Rasmussen Law Office offers perceptive counsel and advice on the entire spectrum of legal concerns businesses confront. Our lawyers instinctively size up the legal situation and the likely outcomes, perform the crucial research or preparation essential to obtain the best possible resolution under the circumstances, and emerge with results both beneficial to our clients and objectively fair.
We take a grounded pragmatic approach towards addressing and resolving legal issues faced by companies and their owners. As perceptive problem solvers, we pride ourselves in our ability to assist clients in making critical legally informed business decisions which we help implement effectively.
Whether the issue relates to buying, selling, or establishing a business; leasing office or warehouse space; obtaining working capital; entering and/or enforcing contracts with vendors, suppliers, distributors, and other companies; engaging in succession planning for the future of the business; formalizing ownership relationships among shareholders or other equity holders; collecting outstanding delinquent accounts receivable; or just dealing with legal concerns arising in the normal course of business, Rasmussen Law Office has the experience and perspective to provide focused guidance tailored to the needs and objectives of each client in a manner unparalleled by any other law firm.
Legal Services for Businesses
Business Formation
ü Incorporation
ü LLC Organization
Business Acquisition
ü Letter of Intent
ü Confidentiality Agreement
ü Due Diligence Advice
ü Purchase Agreement
ü Noncompetition Agreement
ü Consulting Agreement
Corporate Governance
ü Buy-Sell Agreement
ü Close Corporation Agreement
ü Operating Agreement
ü Minute Book Audit or Yearly Review
ü Other Shareholder/Member Agreements
ü Business Succession Planning
ü Shareholder/Member Disputes
ü Confidentiality Agreement
ü Purchase Agreement Review
ü Negotiation of Terms
ü Due Diligence Assistance
ü Consulting/Employment Agreement
ü Employment Agreements
ü Non-Compete Agreements
ü Independent Contractor Agreements
ü Mirror Equity/Phantom Stock Plans
ü Contract Review, Preparation and/or Negotiation
ü Plant, Store, or Office Leases
ü Standardized Invoice Forms
ü Sales or Distribution Contract
ü Equipment Purchase or Lease
ü Delinquent Account Collection
ü Contract Enforcement
ü Joint Venture
ü Strategic Alliance
ü Merger
ü Like-Kind Exchange
ü Real Estate Purchase/Sale
ü Redemption of Shares
ü Lease Assignment or Assumption
ü Subleases
ü Promissory Note
ü Guarantees
ü Taking/Giving Collateral
ü Mortgages
ü Loan Restructure/Modification
REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS/CORPORATE ENGAGEMENTS
· Served as contract in-house counsel to commercial large equipment leasing company and its parent holding company for approximately one year, structuring and documenting “one-off” customer lease transactions, attending to company’s own banking relationships, and providing general legal corporate counsel and advice.
· Formed numerous limited liability companies and prepared Operating Agreements for businesses ranging from two person family or owner-operated companies to investment vehicles to joint ventures to sophisticated real estate companies.
· Advised and guided numerous buyers and sellers through the acquisition/sale of a business process, including preparation/review of letters of intent, conduction of due diligence, meeting lenders’ requirements, structuring transactions, negotiation of satisfactory terms, and drafting relevant documentation.
· Assisted diverse business owners in making legally informed business decisions concerning leases, policies, contracts, and other issues arising in the day-to-day operation of their companies.
· Guided family-owned business through $7 million acquisition of assets of privately held manufacturing concern and related bank financing transaction.
· Successfully completed amicable division of $4.7 million owner-operated business between two sons in implementation of business succession plan, forming holding company and new companies, and drafting service agreements, master lease, and various other contractual agreements between existing company and between existing company and resulting new companies.
· Handled like-kind exchange between two professional services businesses involving swap of improved land with office premises and unimproved commercial real estate and temporary leaseback of office premises.
· Documented seller-financed $800,000 sale of established owner-operated distribution company, including real and personal property, to key employee.
· Represented public company through acquisition of Chapter 11 debtor’s assets, evaluating relative merits of §363 sale and plan of reorganization strategies, addressing tax and administrative claim priorities, and resolving issues concerning workers compensation, intellectual property, and environmental law.
· Advised county governmental agency in relation to, and drafted pertinent documentation for, the transitioning of an affiliated §501(c)(3) corporation from sharing agency resources and employees to a fully autonomous entity contracting with the agency and with other customers.
· Comprehensively revised statewide 23,000 member professional trade association’s Code of Regulations (Bylaws) and counseled association’s committee during its deliberations on the proposed revisions.