Business Practice Group
The Business Practice Group has the experience and expertise to provide timely, efficient and cost-effective responses to clients' business needs. Our attorneys provide a broad range of transactional services to a diverse clientele of businesses and their principals.
Business Transactions
Our Business attorneys act as counsel for a variety of business entities, including corporations of all sizes, limited liability companies and partnerships, joint ventures, general and limited partnerships, and sole proprietorships.
We assist businesses and their owners with a large array of services spanning the cycle, including consultation, structure and formation of business entities, shareholder agreements, licensing agreements, employee/employer relations, buy/sell agreements, mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, contract review and drafting, financing and debt restructuring, intellectual property and trademarks, and proactive business advice.
We provide services and resources to established businesses as well as entrepreneurs. In addition, our attorneys provide legal advice to emerging businesses, including many technology ventures and software businesses, and offer assistance in the areas of organizational structure, intellectual property, venture capital, and private placement financing.
Restaurant & Food Services Management and Licensing
Looney & Grossman is one of the few firms in New England with a practice area dedicated to the Food Service and Management industry. We address the increasingly technical and specialized nature of the legal needs of the industry and represent numerous national and regional food service companies, as well as several of the top restaurants in metro Boston. We provide the following legal services to clients: licensing agreements, liquor licensing and permitting, zoning, planning and construction matters, employee / employer relations, product liability, food safety issues, franchise regulations and registrations, general and commercial litigation, corporate and business matters, merger, acquisition and reorganization advice and guidance on operational procedures.
Licensing and Employment Law
Looney & Grossman's Business attorneys represent both employers and employees in a wide variety of employment matters, including discrimination and wrongful termination cases before administrative bodies and the State and Federal courts, and the negotiation and drafting of employment contracts, severance agreements, stock option documentation, non-competition covenants, and confidentiality agreements. We assists clients in establishing appropriate policies to both ensure legal compliance and proactively guard against future workplace problems. Our attorneys strategize with clients on methods of conflict avoidance, and also offer seminars designed to educate and update managerial and supervisory personnel in various facets of employment law.
Estate Planning & Administration
One of the most significant concerns of the principals of family-owned or small businesses is the orderly transfer of ownership and control, whether to the next generation, to employees/principals, or to outsiders. We provide legal guidance and practical solutions to clients on the critical subjects of estate planning, gifting and other asset-transfer strategies, in order to facilitate a desired transfer of ownership with a minimum of business disruption and tax exposure.
In every area of practice, our attorneys are dedicated to excellence and committed to our clients’ success. Please review our other practices listed. |
