Business Law

Winston-Salem Business Lawyers

Business law is an important focus for our law firm. The attorneys practicing in this area provide legal advice and guidance to companies, their shareholders, directors, and officers with respect to a variety of organizational, operational, and strategic matters.

We often assist with the formation of new companies. Our attorneys provide guidance to clients regarding choice of business entity whether that might be a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company. After forming the new entity, our lawyers assist with the organization of the new entity, succession plans, shareholder agreements, and ongoing compliance matters. In addition, our attorneys have experience in reorganizing, dissolving, and liquidating existing business organizations.

Our clients include large and small companies, public as well as private, which conduct business in many different industries in many different jurisdictions in both the United States and abroad. Our attorneys represent clients in many different kinds of transactions, including:

• Financing transactions (commerical lending and public and private securities offerings)
• Mergers and acquisitions of businesses
• Commercial real estate sales, acquisitions, and leasing
• Drafting, negotiating and interpreting commercial contracts of all sorts, including employment agreements, sales and distribution agreements, leases, shareholders agreements, and sophisticated secured transaction documents
• Securing and protecting intellectual property rights under copyright and trademark laws
• Drafting, negotiating, and enforcing trademark and copyright licensing agreements for both licensors and licensees
• Advising businesses and individuals with respect to corporate taxation issues, minimization of federal and state taxes, and generation-skipping taxes
• Advice and guidance regarding buying and selling businesses
• Finance, including the representation of lenders and borrowers in a commercial context and private placements
• Assistance to local governments and private tax-exempt entities in public bond offerings
• Commercial bankruptcy and business reorganization
• Representing debtors and creditors in the bankruptcy or liquidation environment

For more information, contact the business law attorneys at Allman Spry Leggett & Crumpler. We serve clients in the Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point area (Piedmont Triad) and throughout North Carolina, the southeast region, and nationwide.