Business Law

At Todd Rossman Law, we represent a wide variety of business clients including:

• Limited Liability Companies (LLCs);
• Corporations (“S” and “C”);
• Partnerships;
• Non-profits; and
• Sole Proprietorships

Our business law services include the following:

Entity Selection and Formation:

We assist business owners in selecting, forming, structuring and properly maintaining an appropriate business entity that best fits their particular business plan from both a structural and tax standpoint and which helps protect the business owners from individual liability and helps them avoid potential disputes with one another in the future.

Business Succession Planning:

Having a carefully formulated succession plan is essential for anyone who wants to realize the full value of their business or, in family businesses and farming operations, to successfully pass the operation on to the next generation. Recent data reveals that, while 80-90% of U.S. businesses are family owned, less than a third of them succeed into the second generation and just 10% survive into the third. You’ve spent a lifetime successfully building your business or farming operation and driving it forward. Having experience professional advisors on your side can help ensure a seamless, productive and unifying transition following your retirement or death. At Todd Rossman Law, we have a wealth of experience in drafting buy-sell agreements and other business succession plans for small businesses and family farms and ranching operations.

Business Contracts:

We assist business owners and other clients with drafting clear and concise contracts for specific transactions and also drafting ““template” contracts for clients to use with key customers, employees and vendor.

Business Sales and Purchases:

We represent buyers and sellers of businesses with structuring and negotiating the transaction, drafting the necessary transaction documents, and advising them through the purchase and sale process up to and continuing after closing.

Commercial Leases:

We assist rental property owners with drafting lease agreements that clearly identify the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and tenant.

Non-Profit Entities and Charitable Organizations:

We assist clients with the formation of charitable corporations and foundations, non-profit corporations, and homeowner’s associations, and provide assistance and consultation with a variety of issues that arise in the day-to-day operation of them. We also assist charitable entities with the process of obtaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status recognition from the IRS.