Business & Corporate Law

If you are thinking of starting a new business, or if you want to take your existing business to the next level, a Wheeler Upham business attorney can help. We’ll explain the differences among a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a corporation, and a limited liability company, and we’ll work with you to select and create the right type of business entity for you. Once you’ve set up your business, we’ll help you comply with necessary legal requirements--government regulations and filings, taxes, securities laws, employment laws, employee benefits--as well as providing you with assistance for buying or leasing real estate, contracts, obtaining financing, preparing buy-sell agreements among the business owners, and all the other legal complexities that arise when operating a closely held business. If you are buying or selling a business, or if you have a family business and you need a business succession plan to transfer operations or ownership to the next generation, you will find expect advice at Wheeler Upham to help you.

Wheeler Upham’s business attorneys serve as general counsel to businesses both large and small. This representation requires an understanding of the inner workings of a client’s business and the markets in which it operates. We work closely with our clients, taking the time to learn the nature of their business, their goals, their expectations, and their resources. Using their years of experience, our business attorneys offer practical advice along with technical legal assistance. Our services are efficient and cost-effective, and we respond quickly to our clients’ pressing needs and concerns.

Contact any of these attorneys for help with your business matters: