GENERAL BUSINESS

The attorneys at 1600 Legal are experienced business lawyers with a broad knowledge of the legal issues that small and large businesses encounter on a daily basis.  Our entity formation services include drafting and negotiating all types of entity organizational documents, including but not limited to corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and bankruptcy remote entities.  Our attorneys can also assist you in choosing the entity or entities that is optimal for your business purposes, and structuring tiers of entities, if necessary.

Our attorneys also have the expertise to assist your organization in basic and many specialized areas of contract drafting and review as well as most other general counsel services.  Additionally, due to our strong business backgrounds, our attorneys can provide your organization with business plan and financial projection review with a view to capital raising through equity investors, bonds or third party financing

Business reorganizations can take many forms, from simple capital transfers to fundamental restructuring of entity ownership and capital structure.  The attorneys at 1600 Legal can assist your business as a debtor seeking relief from its investors or lenders, or as a lender or investor seeking to recover loans made to a business or investments made in a business. 

Reorganizations of a distressed business require a broad knowledge of related legal issues as well as practical experience in workout and reorganization matters.  Our attorneys have both the knowledge and experience to negotiate and document reorganization settlements, including the division of business assets in a business “divorce”, whether inside our outside of a Bankruptcy Chapter proceeding.

The attorneys at 1600 Legal have assisted in the structuring and documentation of numerous mergers, acquisitions and buy-sell agreements, both in a distressed business situation and under market driven conditions.  Whether you need assistance with the diligence required to complete an acquisition or you need help negotiating and documenting your business arrangement, 1600 Legal can provide the necessary expertise.

The attorneys at 1600 Legal, with the assistance of local counsel, have assisted lenders and businesses in perfecting security interests in real property in more than 25 states.  Additionally, we have assisted both lenders and borrowers structure and document real estate sale, acquisition and construction projects in a number of states.  Finally, our attorneys have extensive experience in oil and gas title review as well as issuing oil and gas title opinions, whether the review or opinion is for a lender making a loan against the mineral interests, or for an oil and gas developer confirming that they have clear title to commence drilling on a project.