Business Law

From starting a new business to protecting your assets for the future, Modern Law provides a range of business law services.

Modern Law is dedicated to helping businesses navigate the complexities of the legal landscape, assisting with regulations, compliance, and minimizing risk.

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What's Included

Modern Law offers a comprehensive suite of business law services to support your business throughout its lifecycle, such as business formation, protecting business assets and personal assets, succession planning, contracts, employment agreements, and leases.

Business Formation

Starting a new business involves important legal decisions, including choosing the right business structure. At Modern Law, we help you understand the implications of each business structure and guide you through the process of establishing your business entity. Whether you’re a small startup or a growing enterprise, our experienced team is here to ensure your business is set up for success from the start.

Forming a business with Modern Law makes things simple. We take care of the heavy work, ensuring your state and federal filings are accurate, while you focus on the things that drive your business forward. Modern Law’s business formation practice includes state entity formation filings, beneficial ownership information filings, operating agreements or partnership agreements, and more.

Modern Law has experience with various business structures and their implications, including:

  • Limited Liability Companies, LLC
  • Partnerships
  • S Corporations
  • C Corporations

Business Transference and Succession Planning

Entrust Modern Law to assist with planning the sale, transference, or succession of your business. We recognize the importance of business succession planning in preparing the next generation to take over a family-owned business.

Buy-Sell Agreements

Essential for businesses with multiple owners, buy-sell agreements establish clear guidelines if one owner wishes to sell their interest or is forced to do so due to certain circumstances such as death, disability, or retirement. The agreement typically outlines the terms and conditions under which the remaining owners or the business itself can purchase the departing owner’s share. It helps provide a clear roadmap for the future of the business and can prevent potential conflicts among owners.

Selling your Business

Sometimes Businesses are sold due to death or disability, other times due to retirement. Modern Law is here to assist with evaluating, organizing, and planning the sale of your business.

Business Asset Protection

Protecting your personal and business assets from risks and liabilities is essential for ensuring your business’s long-term success. At Modern Law, we provide strategic advice and legal solutions designed to safeguard your assets from potential threats and liabilities.

Contracts

Putting agreements in writing helps to avoid confusion and misunderstandings between parties. Ensuring a contract encompasses all possibilities can be a difficult task. Trust Modern Law to craft a contract specific to you. 

Leases

Modern Law can help you create the perfect lease to protect your property interests. Our leases, include important terms such as rental payments, policies, collection of late payments, default notices, terms for eviction, restrictions, and more.

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