Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha, P.A.'s Business and Tax Law Section provides its business and banking clients with a broad spectrum of services. Firm members assist business interests in:
- Formation, capitalization and maintenance of multiple types of entities including corporations, general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, professional associations and joint ventures;
- Purchases and sales of businesses and business assets, mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, recapitalizations, restructurings, liquidations and dissolutions;
- Private financings, including seed financings, real estate syndications, venture capital investments, subordinated debt and mezzanine financings; strategic planning, including growth and exit strategies, succession planning and management buy-outs;
- Resolution of stockholder disputes and corporate governance matters; maintenance of corporate records, preparation of shareholder, partnership and operating agreements, assistance in stock splits, dividends and redemptions; Executive compensation and employee benefit plans, including qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, stock options and other equity incentive plans;
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances, including the formation and financing of independent joint venture entities and corporate partnering arrangements;
- Negotiating and documenting business contracts and agreements, including distribution, marketing, licensing, employment, loan, technology, confidentiality, trademark and production agreements;
In working on business matters, the firm's attorneys advise clients in structuring business, loan and real estate transactions from the most advantageous tax position. They represent individuals and entities in audits and disputes with the IRS, the Department of Revenue and local taxing authorities and provide business and individual planning to take advantage of the latest tax opportunities.
Our firm's lawyers have represented clients that vary in size and across many industries. They include publicly-traded companies, privately-owned businesses, sole proprietorships, family partnerships and early stage ventures. Our lawyers have worked with many different sources of capital, including investment banks, merchant banks, commercial banks, venture capital funds, buyout funds, and other domestic and offshore funds and financing sources.