OLYMPIA
910 Lakeridge Way SW
Olympia, WA 98502
Tel (360) 357-2852
Fax (360) 786-6943
BEND
750 NW Charbonneau Street
Suite 201
Bend, OR 97701
Tel (541) 593-0322

Business

With over 45 years of experience representing local and regional businesses, our firm is among the most experienced in Washington.

Business Financing

  • Drafting and review of financing documents
  • Negotiating with lenders
  • Negotiating with loan guarantors
  • Opinion letters
  • UCC issues
  • Working with sources of private funds

Business Transactions

  • Compliance with governmental regulations
  • Confidentiality agreements
  • Due diligence investigations
  • Franchising agreements
  • Intellectual property
  • Mergers
  • Non-compete covenants
  • Purchase and sale of business
  • Reorganizations
  • Sales of assets
  • Sales of stock
  • Trademarks
  • Trade secrets

New Business Formation

  • Closely-held corporations and Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
  • Limited and general partnerships
  • Secretary of State filings
  • Support with state and local agency licensing requirements

Support of Business Operations

  • Commercial leases
  • Confidential information exchanges
  • Distributor relationship creation and documentation
  • Documentation of corporate resolutions and minutes
  • Due diligence investigations
  • Employee contracts
  • Employee policy manual
  • Intellectual property and trade secret protection
  • Interpretation of state and local laws and regulations
  • Letters of intent
  • Litigation
  • Negotiation and documentation of real estate purchases and sales
  • Negotiations with state and county government agencies
  • Non-compete covenants
  • Non-solicitation covenants
  • Sales representative agreements

Termination and Winding up of Business

  • Assignment or sale of interests
  • Buy-sell agreements
  • Company liquidations
  • Coordination with bankruptcy counsel
  • Dissolution of corporation
  • Evaluating and structuring termination
  • Fraud investigations
  • Judicial dissolution
  • Negotiating creditors’ claims
  • Owner deadlock
  • Stock redemptions
  • Termination of business following sale
  • Winding up of partnership
  • Withdrawal and disassociation from LLC