Business Start-Ups and Closely Held Businesses
Eric Perkins has helped clients form hundreds of business entities and advised family-owned and other closely held businesses on a multitude of matters including:
- Choice of entity issues
- Shareholder or “Buy-Sell” Agreements
- Corporate governance issues
- Debt and equity financing
- Securities compliance issues
- Employment agreements
- Non-compete issues
- Business succession and transfer issues
- Miscellaneous legal problems and contractual issues arising during the ordinary course of business
Certain entity formation and annual entity management services are offered on a flat fee basis. For example, the “Basic Entity Formation” package includes:
- Preparation and filing of Articles with the State Corporation Commission
- Preparation of Bylaws (for a corporation) or Operating Agreement (for an LLC)
- Preparation and filing of IRS Form SS-4
- Preparation and filing of state taxpayer registration forms as applicable
- Preparation and filing of assumed name certificate as applicable
- Preparation of initial consents and corporate resolutions
- Preparation of initial share certificates as applicable
- Preparation of corporate minute book
- Assistance with local business license application
In addition, a “Basic Entity Management” package includes:
- Serving as registered agent
- Coordination of annual report and fees to the state
- Coordinating annual consents of shareholders and directors as applicable
- Review and analysis of corporate resolutions and minutes