CORPORATE AND BUSINESS

Whether a company requires start-up capital, operational and financial guidance for second-stage growth or a corporate exit strategy, Ezra|Brutzkus|Gubner LLP’s corporate and business attorneys put our wide network of professional resources to work for clients.

For businesses ranging from small privately-held concerns to Fortune 500 companies, we advise, counsel and guide in:

  • Business formation
  • Financing
  • Employee and executive compensation
  • Ownership agreements – shareholder and operating agreements
  • Daily operations
  • Exit strategies
  • Commercial transactions
  • Mergers, acquisitions and strategic transactions
  • Licensing
  • Real estate leases, sales and acquisitions
  • General business advice and counsel
  • Regulatory compliances

Working as business advisors and legal counselors, firm attorneys create valuable opportunities for clients. When accounting, real estate or tax- related matters arise in a case, firm attorneys use their professional relationships to partner with other experts and collectively devise the correct solution.


CORPORATE AND BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

  • Represented a major Southern California apparel manufacturer in the sale of the company to a large U.S.-based multinational. We negotiated favorable terms and an accelerated and more secured payout for the client. Additional negotiations included post-acquisition employment of principals by manufacturer and leasing of manufactur- ing facilities.
  • Negotiated and structured the sale of a division of an automotive specialty manufacturer to a foreign-based multinational. Firm attorneys secured the purchase price, reduced risk for the client and devised substantial tax savings for the client.
  • Structured the sale of a financially troubled division of our client, a domestic manufacturer, to a multinational investor. Following the sale, the client’s reinvigorated balance sheets enabled the company to continue with its more profitable business segments.
  • Advised and counseled on early-stage financing and real estate leasing and acquisition for a start-up technology company.
  • Structured and negotiated a licensing agreement for a high-profile floral designer with a national floral service provider.
  • On behalf of an eyewear maker, we structured and negotiated a licensing agreement with a celebrity fashion designer.
  • For the sale of an 80-unit motel to a national hospitality chain operator, firm attorneys successfully steered the transaction to completion.
  • During the sale of a multimillion-dollar food business in the face of criminal and tax proceedings, firm attorneys protected the principal and created value for creditors and the Internal Revenue Service.
  • Represented the seller of a nationally recognized garment manufacturing company while it was being sold to a textile manufacturer. Firm attorneys created a vertical organization with greater profit potential.
  • Devised a profitable exit plan for the owner of a piece goods company that added substantial value to a maturing business.