Brown White & Osborn LLP possesses in excess of 50 years of corporate counsel experience assisting all types of business, from small businesses, partnerships and corporations to large multinational and publicly traded corporations. Our lawyers have more than 30 years of in-house counsel experience guiding the growth of corporations and positioning them for mergers, consolidations, acquisitions and profitable growth, along with succession planning and repatriation. We have represented numerous startup companies and work with them with their limited resources. Our attorneys understand the importance of learning the unique culture of each business and tailor their recommendations and advice to work with the client’s operating environment.
For each corporate client, attorneys at Brown White & Osborn conduct a situation analysis and develop optimum and successful strategies. By evaluating the corporate dynamics, we develop a strategy aimed at improving the company operations and minimizing the legal risks that exist in today’s market, at an affordable and reasonable price which is as equally important to our clients, as is the outcome of the assignment.
Our attorneys are well equipped and staffed to address the immediate business needs that can occur within a moment’s notice, including employee and independent contractor problems, contract drafting and negotiation issues, formation of various corporate structures or other less formal business associations, negotiations, or if necessary, litigation. In many instances, our Firm serves as the in-house counsel legal department for our clients and we fully integrate ourselves by learning the client’s business and becoming proactive rather than reactive. Clients often provide onsite offices so that our presence is known not only to staff, but also to customers and clients. We understand and appreciate that response time, returning telephone calls and completing assignments on budget are critical.
Recently, we handled financial transactions in excess of $100 million from start to finish, including the purchase and sale of companies, assets, stock, surrender of warrants, stock certificates, employment agreements, assignment of intellectual property, and with the assistance of our associated in-house CPA group, issued K-1’s and coordinated stock redemptions of over $80 million.
Some examples of corporate work Brown White & Osborn provides to our clients are as follows:
- Distribution agreements
- OEM agreements
- Confidentiality agreements
- Real property leases/purchases
- Employment agreements
- Technology licensing
- Sales contract negotiations
- Buy/sell agreements
- Asset sale agreements
- Ethics and non-discrimination workshops
- Corporate governance and maintenance
- Corporate minutes and resolutions
- Employee dispute resolution
- Third-party vendor negotiations
- Mergers
- Acquisitions
- Bankruptcy
- Strategic planning
- Succession planning
- Re-organization of various business structures (all aspects)
- Credit facilities
- Business violations
- Business counseling
- Crisis management
- Commercial lending and leasing