Business Law

Helping business owners establish, grow, and profit from their enterprises.

Many factors must be considered when choosing how to organize a new enterprise. These include the growth objectives of owners, management considerations, and tax considerations, among others. We can quickly understand the entrepreneur’s vision and growth with in-depth experience with legal, financial, and operational companies in many industries. This top-down and bottom-up approach can provide the owner with guidance and valuable insights at all stages of development.

We can assist after the formation of a business as well. Services include writing and amending corporate bylaws, documenting corporate minutes, and assisting in conducting annual meetings or other vital tasks.

Business Entity Structuring and Formation

Make sure your business is structured and formed the right way.

We can help you decide on the types of business you want to form. This could be a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company. We can help you decide on management structures, the role of investors, the amount of personal liability you will hold, where the revenue will come from, and establish an exit plan.

Business Reorganization

Every business changes over time.

As an owner, you want to know that your business matters are appropriately handled. Business Reorganization could include expanding your business or buying a new business. We have the experience, training, and knowledge necessary to assist your business’s changing needs.

Wealth Management

Businesses and business owners are presented with many opportunities and challenges, both legal and financial.

Through its strategic relationships with some of the area’s leading wealth management firms, our team can help you manage your assets with an eye toward their preservation and growth. Whether starting a business, setting up a 401(k) plan, selling a business, or planning an exit strategy, the seasoned advisers at Baldwin, Briscoe & Steinmetz, P.C. can help you best look after all your interests – legal and financial.

Corporate Governance

Make sure your business runs smoothly.

Corporate governance deals with how businesses and companies are controlled. It involves the relationship between a company’s management and its shareholders and board. We can assist you in mitigating the potential conflicts of interest between your business stakeholders.

Due Diligence Investigation

Make sure there are no unpleasant surprises in store for your business.

A due diligence investigation is a pre-transaction or pre-employment corporate investigation that tries to uncover company details. This could include management, finances, performance, mission, history, aims, suppliers, clients, or industry. Due Diligence is typically performed before a company merger, purchase, or acquisition. As a result, we can ensure there are no hidden liabilities for yourself or your business.

Contract Preparation

Make sure you and your business are protected from unwanted litigation.

A properly drafted contract clearly defines the rights and obligations of all parties involved. We can help you draft, review, interpret, and revise a broad range of business contracts.

We can look for any details in your contract that may cause future troubles or draft a contract from scratch and write it to your specifications.

Contract Review

Make sure you know what you are signing.

Reviewing contracts to understand your stated obligations under the contract is essential. If you are uncertain of your duties and sign the contract, you could be liable for breaching the contract. We can help you review the contract terms to ensure that your needs will be met and you will not obligate yourself unexpectedly.

Contract Litigation

When the provisions and terms of a contract aren’t met, sometimes the best results can only come from a court. The Law Offices of Baldwin, Briscoe & Steinmetz will represent you when a contract you signed with another is broken and work towards a fair and quick resolution of your matter within the courts.

Contract-Specific Disputes

We will gladly represent you for disputes involving the specific details of a given contract after an initial consultation.

Consumer Litigation

Suppose you are misled as a consumer into purchasing a faulty or dangerous product or buying a falsely advertised product. In that case, we can help you achieve satisfying compensation from the company you purchased from.

Business Disputes

The Law Offices of Baldwin, Briscoe & Steinmetz have represented specific disputes between companies involving various issues for years. We will gladly represent you and your business in its dispute with a commercial partner or neighbor.

Further Business Law Practice Areas

1. Disputes

2. Claims

3. Request for Equitable Adjustments (REAs)

4. Mentor/Protegé Agreements

5. Joint Ventures

6. Teaming agreements

7. Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs)

8. Termination Contract Litigation

9. Constructive and Resulting Trust Litigation

10. Mediation and Arbitration