We provide legal services and advice to over 300 business entities, ranging in size from small entrepreneurs to subsidiaries of large, publicly owned companies. We provide solid, practical advice on a wide range of issues -- from starting a business to growing your business operations to succession planning -- whether handing the business on to a family member or key employees, or selling it to a third party. We employ a results-oriented approach to assist our firm's business clients in the following areas of expertise:

Buy-Sell Agreements

Services Offered: We enable businesses that have multiple owners to create and implement a plan that will protect the business, its owners, and the owners' families in the event of any business owner's death, disability, retirement or cessation of involvement in the business.

As a business owner, you naturally want to be certain that your bases are covered. A buy-sell agreement allows you to put into writing how the business will continue and under what terms any benefits would be paid in the event of an owner's death, disability, retirement or cessation of involvement. Lacking a carefully prepared buy-sell agreement, a business will often experience tumultuous times after the loss of an owner. Privately-owned businesses with multiple owners need to memorialize these terms to ensure that the business will continue to run smoothly.

Computer and Software Law

Services Offered: Offering legal assistance to clients involved in developing and marketing computer software technology, as well as clients who make use of the technology in their business.

The continual improvements in technology have changed the way that businesses operate. We make it a priority to stay aware of the legal issues resulting from businesses implementing these new processes and procedures.

Contract Negotiation

Services Offered: Our attorneys negotiate and draft business agreements that are understandable and enforceable between clients and their customers, vendors, contractors or other third parties.

We know that details make or break a contract. Our extensive experience in reading the fine print and solving potential contract problems protects our clients and saves them money.

Corporate Start-ups

Services Offered: Our attorneys identify and establish the proper business entity (C corporation, sub-chapter S corporation, limited liability company, etc.) to conduct business. Additionally, we shelter investors from liability and minimize tax implications. We also handle the vast amount of filings and reportings necessary for proper registration with the state and federal governments.

All too often, new business owners cut corners in forming their entities in an attempt to save money. We find that clients who take these shortcuts frequently wind up with negative tax consequences, liability problems and unexpected operational difficulties. Our attorneys are experienced in corporate formation and we will assist you in setting up your company so that your focus can be where it belongs – on your business.

Financing/Matching Investors with Opportunities

Services Offered: Our attorneys negotiate and secure the financing necessary to support business start-ups, business expansion and ongoing operations. We negotiate security agreements as necessary between clients and customers to minimize exposure for credit extended. In addition, we help clients identify and obtain sources of capital.

We have helped clients obtain simple lines of credit, and we have negotiated and obtained capital in excess of $50,000,000. Wherever you fall in that spectrum, we have the contacts and referral sources gained from years of experience to help you find the financing you need for your business operations.

Human Resources and Employment Law

Services Offered: Our attorneys advise clients in the important areas of hiring, firing and disciplining employees. We also advise clients on compliance with state and federal wage, hour, and employee benefit laws, as well as compliance with state and federal workplace safety and anti-harassment rules and statutes.

We understand that it takes a dedicated task force to operate your business. It also takes a commitment to a safe and healthy workplace. Our attorneys are prepared to handle a wide range of employment and labor law issues on your behalf to minimize liability and resolve conflicts that may arise.

Insurance

Services Offered: Our attorneys assist busines clients in the areas of risk assessment and help them procure the appropriate coverages, manage coverage disputes with carriers, and represent the business interests of insurance agents on the national and local level.

We understand that risks are a natural part of business, and that's why we want to make sure that you're adequately covered. In our experience, business owners benefit from a better understanding of their chosen insurance. We offer services that open the lines of communication between a client and their insurance representative to ensure that all the parties are on the same page.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Services Offered: Our attorneys negotiate and arrange the buying and selling of a business entity, or any part of it.

Whether you are selling your business, acquiring a new one, or working through a highly-complicated recapitalization, we have the experience you need to safely navigate this often difficult process.

Tax-Exempt Organizations

Services offered: Our attorneys represent a broad spectrum of nonprofit organizations from their inception on -- including, if necessary, their dissolution.

Since our founding, we have enjoyed particular success in helping our nonprofit clients smoothly and successfully navigate the complex waters of the tax-exempt approval process. We represent private foundations, churches, schools and other educational enterprises, charities, counseling agencies, adoption agencies, community organizations, mission groups, and many others. We also routinely advise clients on matters unique to nonprofits, such as corporate governance, private inurement, limits on campaign and lobbying activity, and state registration and licensing requirements.

Tax Planning

Services Offered: Our attorneys implement tax strategies that are designed to minimize tax liability for business entities and their investors. Working with a client's accountant, we handle the necessary tax filings, reportings and returns.

Wright Penning & Beamer has the third-party resources to help you analyze and identify possible tax-savings opportunities, specifically the research and development of tax credits, when it comes to tax planning.

Workouts and Asset Protection

Services Offered: Our attorneys work to develop and implement solutions short of bankruptcy for retiring your outstanding debt, or for liquidating your business in an orderly and efficient manner.

If your business is experiencing troubled times, bankruptcy is not the only -- or best -- option for a distressed company. In several instances, we have helped clients to negotiate extended terms with their vendors and suppliers. It's been our experience that many vendors and suppliers prefer working through these types of payment plans and see it as a favorable and more efficient solution than bankruptcy.