Business Planning and Succession

BUSINESS PLANNING and SUCCESSION

Selecting an attorney to represent your business interests is one of the most important decisions a business owner will make. The Eirich Law Firm strives to help business owners navigate legal issues affecting their interests and works to achieve success by protecting business and personal assets and planning for the growth and future of your business.

Eirich Law represents businesses and entrepreneurs whether you are considering the formation, acquisition or dissolution of a business. We provide start-up assistance with the formation of a business entity and can assist with buying or selling of a business. We also provide comprehensive business succession planning to ensure that your business grows in the future according to your vision.

     Business Formation:

Starting a new business is an exciting adventure, but doing so successfully requires thorough planning. Eirich Law works with entrepreneurs in the formation of a legally sound entity appropriate for your business purpose and will work with you to develop business strategies to maximize opportunities for success. Eirich Law assists in the following business formation entities:

C-corporations
S-corporations
Limited Liability Companies
Partnerships (including Limited Liability Partnerships)
Asset Purchases ... and more.

Eirich Law will work with you to create unique ownership agreements and related documents as part of the business formation process.

     Purchase and Sale of Businesses:

Eirich Law provides advice to business owners in various stages of buying or selling a business, including:

Negotiation and Strategic Development
Advice on Legal Due Diligence
Structuring of a Transaction
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating terms and provisions of extensive documentation required for business acquisitions or sales

     Business Succession Planning:

Your business operations can be severely affected by any of life's events, such as the retirement, divorce, disability or death of key executives and personnel. Often, the effect can be devastating to a business. Proper planning can minimize and even eliminate the negative effects of often tragic events. Eirich Law provides guidance and services that will help you prepare your business to operate and grow through transition:

Ownership and Transfer Agreements
Business Valuation
Key Person Life Insurance Planning
Incentive Planning, Options to acquire, bonus or purchase ownership
Employment Agreements
New Entity Formation
Management Development and Operation Consulting
Growth Plans
Acquisitions
Business Asset Protection
Disposition of Ownership Interest in Estate Planning
Buy-Sell Agreements