Business Startup Lawyer Serving Columbia, Greenville, Charleston, and Other South Carolina Locations
Whether you are contemplating starting a new business or are already a fledgling entrepreneur in need of a lawyer, I have advised hundreds of startup businesses and will be happy to provide you with the guidance and direction needed for you to move toward your goals:
- Low-cost startup consultation
- Guidance on choice of legal structure for when starting and operating a business.
- Choosing one business entity (whether an LLC, corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship) over another requires consideration of personal and business asset protection issues, management flexibility and control matters, taxation, ease of maintenance issues, capitalization and securities issues, and transferability of ownership rights, to name just a few.
- Guidance on local, state, and federal licensing, and other governmental filing requirements when starting up your business. Business trade name selection
- Trademark or service mark selection and registration
- Reviewing or negotiating applicable startup agreements, including, without limitation, commercial lease agreements, franchise uniform offering circulars (“UFOCs”), sales contracts, service agreements, employment contracts, independent contractor agreements, and other agreements and licenses Local zoning requirements and ordinances for signage and parking
- Advice on applicable will, power of attorney, and estate planning issues