FORMATION/DEVELOPMENT
If your business is not yet established, J. Douglas McCarthy & Associates will provide assistance in forming your business including selecting the right type of business structure for your company, such as incorporation (S- and C-Chapter), general partnership, a limited partnership, or a Limited Liability Company (LLC). We have affordable retainers available so that our attorneys can answer your questions as they come up throughout the year. We can also prepare employment agreements, shareholder agreements and any other forms necessary to limit personal liability and run your business efficiently and effectively.
J. Douglas McCarthy & Associates, P.C. represents businesses in various matters such as corporate startups, corporate governance, contract negotiation, drafting and review, partnership agreements and dissolutions, the negotiation and drafting of commercial lease agreements, employment agreements, commercial disputes, and the winding down of corporations. We cultivate relationships with our clients, and provide our clients with efficient, cost-effective services, aimed at helping our clients succeed at their business endeavors.
Our firm advises clients who are just starting businesses in selecting the best form of legal entity for their business. We help our clients by drafting and reviewing contracts, and providing them with practical, analyses to assist them in their business decisions. Our firm assists clients in developing policies, procedures, plans and agreements for both employees and contractors. As our clients’ businesses change and develop, we assist them with buy-sell arrangements, succession plans, and dissolutions.
One of the most important services we provide our business clients is litigation avoidance strategies, which we build into their business planning. Regardless of an organization’s size or prominence, legal problems affecting its financial status and reputation require practical solutions. At J. Douglas McCarthy & Associates, we view our clients’ legal problems as business problems, and work creatively and quickly to solve them.
To obtain objective legal advice for the starting, operating, or dissolving of your business, contact our firm today. Our expertise will prove invaluable to your business and its future. J. Douglas McCarthy & Associates stresses to its clients the importance of avoiding business disputes through the appropriate structuring and planning of your business. It makes far more sense, and is generally less costly, to consult with an attorney prior to making important business decisions.
BUSINESS INFORMATION
Our firm will help you with the formation and development your business while assisting you with federal and state compliance laws. If you are an existing domestic business already incorporated in Virginia or West Virginia, or if you are a foreign corporation (a business outside those states), you must have a registered agent to transact business in these states, a service we provide. We will give you the legal advice necessary to grow and develop your business intelligently.
If your business is not yet established, J. Douglas McCarthy & Associates will provide assistance in forming your business including selecting the right type of business structure for your company, such as incorporation (S- and C-Chapter), general partnership, a limited partnership, or a Limited Liability Company (LLC). We have affordable retainers available so that our attorneys can answer your questions as they come up throughout the year. We can also prepare employment agreements, shareholder agreements and any other forms necessary to limit personal liability and run your business efficiently and effectively.
We also review corporate documentation and assist in updating corporate minute books. Some of the documentation that we prepare includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, corporate minutes and shareholder agreements to name a few.
The following are among the legal services provided by the firm to its business clients:
• Business formation
• Business purchase and sale
• Asset purchase agreement
• Partnership agreements
• Joint venture agreements
• Dissolution of companies
• Contract drafting
• Contract review and negotiation
• Employee handbooks
• Employment contract
• Independent contractor agreements
• Non-compete agreement
• Commercial leases
• Director and officer liability
• Collections
• Trademark and trade secret counseling
