Corporate, Business, Commercial and Mergers and Acquisitions

Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel’s Corporate, Business, Commercial and Mergers and Acquisitions department provides timely service to meet the widely varied business opportunities and needs of its clients, from formation to company maturity and sale or merger. In addition to the ongoing corporate governance needs of any business (board meetings, shareholder or partner meeting minutes), commercial collection services and business planning tax advice, we provide "soup to nuts" service in the following areas, among others:

  • Shareholder agreements, operating agreements, partnership and limited partnership agreements and related succession and control planning and tax advice.

  • Buy-sell, non-disclosure, non-compete, employment, consulting and independent contractor agreements, indemnities and releases.

  • Funding business needs for growth and special opportunities through bank and institutional lenders funding and, in coordination with our Securities department, through private placements, mezzanine financing and public offerings of debt and equity.

  • Mergers and acquisitions as business entities grow, family succession and exit strategies for companies and individuals at all stages of business life. We represent buyers, acquirees and sellers from identification of the target through consummation of the sale or acquisition including all necessary non-disclosure and due diligence work as well as all transaction documentation. We specialize in both asset based and concept based companies. In addition, we negotiate and document family succession planning and documents required for implementation and completion of the transition.

  • Internet business issues, dot.com representation, internet privacy.

  • Computer software and hardware licensing; work for hire and software development; web hosting and business portal agreements; online order taking and fulfillment representation.

  • Licensing of product sales, development and distribution, both national and international.

  • Commercial collections, regardless of size, including representing creditors in bankruptcy.

  • Literary, newspaper, music and publishing business issues, contracting and representation for both publishers and producers (writers and musicians).

  • Representation of athletes and performers.