Business & Corporate

Business & Corporate

Legal Advice and Representation for Business Disputes

Whether you’re involved in limited liability companies, joint ventures, or corporate structures, business endeavors often involve partnering with others. When your business strategy or need doesn’t align with someone else’s, you may find yourself embroiled in contractual or business disputes.

Our attorneys proactively advise clients in order to avoid expensive disputes or litigation by establishing standard business agreements and other legal documents designed to protect your business interests. While proactive measures reduce the exposure to legal risk, other potential legal issues for businesses arise with every transaction they make, so having a business law attorney represent you and provide legal advice in disputes or other legal matters is critical.

Risk is a key consideration in every decision made while operating a business.  Whether creating a partnership, launching a new product/service, or entering into a contract impacts its legal standing, a business must have a complete understanding of these legal issues and their implications for the ownership model, tax liabilities, and more.  Most importantly, a company must have adequate controls and measures in place to address its specific legal issues. Otherwise, a business policy is hollow without supporting, substantive measures to ensure its proper execution.

No matter what industry you’re in, starting a new business can be challenging. There are many factors to consider that can delay or harm your business’s growth and success if handled improperly, including the following:

Inadequate planning can result in delays, decreased productivity, and profit loss. Creating a detailed business plan with clear objectives can facilitate better planning. ​

Strong leadership is vital to achieving business goals, motivating employees, and maintaining a loyal customer base. It’s essential to have a clear company mission with realistic short- and long-term goals to follow.

Strong leadership is vital to achieving business goals, motivating employees, and maintaining a loyal customer base. It’s essential to have a clear company mission with realistic short- and long-term goals to follow.

Helping New Companies Get Started

Hiring a business attorney with extensive experience can ease the business formation process and help you get a head start in growing your company. There are numerous tasks our business law experts can assist with. 

How you structure your business can significantly impact its growth and success. We can help you build a strong foundation by selecting the proper entity structure for your company’s needs and formulating founding documents detailing its mission, goals, principles, and operation practices. ​

Making smart financial decisions from the start can drastically increase your company’s chance of survival. Our business consultants can identify available funding opportunities and negotiate terms of loan agreements and other financial documents. Additionally, we can assist with cash and asset protection.​

Get started on the right foot with the government and other regulatory bodies by ensuring that your company is working within the operational limits in place. Our team can assist your organization in navigating the ins and outs of a shifting regulatory landscape, maintaining compliance, and avoiding fines or other regulatory actions.​

How a Business Lawyer Can Benefit Existing Companies

Existing businesses also face unique, complex situations that can be difficult to navigate without guidance. We help companies overcome the following hurdles and achieve longevity. 

For New Companies, a Business Attorney is Crucial

A business lawyer can assist new companies with a variety of matters, from developing high-quality contracts to complying with tax law. They can help get your business off the ground by avoiding risky situations and making well-informed decisions regarding registration and licensing. Hiring a business attorney can also save you money and legal trouble. For example, choosing the wrong business entity can affect your legal responsibilities and liability as an entrepreneur. Additionally, different entities require their own financial and taxation procedures. A business lawyer can provide education and guidance on each entity, ensuring you select the best one for your company’s needs. 

Working with a business lawyer is more than just a one-and-done deal. Your attorney can be there to help anytime you need to create a contract, copyright a new product, and purchase or lease office space, providing peace of mind whenever a new change or obstacle emerges. 

Staying Compliant With Regulations

Business law isn’t all about contracts and balancing partnership interests. Our business and corporate law services include support for understanding legal compliance standards and remaining on the right side of laws and regulations. Whether you’re a small business owner or a larger organization, it’s important to ensure everything from commercial leases to employee hiring and management is compliant with the applicable law. An ongoing relationship with an experienced business lawyer helps minimize your legal risk as your business grows.

Supporting Business Transactions

You don’t have to be facing a merger to need a business lawyer. When dealing with an equipment sale or purchase, commercial lease agreement, business interest acquisition, or other business transactions, you can benefit from the representation and guidance of an experienced business attorney. 

Choose By Design Law in Seattle for Business Law Representation and Advice

With over twenty years of experience working for both private and public companies, as well as extensive hands-on experience managing business legal issues, By Design Law takes a consultative approach to our clients’ needs. Developing a deep understanding of the business, we offer our clients advice and solutions tailored to their specific needs. Moreover, we strive to ensure our clients understand the full scope of their legal risks and implement measures that truly address the significant issues facing the business.

We offer legal advice on various business matters and provide representation to protect your business’ assets and minimize long-term legal risks. This means we’ll assist with immediate legal issues and provide solutions for incorporating tactics to protect your interests continuously.

ADDRESSING YOUR UNIQUE LEGAL NEEDS

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