Business Law Services
Serving Businesses Across Ohio From Our Office In Cleveland
Experienced Business Attorneys
Our business law practice is led by owner and attorney Josiah Collier, who has been working as a business lawyer since 2018. Attorney Collier has experience leading multiple business acquisitions in the $1m – $10m range. Mr. Collier has helped hundreds of clients start businesses, revise contracts, and navigate complex legal disputes.
Our business lawyers focus on providing legal support to businesses and entrepreneurs through startups, transactions, disputes, and exits. Whether a business is starting up, doing deals, or closing out, we have experience and we can help.
Our Cleveland, Ohio business attorneys have been helping clients with business formation and startups for over 5 years. We’ve helped hundreds of business owners start LLC’s, corporations, and non-profits.
To comply with the law and create a protectable separate entity, business owners need to consider the following documents:
- Articles of Organization (LLC’s) / Articles of Incorporation (Corporations)
- Operating Agreements
- Bylaws and Corporate Regulations
- Shareholder Agreements / Buy-sell agreements
- Meeting Agendas, Meeting Minutes, and Meeting Resolutions
- Tax Elections and Tax Forms
- Licenses and Permits
Our corporate and business lawyers can help you select the right entity for your business, remain legally compliant, and stay protected.
Our business law experience has been heavily focused on business contracts and transactions. This includes:
- representation of the buyer of a $5 million hotel from Extended Stay America
- representation of the buyer for 4 Firehouse Subs locations, worth over $1 million
- representation of various buyers and sellers of businesses
- review and negotiation of various franchise agreements
- review and negotiation of various investment agreements
Our business attorneys have reviewed and revised thousands of contracts for clients in a wide variety of industries. The most common types of contracts we review include:
- M&A Documents
- Franchise Agreements
- Service Agreements / Master Service Agreements
- Commercial Real Estate Documents
- Corporate Governance / Operating Agreements / Partnership Agreements
- Investor Agreements
- Term Sheets
- Shareholder Agreements
- Voting Rights, Preferred Shares, Common Shares
- Investment Prospectus & Investment Disclosures
All companies, even small businesses, face legal issues on a daily basis. Many savvy business owners have an ongoing retainer with a business attorney to have them act as general counsel. Collier Legal currently provides general counsel services to a number of businesses. The benefits of these services include:
- having a strong, fast, and cost-effective response to client or customer complaints and breach of contract issues
- having improved documentation to avoid expensive litigation over breach of contract issues
- reducing liability and feeling less stressed during business transactions
- having a trustworthy lawyer to answer all of your business legal questions
Businesses need general counsel to resolve legal issues quickly and in a cost-efficient manner. A business without general counsel will face these issues in court, making resolution much slower and more expensive.
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