Practice Areas

Business & Corporate Law

Brooks & DeRensis brings reliable, efficient and creative support to small- and medium-sized businesses in all phases of their operations, including the initial organization of a business entity and related tax strategies; financing of business activities; operational matters; protection of business intellectual property assets; and mergers, acquisitions, and other growth strategies. We also organize and counsel non-profit entities such as tax-exempt charities.

As an integrated legal team, we leverage our colleague’s knowledge and experience in related areas of real estate, environmental, labor & employment, insurance coverage, and immigration law to provide our business clients with legal support for many of their specific needs.

Our services specifically include:

Counseling, structuring, and organizing entities such as corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships from both a legal and tax perspective
Counseling, negotiating, and documenting matters related to financing including bank and other debt financing, equity structures, joint ventures, and other sophisticated financing techniques
Counseling and preparing documents for diverse operational matters, including contracts with vendors and customers; employment, non-competition, and severance agreements; and providing form documents for standard commercial transactions
Counseling and preparing documents for matters related to business intellectual property, including trademarks and copyrights, licensing agreements, and non-disclosure agreements
Counseling, negotiating, and documenting matters related to mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other corporate growth strategies
Counseling, structuring, and organizing non-profit entities and preparing and filing applications for 501(c)(3) and other tax-exempt organizations

Your Business Matters to Us

Get the effective advice you need, specifically for your business, in all aspects of your operations. Multi-generational family businesses are a particular expertise at BD.