Look to Us When You Need:
- Tax planning for the business structure and operation of the business
- Organization and formation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies
- Full-service mergers and acquisitions representation for both buyer and seller
- Preparation and negotiation of equity ownership, corporate governance and entity control agreements, such as shareholders’ agreements, operating agreements, partnership agreements, bylaws, options agreements, ESOPs and convertible debt arrangements
- Advising directors, officers and shareholders about corporate rights and duties
- Drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, such as franchise agreements, business contracts, employment agreements, non-competition agreements, confidentiality agreements, trade secret protection documents, real estate contracts and sales agreements
- Drafting and negotiating executive employment agreements, incentive compensation plans, non-competition agreements, releases and severance arrangements
- Drafting and negotiating financing, loan and securitization arrangements
Tax and Business Planning
Our attorneys have extensive experience in both corporate transactions and tax planning. Taxes affect all types of business and corporate transactions.
FIND OUT MORECorporate Governance & Business Practices
Culp Elliott & Carpenter’s Corporate Governance and Business practice advises private companies, partnerships, private equity funds, investment funds, joint ventures, entrepreneurs and their respective founders, investors and management on a full range of corporate governance and compliance matters.
FIND OUT MOREMergers & Acquisitions
Culp Elliott & Carpenter provides full-service corporate and transaction counsel to facilitate the structuring, financing and successful completion of acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, mergers, joint ventures/strategic alliances and recapitalizations, debt and equity offerings and other commercial transactions.
FIND OUT MOREEmployment Agreements
Culp Elliott & Carpenter’s Employment Agreements practice focuses on advising clients on how to protect their valuable trade secrets and other valuable intellectual property in a manner that is fully compliant under the law and withstands the scrutiny of the courts.
FIND OUT MOREPrivate Equity & Venture Capital
The Firm represents entrepreneurs, investors and investment bankers who create and fund new business ventures in the private equity and venture capital arena.
FIND OUT MOREExecutive & Equity Compensation
Culp Elliott & Carpenter’s Executive and Equity Compensation practice focuses on assisting clients create and maintain effective compensation programs.
FIND OUT MOREBusiness Structure, Tax & Succession Planning
We have decades of experience helping clients design and implement effective and tax-efficient family business ownership structures. As a family’s assets and businesses grow, the ownership structure becomes more complex. The objective of business organization planning is to create a structure that is simple but provides powerful business, tax, and estate planning benefits.
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