Corporate Law
Starting a business
Before you open your doors for business, you must file certain legal documents – licenses, permits, and tax and employer identification documents — with local, state and federal agencies. To complete these forms, you must choose a business structure from the legal business structures available in California:
- Sole Proprietorship
- General Partnership
- Limited Partnership
- LLP (limited liability partnership)
- C or S Corporation
- LLC (limited liability corporation)
Deciding on the best structure for your business can be complicated and should not be taken lightly. An experienced CPA (Certified Public Accountant) can help you understand the tax implications of the various forms for your business. We can help advise you concerning the legal/liability issues.
With The Law Offices of Douglas M. Wade, you can have confidence that your business is off to a great start. To help new businesses keep expenses as low as possible, we have reduced incorporation fees to as little as $700.
Once You Have been Incorporated
The Law Offices of Douglas M. Wade has the experience and knowledge needed to develop or update your day-to-day procedures, documents, and forms so that they meet your specific needs and support your business objectives.
- Shareholder agreements
- Corporate by-laws/Organizational agreements
- Employee contracts Invoices, purchase agreements, and bulk sale contracts
- Telecommuting and transportation contracts
- Non-competition agreements/NDA’s
- Shareholder Agreements/ Buy-Sell Agreements
- Phantom Stock Agreements
- Asset acquisitions
- Attorney due diligence upon sale or purchase of business
- Compliance with corporate formalities (board and shareholder meetings, minutes, etc.)
- Continuity plans