BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE | Business Transactions

Transactions are the essence of every business. Goods and services are bought and sold, money changes hands, relationships are created and extinguished. Offit Kurman transactional attorneys craft and negotiate documents, assist when necessary with satisfying contract requirements, facilitate and participate in closings, all for the purpose of enabling clients to transact business while protecting them from unexpected and unreasonable exposure to liability and risk.

Our Business Transaction Practice Area attorneys are capable of handling nearly every kind of transaction that a business might encounter or contemplate. The following is a representative list of transactions in which our attorneys are highly experienced:

• Purchases and sales of businesses and business entities, including asset purchases, stock purchases and mergers;
• Employment agreements, principally for highly compensated executive and sales staff, including specialized bonus and commission arrangements, and appropriate non-competition and other restrictive covenants;
• Executive compensation arrangements, including nonqualified deferred compensation plans, stock bonus plans, and phantom stock and stock appreciation rights arrangements;
• Borrowing and lending transactions with both banks and private lenders;
• Independent contractor and agency relationships;
• Joint venture relationships;
• Customer and vendor transactions involving the retail and wholesale buying and selling of goods and services.

In addition to capturing and monitoring the basic business terms of a transaction, Offit Kurman transactional attorneys are highly skilled in the use of representations and warranties, indemnifications, personal and corporate guaranties, collateralization and payment and collection terms for the protection of our clients.