Business Planning/ Entity Formation/ Mergers and Acquisitions
 The attorneys of Roderick Linton Belfance know that assisting our clients in choosing the right structure for their business is a critical first step to success. Whether the considerations ultimately dictate formation of S or C corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, or whether the focus is on formation of professional corporations or nonprofit organizations, we analyze the goals and needs of each client's business plan and provide our advice based on issues of taxation and asset protection, as well as business strategy.
We regularly lend counsel and provide advice related to the special concerns of family business clients. Family businesses are legacies that have defined generations of productive American families and have served as key vehicles for wealth transfer. In working with family businesses, we offer advice with an eye toward defining the desired roles for individual family members in the business now and in the future and in planning for issues of business succession that will ultimately impact the business.
In addition to advising clients on entity formation and business planning, we provide advice and assistance regarding reorganization and acquisition and liquidation of business entities and disposition of assets. We direct the purchase and sale of businesses in taxable and nontaxable transactions.
Whether our clients are selling an interest in a business they have fostered, or acquiring a business as a vehicle to generate wealth and/or expand, we at Roderick Linton Belfance understand that our clients are entrusting us to safeguard a transaction upon which a business's future success is likely to be hinged.
We work with our clients as planners, negotiators and advisors in structuring the transaction and practice our craft as draftsmen to ensure that our clients will receive the benefits of their bargain.
Beyond advising clients on entity formation, sales and acquisitions, we advise directors and officers regarding their duties and responsibilities to the organizations they serve, including providing assistance on matters of corporate governance. We also provide advice and representation to shareholders regarding their rights in the businesses in which they own or have a financial stake.
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