Michigan Business Lawyers
Business Formation from the Ground Up
We know how freely advice always flows from friends, family and associates. However, well-conceived legal advice at the beginning of an enterprise or business expansion gives you a solid foundation on which you can build and grow successfully. When you take the time to receive the counseling you need, you avoid legal fees for undoing and redoing an ill-conceived business organization or transaction.
At Fausone Bohn, LLP, our Michigan business and commercial lawyers have been members of New Enterprise Forum, IT Zone, Young Executives Organization (YEO), Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and various Chambers of Commerce and non profit organizations. Call Ann Arbor area business lawyers Fausone Bohn, LLP to speak with a knowledgeable, skilled business law attorney.
How to Start a Small Business
From partnerships to corporations, Fausone Bohn, LLP will help you decide the proper business entity for your business. In the process, we will help you:
Organize the structure of ownership. We help you choose a business entity that fits with your business plan. Possible business formations include Limited Liability Companies (LLC), C Corporations, S Corporations, and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP)
- Determine the appropriate layers of equity and debt
- Establish corporate controls to reflect the contributions of the principal owners
- Setting up a joint venture
- Establish a certified minority business enterprise
Corporate Transactions
Types of services we provide include:
- Drafting and review of business contracts
- Assisting businesses with franchise law issues
- Buying and selling of assets, including real estate
- Buying and selling of businesses
- Business succession
- Asset protection
We also help businesses in raising new financing of both debt and equity. We guide clients through restructuring their capital foundation. We have many years of experience representing lenders and borrowers in debt financing or refinancing transactions. When loans become troubled, our Michigan business lawyers provide workout advice and strategies.
Employment Law Issues
The workplace demands thoughtful anticipation of potential barriers to development. Our business and employment attorneys counsel you on preventive measures, especially:
- Personnel policies and handbooks
- Employee disciplinary actions
- Disability and family leave issues, including FMLA issues
- Employee leasing
- Workforce reductions
If an employer (or potential employer) wants to prevent future problems, it needs to have a sound employment policy in place, which it enforces consistently. Our expertise directs you to a sensible, well-established position of safety.
Contact us to find out more about protecting your Michigan business.
Michigan Start a Small Business Lawyer
Michigan Setting up a LLC Attorney
Michigan LLC startup attorney providing help starting a small business, help setting up a LLC in Michigan, S corporation formation, franchise law, and business formation legal services to clients throughout southeast Michigan.
