Erickson | Sederstrom has extensive experience and a long history of involvement in the area of business and corporate law for all types and sizes of business clients. Erickson | Sederstrom serves as general counsel to for-profit and not-for-profit clients of all sizes, from closely held businesses to publicly traded companies.  Erickson | Sederstrom meets the legal needs of all varieties of companies, including start-up, entrepreneurial, early and growth stage, high-growth and public companies.  Erickson | Sederstrom provides legal services to its business clients in virtually every aspect of business, including:

• Business Formation and Choice of Entity – Assistance in selecting the proper business entity, including Corporations, S Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, or Limited Liability Partnerships.
• Corporate Governance – Consulting and assistance with for-profit and not-for-profit corporate and business governance, including directors’ and officers’ duties and Sarbanes-Oxley and other compliance issues.
• Real Estate – Complex commercial and business transactions. Services include preparation of commercial contracts and leases, sale and purchase of business, residential and commercial real estate projects.
• Business Reorganization and Structuring – Assistance with all types of credit transactions and reorganizations, including structuring and documenting of secured transactions.
• Tax Consulting and Planning – Consulting on  federal and state tax matters.
• Capital Formation and Securities – Preparation and consulting with regard to capital formation strategies. Initial public offerings, placing of private debt and equity with individual investors and/or venture capital, angel investing, among others.
• Franchising – Assistance to both franchisors and franchisees, potential and existing, regarding planning, structuring, implementation, and compliance of franchise programs. Drafting, analysis, registration, negotiation and implementation of Franchise Disclosure Documents, Franchise Agreements, Development Agreements, and other franchise related instruments.
• Mergers and Acquisitions – Representation of Buyers and Sellers in all types of corporate, commercial and business transactions, including asset purchases, stock or equity purchases, mergers, corporate split-offs and spin-offs, leveraged buy-outs, and all other forms of corporate and business transactions.
• Transition Planning – Consulting, drafting and implementation of corporate and business succession plans, including buy-sell arrangements, redemption plans, estate planning matters, and all other aspects of corporate and business succession.
• Shareholder/Owner Disputes and Mediation – Consulting, advising and resolution services regarding shareholder, owner or other disputes.

For more information on the services and expertise offered by Erickson | Sederstrom's Corporate and Business Law practice group, please contact one of the attorneys listed below.

Erickson | Sederstrom's tax division is able to provide its clients with expert tax law representation. Specifically, our attorneys provide a wide range of tax services to individual and business clients, including:

• Planning and Consulting – Counseling entities with respect to entity structures,  split-offs and spin-offs, acquisitions/mergers, or reorganizations.
• Structured financing – Consulting, review, advising and implementation of structured financing arrangements.
• 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges – Consulting, advising, and facilitation of tax deferred exchanges of real and personal property.
• Tax controversy matters
• Representation of businesses and individuals before the IRS and state taxing authorities
• Offers in Compromise and installment agreements
• Real Property Tax Assessments, protests, negotiations and TERC proceedings
• Penalty Abatement
• Audit consulting, planning, and strategy
• Executive compensation and benefits – Consulting, advising implementation regarding all issues related to executive compensation and beneifts, including expertise regarding Qualified and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans.
• Individual tax consequences – Consulting, advising, and implementation of individual tax strategies affording maximum benefit to clients.
• ERISA – Consulting and advising regarding all aspects of ERISA and related compliance and other issues.

For more information with respect to our tax practice, please contact William T. Foley or Samuel E. Clark, Erickson | Sederstrom's tax attorneys.