General Business Law (Contract and Entity Formation)

Choosing the form of your business is critical to its financial success. Karp & Weiss attorneys can help you decide which entity type - corporation (C or S), limited liability company (LLC), partnership, and other forms - will best help you achieve your objectives. Karp & Weiss can set up the legal structure of your business, draft the documents governing your business, assist you in maintaining your entity, and help it evolve as your business evolves.

Non-lawyers who set up business entities without legal counsel risk serious adverse financial consequences. Many times, non-lawyers set up LLC's and fail to implement an "operating agreement." Many times, LLC's are a "50-50" ownership, that later causes problems of "deadlock" when the "50-50" owners decide to split. These future problems should be avoided at the start of a business, not dealt with in litigation.

Contracts are at the core of all business transactions. Karp & Weiss attorneys have significant experience in the negotiation and drafting of business contracts. Karp & Weiss can assist you and your business with asset purchases and sales, licensing agreements, employment and independent contractor agreements, real estate transactions, commercial leases, service contracts, and all business contracts.