The growth of our clients' businesses is very important to The Law Firm of Ekaterina Mouratova, PLLC. With the right guidance, information, and representation, any business can be successful. We provide a full range of legal services to meet the varied needs of our business clients, from individual entrepreneurs to major corporations.
We have resources to handle the most complex matters as well as to arrange assistance of other non-legal professionals from our extensive network. Our longstanding professional collaborations provide our clients with the convenience and speed of all-inclusive services.
Being the masters of legal intricacies involved in business transactions and operations, we provide efficient legal assistance in each stage of business life-cycle, including organizational, managerial, contractual, financial, employment, and regulatory issues.
- Formation and structuring of the companies
- 5 Top Things to Consider When Opening a New Business
- Available forms of business entities
- Pros & Cons of different business structures
- Joint Ventures/Partnerships
- Not-for-profit corporations
- Benefit corporations - business for profit or for public
- When do I need to register a company?
- What state should I incorporate at?
- What is a Certificate of Incorporation & Bylaws?
- How many shares should be authorized in the Certificate of Incorporation?
- What par value & no par value means?
- Founders Stock and associated features
- Should founders pay for their stock by cash or by contributing intellectual property?
- Should founders stock be subject to vesting?
- How a vesting schedule may look like?
- What is an IRS 83(b) election?
- What does Incorporator's Organizational Action mean?
- What is Unanimous Written Consent of the Board in Lieu of Organizational Meeting?
- What documents are typically included in a company organizational package?
- Who are considered the owners of the company besides the founders?
- Conducting business in other states
- Explore the decision-making process
- Operating agreements, shareholder agreements, founders’ stock agreements
- Various business and professional licenses
- Employment and Independent Contractor agreements
- Human Resources and Employment Law
- What terms and conditions Offer of Employment letter should contain?
- What is an Employee Handbook and why businesses need it?
- Difference between employees and independent contractors
- Legal regulation for employers who use interns
- What payroll taxes do employers pay?
- Non-compete, non-disclosure, confidentiality, assignments of rights and interests agreements
- Equity compensation development and implementation
- What equity compensation is about. It's pros and cons
- Available equity incentive structures
- Key Issues of Stock Compensation
- What is the Equity Incentive Compensation Plan?
- What is restricted stock and the most common restriction associated with it?
- What is restricted stock option?
- The difference between ISOs & NSOs
- What is Restricted Stock Units?
- Stock Appreciation Rights
- Phantom Stock
- Tax Considerations for Equity Compensation
- What documents are included in the Equity Incentive Compensation package?
- Sample Questionnaire for Equity Compensation Plan
- Sale and purchase transactions, leases, licenses and multiple other business contracts
- A List of Contracts Every Business Must Have
- Selling Goods in the U.S.
- Key Issues to Consider in Intellectual Property Licensing
- 10 Top Things to Pay Attention to in Commercial Real Estate Leases
- Things to consider when buying commercial real estate
- Puffery, advertisement, or a legally-binding contract?
- Banking in the U.S.
- Buying and selling businesses
- Financing a business
- Angel and Venture capital financing
- Angel Investors
- Venture investors - what they are looking for in a company?
- How to select a venture capitalist?
- Different types of stock
- What is preferred stock and why is it issued to investors?
- What are the most common rights of the preferred stock?
- Valuation strategies
- Sample Preferred Stock Term Sheets
- Are Series A term sheets binding?
- Should a term sheet be confidential?
- What is a no-shop provision?
- What documents are included in Series A financing?
- What are the conditions to closing of a Series A financing?
- Worst seed round terms for startups
- Lending to and borrowing from the company
- E-commerce and information technology
- All agreements related to online business - development and hosting, Internet service providers, online commercial ventures, privacy policies, terms of use, click-wrap and browse-wrap agreements, end-user agreements, subscriber agreements and more
- Corporate governance and compliance
- Directors & Shareholders – their rights & responsibilities towards each other & the company
- Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance
- Board Relations in a Startup
- Shareholder voting agreements
- Duties of the shareholders in close corporations
- Direct vs. Derivative lawsuits
- What Piercing Corporate Veil means and when it may occur?
- Regulatory Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Importing Goods in the USA
- Selling Goods in the U.S.
- Internet Business
- Consumer protection
- Product Liability
- Antitrust Law and Regulations
- Environmental Protection
- U.S. Capital Markets
- U.S. Taxation
- Deductable business expenses
- Franchising
- Business and employment immigration to the U.S.
- M&A transactions – mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures and other partnering agreements
- Trademark, copyright and other intellectual property registration, protection, licensing, buying and selling
- Strategic counseling and day-to-day legal advice
We understand from the practical perspective what is essential to accomplishing the business goals of our clients and avoiding the obstacles. We get our clients the deals they want.
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