Business & Commercial Law
The depth of experience and team approach that Smith Law Firm brings to its business and commercial law practice allows us to achieve significant results for the diverse set of business clients served by our firm. From business formation to assessing business risk to litigation of business disputes, the trusted attorneys at Smith Law Firm, are ready to meet your commercial law needs.
Business Formation
How you structure your business can significantly affect the future success of your business. Our team can help you decide on the best structure for your business, given your business goals, management structure and risk profile:
- Sole proprietorship
- Partnership
- Limited liability partnership (LLP)
- Limited liability company (LLC)
- C-corporation or S-corporation
We can draft or review your corporation’s business documents — bylaws, partnership agreements, operating agreements, management agreements, shareholder documents — to verify that they conform to corporate laws and your internal business goals.
Corporate Governance
Corporations and businesses often run into legal questions. Whether you need legal advice on a particular issue, or your company would benefit from ongoing legal assistance, we can help. Our partners serve as general counsel to a number of small and medium-sized businesses in the Houston area. He and other members of our legal team are available to answer your questions or manage specific business issues, such as:
- Mergers and acquisitions, including subsidiary formation
- Long- and short-term risk assessment
- Taxation of S-corporations and C-corporations
- Drafting and review of business contracts, such as vendor and client contracts, employment agreements, commercial real estate purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, and insurance contracts
Business Disputes
We represent businesses as legal counsel for plaintiffs or defendants in commercial litigation involving a wide range of business matters, including:
- Shareholder issues, including shareholder/partnership disputes
- Employer/employee disputes
- Commercial real estate litigation
- Business contract disputes
- Premises or product liability defense