Milwaukee Corporate and Transactional Lawyer
The structure of a business is crucial not only for enabling growth and evolution but also for protecting the interests of its stakeholders and ensuring the seamless transfer of ownership in a way that safeguards beneficiaries and future stakeholders.
KMK’s Business & Financial Services Group attorneys possess the expertise needed to manage business succession across generations, providing flexible ownership structures and facilitating smooth ownership transitions. We are committed to building and maintaining strong relationships with business owners and entrepreneurs, from the initial formation stage through every phase of the business lifecycle. Additionally, our attorneys combine legal and business acumen to successfully handle the acquisition or sale of a business, or portions of its operations. This experience gives them a sharp understanding of the time-sensitive nature of such transactions, enabling them to advance clients’ goals efficiently and cost-effectively. While our primary focus is on private transactions involving small- and medium-sized businesses, we also bring extensive experience handling complex business activities for larger organizations, including acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures involving stock, assets, or a combination of both.
Some of the matters for which we are frequently retained include:
- Conducting due diligence and liability assessments;
- Negotiating letters of intent;
- Drafting and negotiating definitive acquisition agreements;
- Assisting in financial negotiations with buyers and external funding sources;
- Offering advice to board members on their obligations and duties to other stakeholders;
- Choice of entity;
- Company and subsidiary formation;
- Capital structure, including control issues;
- Company rules;
- Agreements to protect beneficiaries and existing stakeholders in the event of death, retirement, or departure;
- Management incentives, ownership schemes, and contractual arrangements;
- Planning and coordinating reorganization or restructuring;
- Counsel on management and shareholder legal issues;
- Protection and handling of intellectual property assets; and
- Cooperating with our clients’ accountants on taxation and related matters such as trusts and gifting, or alternatively, introducing our clients to appropriate tax and accounting experts.
Practice Areas
- Business Formation, Transfer & Sales
- Community Associations & HOAs
- Data Privacy Security
- E-Discovery & Compliance
- Employment Law
- Real Estate Transactions
- Trusts & Estates
