Corporate Practice
Business Formations
We understand that business representation requires not only the protection
of our commercial client, but also guidance to enable the client to maintain
profitability. Our representation includes structuring the business for federal
and state tax planning, drafting and enforcing contracts, organizing incorporations,
mergers, and acquisitions, processing real estate transactions, and managing
your business litigation and contractual issues.
As part of our consultation and decision making in recommending a specific
legal entity for the client we consider these factors (a) client’s
wants and needs, (b) tax rules imposed by federal and state authorities,
(c) administrative burdens, (d) the legal liability of the partners, shareholders,
or members, and (e) flexibility and commerciality of the entity.
Our services include the formation of these entities
- Business Corporation
- Limited Partnership
- Limited Liability Companies
- Registered Limited Liability Companies
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Foreign Corporations
Corporate Practice
Non-Profit Corporations – Church Law: Non-Profit Legal Counsel
(NPLC)
Mission Statement: We are dedicated to serving the legal
need of Christian faith base nonprofit and other tax-exempt organizations.
We understand the “business” of non profits, which permit us
to understand the dynamics of the struggles and every day concerns of our
clients. We counsel board members and executives of non profits on legal
strategies to expand and improve their programs. We provide our clients practical
and effective solutions to their legal needs
Our Services: We provide services to a broad range of
legal needs of non profits organizations, commensurate with the financial
resources of non profits.
These services to our clients cover various legal needs and include the
following:
- Formation of nonprofit organization
- Application for 501(c)3 Status - tax exemption
- Development and drafting of Conflict of Interest and “self-dealing”
- Amendments and corrections to Article of Incorporation
- Amendments to By-Laws, such as By-laws revisions and changes in governance
structure
- Corporate maintenance: minutes, record keeping, etc.
- Removing unwanted directors
- Legal and operations reviews and audits
- Communication nonprofit members in dispute matters
- Drafting of Operating procedures and manuals
- Director fiduciary duty and liability
- Contract negotiation, drafting and documentation
- Mandatory public disclosure requirements
- Joint ventures with for-profit as well as other non profit organizations
- Foundation excise taxes - and how to minimize them
- Hiring, firing and other human resource matters
- Avoiding taxes on "unrelated business" income
- Commercial activities
- Major donor issues
Seminars: We provide seminars through out Texas to nonprofit
organizations in an effort to provide a forum for instruction, analysis,
development and question and answer.
Consultation Services
Our objective is to deliver to our clients a full range of legal advice
and services for the client to satisfy their business goals in a timely,
efficient and cost effective manner. Such services to meet your commercial
demands include:
- Compliance with product liability law; including indemnification issues
and defenses against multiple claims or theories of recovery.
- Establishing a trademarks and registration under state and federal law.
- Selecting, purchasing and utilizing real property for investment.
- Preventative services including insolvency planning, creditor negotiations
and consensus building, liability reduction, workouts and compositions,
and businesses plans.
Structured Contracts
The world of business is largely governed by contracts, and as such, all formations require the guidance and experience
of legal advisors. We offer our clients consultation services in the following
types of business relationships:
- Sales Contracts
- Commercial Leasing Contracts
- Partnership Agreements
- Joint Venture Agreements
- Performance/Vendor Agreements