LEGAL ~ CORPORATE



Given our unique professional services background in law and business consulting, Drakeford & Kane LLC understands and appreciates the complexity associated with forming, operating, reorganizing, merging, acquiring, or dissolving a business. The Business & Corporate Law practice of Drakeford & Kane LLC empowers its clients by assisting them with critical decisions and by providing them with information which leads to the most optimal outcome possible.

  • Formation

Drakeford & Kane LLC has extensive experience negotiating, documenting and forming the vast majority of business structures, including:

    • Subchapter C corporation
    • Subchapter S corporation
    • Limited Liability Company
    • Limited Liability Partnership
    • General Partnership
    • Limited Partnership
    • Master Limited Partnership
    • Joint Venture
    • Business Trust
    • Sole proprietorship
  • Management & Operations

A corporate entity or structure is only the first step of any formation process. Drakeford & Kane LLC counsels it's clients on implementing one or more of the following, depending on the unique circumstances of each individual business:

    • By-laws
    • Operating Agreement
    • Management Agreement
    • Partnership Agreement
    • Shareholder Agreement
    • Strategic Alliance
    • Finance Agreement
  • Regulatory & Compliance

The firm develops systems and procedures, often in conjunction with accounting professionals, to help managers comply with local, state, and federal reporting requirements. Drakeford & Kane LLC also helps you obtain appropriate permits and licenses for your enterprise and make determinations as to whether you are in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local authorities.

  • Governance

Once the decision as to which type of entity has been made and implemented, Drakeford & Kane LLC assists clients with on-going operational issues such as:

    • Fiduciary – Board member and Owner – responsibilities
    • Owner and/or Board meeting preparations
    • Owner and/or Board resolutions
    • Conflict resolution
    • Voting, Quorum, and Proxy challenges
    • Minority Owners
    • Recordkeeping requirements
    • Arms-length transactions between parent entity and insiders/subsidiaries
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Drakeford & Kane LLC works tirelessly to complete transactions timely and efficiently, producing deliverables such as:

    • Buy/Sell Agreement
    • Stock Purchase Agreement
    • Due diligence report
    • Opinion letter
    • Risk and liability assessment
  • Reorganization, Dissolution & Liquidation

Our professionals understand the critical and intense nature surrounding the implementation of a major change to the company. Drakeford & Kane LLC assists with delicate matters involving:

    • Change of Ownership
    • Downsizing/Rightsizing
    • Sale of Asset
  • Exempt Organizations

The professionals at Drakeford & Kane LLC provide legal counsel to not-for-profit and tax exempt organizations including universities, museums, hospitals and health systems, community organizations and advocacy groups, national associations and public and private foundations.  The Firm assists these clients in formation, financing, regulatory compliance and corporate governance matters, litigation, healthcare conversions and alliances, charitable trust law and board audit committee structures and responsibilities.

 

 

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