Legal Services

In today’s challenging business environment, it is important to be aware of the changing legal landscape as well as having in place the proper policies and procedures to navigate the legal environment. At Westport Business Solutions (WBS), we offer sound legal advice for all corporate transactions - for the start up company to the established public company. What makes the WBS approach different from other legal advice is that we integrate the business team’s approach as a whole, instead of the common “separate” approach to business challenges. Giving legal advice with a look to the future, as opposed to the “one shot” advice to the problem at hand, is both practical and, in the long run, cost effective.

Legal expertise offered at WBS, along with other business disciplines, include:

• Corporate Entities - determine what business entity is right for the situation, effect of establishing such entity on business and possible future dispositions, state in which the entity is formed, reporting requirements, stated goal, public or private.
• Corporate Governance - how to set up the chosen entity. Government (local, state and federal), reporting,’33 & ’34 Act, sale & purchase, board of directors, corporate secretary, draft articles of appropriate document (article of incorporation, operating agreement, partnership agreement, etc.).
• Mergers & Acquisitions - due diligence, purchase and sale agreement, dispositions, incorporation into existing business, FTC reporting (Hart Scott Rodino), financing (public & private, mortgage, mezzanine, private subscription, IPO), employee issues.
• Asset Management - buy or sell, own or lease, financing (public & private), acquisition and disposition.
• Risk Management/Insurance - preventative policies and procedures, insurance bidding, assessment, managed care, insurance language in documents.
• Real Estate - buy or sell, lease or own, property management, insurance, gross or net, due diligence, leasing, development, construction, financing (public, private, mortgage), securitization.
• Commercial Transactions - draft, negotiate and finalize contracts, government reporting, vendor agreements, insurance, financing (public and private), due diligence and execution.
• Litigation Management - risk assessment; manage outside counsel for procedures, timeliness and costs, arbitration.

These are a few of the legal disciplines offered by our legal services professionals. If your company requires such services, contact the team at Westport Business Solutions and let us provide you with sound, timely legal advice saving time and money through proper implementation of preventative policies and procedures.

Legal Services, Practice Leader - John Martin