Business & Corporate Law
We are experienced and skilled with many aspects of business and corporate law in Minnesota, including for family farms and other family held businesses. James Peters provides a wide variety of services to our business clients from assisting in selecting the type of organization entity under which to operate, preparation of agreements and contracts, sale and purchase of a business, and obtaining financing and funding for business operations or transitions. Our firm assists clients in formation and business planning in deciding whether they want to operate as a closely held business, limited liability company, partnership, or corporation. We advise our clients about family limited liability companies, including transition planning, directors’ and officers’ liability, dissolution franchising, reorganization, trade association membership and activity, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business succession, and shareholders’ rights.
- Business formation, including entity selection for corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies
- Shareholder and partnership agreements
- Tax planning for business entities and individuals
- Purchase and sale of businesses
- Resorts and hotels
- Debt consolidations and informal reorganizations for businesses
- Business succession planning, including family business planning
- Shareholder disputes including mediation, arbitration, and litigation
- Employment agreements, non-competes