Practice Areas
Asset Protection
Business Law
*Organize "S" corporations, "C" corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships;
*Negotiate, structure and document agreements for the purchase or sale of businesses;
*Draft or review lease agreements and real estate contracts;
*Analyze and structure real estate exchanges, options and rights of first refusal;
*Assist with corporate and business filings, licenses and permits;
*Analyze and advise re tax aspects of business transactions;
*Structure corporate mergers, reorganizations or recapitalizations;
*Conduct due diligence inquiries;
*Maintain Alaska or foreign corporations in good standing;
*Structure and document commercial or real estate finance transactions; and
*Review title of real estate and assist to clear title exceptions.
Business Organization
Business Purchase and Sale Transactions
Business Succession Planning
Contracts
Corporate Law
Estate Planning
*Analyze and structure comprehensive estate plans;
*Draft wills, trusts and other documents to implement estate plans;
*Calculate projected estate and gift taxes;
*Recommend and implement strategies to minimize estate taxes;
*Structure and document family limited partnerships to reduce estate values;
*Recommend and implement strategies to protect family wealth from creditor claims;
*Develop strategies to pass a family business to the next generation or to key employees;
*Structure trusts to provide financial security to loved ones and to minimize taxes; and
*Draft buy-sell agreements to deal with the disposition of closely-held business interests.
Mergers and Acquisitions and Deferred Compensation Plans
Partnership Law
Probate
Real Estate
Taxation
Trusts and Estates
Wills