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The dangers and pitfalls that surround businesses today require companies to seek legal counsel that can protect and assist them in their success both now and in the future. In 1905, Waller Lansden began representing businesses and their interests with uncompromising integrity and that practice and tradition has grown nationwide in scope.
Our firm routinely advises organizations engaged in a variety of businesses, including manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, corporate finance, banking, entertainment and communications. We seek to build and sustain partnerships with our clients to assist them in achieving their goals. Our Corporate and Commercial Transactions practice includes attorneys that focus on the following areas of law:
- eBusiness
- Employee Benefits/ERISA
- Financial Services
- Healthcare
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
- Securities & Corporate Finance
- Tax
- Trusts and Estates
Our attorneys also serve as general counsel for numerous companies from small enterprises to national corporations. Waller Lansden uses a team approach focusing a group of attorneys and paralegals who are familiar with the particular business and operations of each client. Our attorneys routinely speak at industry seminars and have published articles on corporate, limited liability company and partnership topics in trade publications.
Waller Lansden routinely assists clients with the following types of corporate issues:
- Forming corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, including preparation of organizational documents and agreements among investors
- Reviewing and drafting operational contracts
- Preparing employment, non-compete and confidentiality agreements
- Preparing bonus plans, stock incentive plans, and other current and deferred compensation plans. Preparing franchise and other distribution agreements
- Preparing research and technology licensing agreements
- Preparing long term supply and sales agreements
- Advising clients on employee relations
- Advising clients on environmental matters
- Advising clients on federal, state and local tax matters
- Assisting in negotiating and drafting loan agreements, equipment leases and other financing documents
- Assisting in negotiating and drafting commercial leases, real estate purchase contracts and construction contracts
- Advising clients on liability, casualty and other insurance matters, including officers and directors liability insurance
- Attending board and board committee meetings and advising directors, managers and partners on matters of entity governance
In addition, our firm provides the following services for publicly held clients:
- Preparing 1934 Act filings
- Preparing shareholder rights plans and other defensive measures
- Advising clients on 1934 Act compliance such as reporting requirements under Section 13 and Section 16
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