Business Transactions
Malone Law represents businesses, corporations and investors from a wide range of industries. We frequently handle various related corporate transactions, including:
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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Specialized contract and employment issues
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Buy-sell and shareholder agreements
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Licensing and intellectual property matters
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Redemptions, and recapitalizations
At all stages of the business life cycle, we provide ongoing planning for the business structure and operations, and advice on financing and regulatory matters particular to our clients' industries.
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​Malone Law has long-standing business relationships with many of our clients, which helps us to understand their evolving goals and ultimately add value to their enterprises. As part of our corporate practice, our Attorneys act as local counsel in state and federal commercial litigation.
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Our firm's business clients include corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), non-profits, partnerships, family businesses, and individuals.
Outside General Counsel
Malone Law provides outside general counsel services to businesses, including:​​
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Drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts, leases, and general terms and conditions
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Ensuring zoning, permitting, and regulatory compliance
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Protecting intellectual property and proprietary information
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Strategic guidance on managing legal risk
​​​​We also assist with employment disputes and guide regulatory compliance in the modern digital economy. Frequently, our firm counsels business owners and their key employees on management and operational decisions, succession plans, and the strategic sale, merger, or acquisition of a business.
Commercial Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate is an integral part of our law practice. We represent developers, businesses, investors, individuals, lenders, brokers, and title companies in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Drawing on our many years of experience, we carefully attend to all issues impacting the successful completion of each transaction, from the initial negotiation to the final closing.
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We frequently provide counsel on commercial projects involving office and industrial buildings, warehouses, shopping centers, self-storage, condominiums, subdivisions, or mixed-use development projects. Our services include:
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Preparation and negotiation of acquisition or sale documents
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Assistance with due diligence review
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Preparation of easements and lease agreements for the development or disposition of a property
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Negotiation and preparation of loan and property management agreements​
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Loan workouts, and debt restructurings, receivership matters
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Zoning issues and land use control
We provide thorough representation for individuals and investors who are buying or selling real estate on the residential side. Our assistance facilitates the transaction and helps avoid unforeseen problems by the parties involved.
Estate Planning and Probate
Our firm counsels individuals and families in all aspects of estate planning. We tailor our services to the needs of each of our clients, guiding them to make appropriate and prudent long-term planning decisions that match their personal goals and preserve assets. Our firm frequently assists fiduciaries and beneficiaries with the day-to-day administration of trusts and probate estates.
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Trusts
As a boutique law firm, we are able to work closely with our clients to create trusts, wills, and powers of attorney which meet their personal needs and long-term goals. Often, ownership of a family business or a closely held company significantly impacts a client's estate planning. We endeavor to ensure that our clients' business succession plans dovetail with their estate planning goals. Similarly, real estate ownership is a crucial matter affecting generational planning, and our active real estate practice complements such planning issues.
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Probate
In Probate Court, we represent fiduciaries in all aspects of the administration of probate estates, from opening the estate to preparing and filing accounts, administering and disbursing assets, and finalizing the settling of the estate. During handling an estate, we partner with our clients to help them properly navigate the probate process and achieve practical and beneficial outcomes.
Litigation
We represent businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, and individuals in state and federal courts in a wide range of matters. The firm has successfully undertaken matters as diverse as:
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Shareholder and partnership litigation
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Commercial litigation
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Contract disputes
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Trust and probate undue influence cases
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Trade secret and intellectual property issues
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Employment disputes
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Commercial real estate litigation
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Loan workouts​​
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Our Attorneys strive to solve our clients' pending conflicts efficiently and in a manner that facilitates ongoing business operations. During the course of litigation, we counsel our clients on making pragmatic business decisions, which include trial on the merits, negotiated settlement, mediation or arbitration.