Your Business Needs More Than A “One-Time LLC”
Starting a business is more than filing a form with the State and hoping for the best. The entity type you choose, the way your operating agreement is written, how your leases and contracts are drafted, and the way you handle employees and partners all have legal consequences. Done casually, they leave you exposed to lawsuits, tax surprises, and ugly partner disputes. Done right, they contain risk, clarify expectations, and give you leverage when something goes wrong.
We work with New Jersey businesses at every stage—from “I have an idea” to multi-location operations. Our job is to give you a practical legal framework that supports real-world decisions: what you sign, who you hire, how you get paid, and how you eventually exit.
Entity Choice & LLC / Corporation Formation
Choosing “LLC vs. corporation vs. partnership” is not just a checkbox. It affects liability, taxes, internal decision-making, and your future exit. We walk you through the pros and cons of LLCs, corporations (S-corp elections where appropriate), partnerships, professional entities, and sometimes non-profits when the mission fits.
Once we choose a structure, we handle the mechanics: formation filings with the State of New Jersey, EIN applications, operating agreements, shareholder and partnership agreements, and basic corporate records. For small businesses, we focus on clear rules around decision-making, ownership percentages, money distributions, capital contributions, and what happens if someone dies, becomes disabled, or wants out. For more complex entities, we build in buy-sell provisions, drag/tag rights, vesting, and dispute-resolution paths.
Disputes, Collections & Litigation
Even with good planning, disputes happen. A customer doesn’t pay, a vendor delivers late, a competitor misuses your confidential information, or partners fall out. When that happens, we step in to assess your leverage, gather the key documents, and map a strategy that may include demand letters, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or, when necessary, litigation in New Jersey courts.
We’ll be candid about the economics—what it could cost, what you can realistically recover, and whether a negotiated solution is smarter. Because we also draft contracts and advise on structure, we can often show you how to change your documents and processes going forward so the same issue doesn’t repeat.
Business Succession & Exit Planning
Every business has an exit—even if no one talks about it. That exit might be a sale to a third party, a transfer to children or key employees, or an orderly wind-down. If owners die or become disabled without a plan, the business and the family can both suffer.
We coordinate buy-sell agreements, key-person insurance, cross-purchase or entity-redemption structures, and succession plans that tie into your personal estate planning. We help you decide who should take over management, how ownership will be transferred, how the purchase will be financed, and what happens if someone wants out early. For family-owned businesses, we pay special attention to fairness among children and in-laws, and to avoiding “forced heir partnerships” where people who don’t get along are stuck together.
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If you’re serious about your business, you need a legal framework that’s as intentional as your business plan. Book a Free Business Strategy Call or Call 800-709-1131 today. We’ll help you choose and structure the right entity, put the right agreements in place, and stay available as your outside legal team as you build, protect, and eventually exit the business you worked so hard to create.