Offit Kurman attorneys who serve as business advisors and outside general counsel provide comprehensive legal support to companies throughout their lifecycle, serving privately held and family-owned businesses, emerging companies, and middle-market organizations across a broad range of industries. The firm’s multidisciplinary approach enables tailored solutions that address each client's operational realities, daily legal needs, and long-term strategic goals. Attorneys deliver practical guidance on operations, risk mitigation, organizational structure, and forward-looking business planning, ensuring clients receive consistent, business-focused counsel that aligns legal considerations with overall objectives.
Business Formation and Organizational Structure
Attorneys advise entrepreneurs, closely held companies, and growing enterprises on entity formation and foundational governance. This includes selecting the appropriate business structure, drafting governing documents, addressing ownership and management rights, and guiding clients through restructuring or changes in control. Attorneys help ensure that organizational frameworks support the company’s needs now and as they evolve.
Ongoing Operational and Commercial Support
The practice group provides steady legal guidance across routine and complex operational matters. Services include preparing and negotiating commercial contracts, vendor and customer agreements, employment policies, and confidentiality or restrictive covenant arrangements. Attorneys also help businesses navigate compliance and regulatory requirements and risk-management considerations that arise in everyday operations.
Strategic Transactions and Corporate Planning
The team represents companies in transactions that shape growth and transition. The practice counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financing and capital structure matters, and ownership transitions. Attorneys evaluate risk, negotiate deal terms, and structure transactions to align with the client’s strategic and financial goals.
Business Advisory Services
Beyond transactional and operational support, the practice group provides advisory guidance to leadership teams on issues affecting the broader health of the organization. This may include board-level governance matters, succession planning, executive and management arrangements, and long-term planning tied to growth, restructuring, or market shifts.
Outside General Counsel Support
For companies without in-house legal departments, or those seeking supplemental support, the firm serves as outside general counsel. This includes regular consultations with executive teams, issue-spotting across the business, policy development, review of key initiatives, and access to attorneys across corporate, tax, employment, real estate, intellectual property, and litigation disciplines. Clients benefit from continuity, institutional knowledge, and a scalable model that adjusts to business needs.
