a payment plan with certain guarantees to our client’s satisfaction.
