Business Organizations

Lawson Laski Clark & Pogue attorneys have helped corporations update their governance, including verifying the independence of directors, drafting charters for audit and other committees of boards of directors, and advising boards regarding their various duties and responsibilities and oversight of management.

Our attorneys assist businesses in soliciting equity investors by preparing offering documents, including private placement memoranda and the related subscription, investors rights, voting, co-sale, and proprietary information agreements.

Lawson Laski Clark & Pogue attorneys have experience in identifying and offer counseling to clients on the legal aspects of organizing and operating businesses including:

• Fiduciary Duties
• Business Judgment Rule
• Strategic Planning
• Director and Officer Conduct
• Operation and Functioning of Board Committees
• Director and Officer Recruitment, Retention, Compensation and Succession
• Protection of Directors and Officers from Personal Liability
• Crisis Management
• Securities Compliance
• Codes of Ethics
• Document Retention
• Corporate Governance Audits
• Director and Officer Education

Our attorneys assist businesses from creation to maturity, bringing an array of skill sets in order to assist each client in meeting their business goals, including selection of the proper entity for operating a business, ownership structure, management methods, sources of financing, return on investment, including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, sales and distribution of goods, intellectual property, tax, real estate leasing and purchase, employment contracts, policies and compensation, collection of accounts receivable, and contract enforcement. Attorneys regularly offer advice regarding corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, strategic alliances, general partnerships, limited partnerships and sole proprietorships.

We regularly assist our clients with identifying and protecting their trade secrets and confidential information. Our trade secrets and confidentiality services include:

• Preparation and negotiation of confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements
• Counseling regarding business processes and procedures that secure maximum protection for proprietary confidential information
• Enforcement of trade secrets and confidential information through litigation

Securities Lawson Laski Clark & Pogue attorneys represent small start-up clients seeking initial investors as well as larger private companies, including Private Offerings and Venture Capital Financings serving as counsel for issuers of securities in both private placements of equity and debt, and in venture capital financings. They advise clients on securities and other legal issues, and have extensive experience in offerings made under Regulation D.

We also provide advice to corporations on shareholder issues, including preparation of proxy statements for annual and special shareholder meetings, provide advice for shareholders rights issues as well as advise companies, boards of directors, board committees, and individual directors regarding compliance with federal and state laws and regulations, best practice for corporate governance, duties and independence, board structure, board decision-making processes, and resolution of conflicts of interest.