Business & Corporate
Guiding startups, enterprises, and various industry leaders, Roach, Lennon & Brown provides unparalleled business and transactional advice, ensuring your venture's success at every juncture.
Our journey with our clients spans the full business lifecycle: from inception to expansion and eventual transition or succession. Roach, Lennon & Brown is the chosen compass for businesses that seek to navigate the complexities of the law, capitalize on lucrative opportunities, and fortify their assets.
Whether helming a closely-knit family enterprise or steering a vast, publicly-traded conglomerate, business leaders confront an array of formidable challenges. For over four decades, the legal minds at Roach, Lennon & Brown have steered clients through these intricate terrains, however sophisticated or multifaceted.
We take pride in being more than just lawyers – we are strategic business advisors. Our client roster includes budding visionaries and established enterprises with valuations reaching into the millions.
Our Comprehensive Business Law & Transactional Services:
- Strategic Corporate Governance: Formation, Organization, and Oversight
- Merger & Acquisition Mastery: Seamless Integrations, Acquisitions, and Divestments
- Licensing Leadership: Expertise in New York State Liquor Licensing and business permitting
- Employment : Employment Protocols, Compensation Structures, and Rights
- Corporate Evolution: Restructuring, Divorce, and Dissolution
- Franchise Excellence: Comprehensive Guidance on Franchising Ventures and Compliance
- Legacy & Family Business Consultation: Ensuring generational transition with succession planning, buy/sell arrangements, and inter-company acquisitions
- Government Liaison: Bridging Public and Private Sectors
- Social Enterprise Advocacy: Counseling Not-For-Profits and Tax-Exempt Organizations
- Crisis Management: Bankruptcy Proceedings, Workouts, and Creditor Advocacy
Invest in guidance that's been tested by time and industry shifts. Trust in Roach, Lennon & Brown for your corporate and business law needs.
Do I need a lawyer to start a business?
It's very important to have a lawyer to start your business. The reason being is that a lawyer is going to help you determine the best type of structure for your business, whether it's a proprietorship, a partnership, an LLC, or a corporation. They can help you determine the liabilities that you may be faced in your business and how to assess and mitigate those risks. Going to help you determine the tax obligations you're going to have. And also the structure that you're going to need among you and your partners. Among decision-making, voting control and how to buy each other out. And how the transition the business is going to go through its growth and success
How does VC financing affect the control of the company?
VC financing, also known as venture capital financing, affects the control in a number of ways one of which is that venture capital investors typically invest in preferred stock of a company. Preferred stock comes with a number of protected provisions and privileges and voting and different control mechanisms that are not available to the owners or the founders another way is that venture capitalists typically are entitled to a board seat one or more board seats on the on the company's board and that's going to affect how the management and affairs are controlled every company
What do I need to do to prepare for a sale of my business?
When preparing to sell your business you should first consider what type of business valuation you're going to use to get a market value for your business this will give you an indication of what a buyer is willing to purchase for the business. In addition to that you want to consider what corporate housekeeping will be required by a buyer this may include reviewing the certificate of incorporation the licenses you may have and other due diligence items including employee information financials and other type of intellectual property that you may own in your business
What are the legal issues associated with forming a business entity for my startup?
A startup needs to consider multiple different issues that could face their business from a legal perspective. One of which is the business structure that they're going to form under. They may be an LLC or corporation or a partnership or perhaps a proprietorship. They need to decide what the legal implications are what the liabilities that their business may face and what are the tax obligations that they're going to face. Another aspect that faces small businesses and startups is the licensing. They may need whether it's a business license a state liquor license or other type of municipal licenses that are required in their jurisdiction to operate
Will I be personally liable for my business debts?
It depends. Generally when a business is run through a business entity the owner is not personally liable for business debts. However there are certain circumstances where the owner can be held personally liable, such as when a personal guarantee has been signed or when the business is not run through a business entity such as when it is a DBA or "doing business as"
What can be trademarked?
A trademark is used to distinguish your goods or services from competitors or other people in the marketplace a design a logo a phrase or even a color are all eligible for trademark protection