Gallagher & Associates offers unique and affordable legal services to businesses, both large and small. Whether yours is a new or established business, we are familiar with the legal and regulatory issues that you will face in your business. We also understand the needs of the marketplace and recognize that oftentimes dealing with legal and regulatory matters takes away from your ability to conduct and grow your business.

We strive to develop a partnership with clients by listening to their needs, being accessible to them and working with them to develop solutions to business and legal concerns in a cost-effective manner.

We will work with you to maximize your ability to successfully compete in the marketplace while at the same time protecting your legal interests.

Services

The following are examples of the type of services Gallagher & Associates provides and can offer your business:

Organization of a Start-Up Business

• Advising on choice of an appropriate organizational form, e.g. corporation v. limited liability company v. partnership.
  
• Advising on pros and cons of subchapter S and subchapter C status.
  
• Incorporation of not-for-profit businesses.
  
• Assistance in setting up the corporation, e.g. choosing and reserving a corporate name, preparation and filing of organizational materials such as articles of incorporation, by-laws, corporate votes, issuance of stock.
  
• Obtaining operating licenses from regulatory agencies.
  

Drafting of Organizational Contracts and Control Devices

• Controlling the purchase and sale of stock through stock transfer restriction agreements, buy-sell agreements and stock redemption agreements.
  
• Controlling stockholder voting through voting trusts and voting agreements.
  
• Controlling and allocating stockholder/director power.

Negotiating and Drafting Commercial Documents

• Business acquisition agreements, e.g. stock purchase or asset purchase agreements.
  
• Licensing agreements, e.g. licensing of computer software.
  
• Drafting of security agreements and filing of U.C.C. financing statements to give a creditor business a secured interest in debtor's property or to protect a debtor from the overreaching of a creditor.
  

Assistance With Corporate "Housekeeping"

• Preparation and filing of corporate annual reports, informational changes and amendments to articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State.
  
• Assistance with annual meetings.
  
• Instituting a change in organizational form, e.g. from business trust to professional corporation.
  
• Instituting a corporate name change.
  
• All other aspects of corporate governance.
  

Employment Law Issues

• Drafting of employment agreements, including non-compete, anti-piracy and non-solicitation provisions.
  
• Negotiating the separation of employee stockholders.
  
• Advice and opinions on employee separation, employee benefits, claims of discrimination and other human resource issues.
  
• Negotiation of employee severance packages.
  
• Drafting and revising employee manuals.
  
• Advice and opinions on professional liability issues.
  
• Advice and opinions on fiduciary duty law, e.g. the duty of loyalty and duty of care owed by the directors, officers and executives to the corporation.

Litigation

• Representation in state or federal courts in business disputes that result in suit.