Contracts & Commercial Transactions.
The agreements that run a business — commercial loans and secured transactions, customer and employment contracts, intellectual property protection, and buy-sell agreements.
Fennemore’s business attorneys handle the contracts and commercial transactions a business depends on day to day — from commercial lending and secured transactions to the agreements that govern customers, employees, intellectual property, and ownership transitions. Having represented clients on both sides of these deals, we know what works, and we help clients meet both their business and tax objectives. California depth, backed by a full-service national firm.
What We Handle.
Commercial Loans & Secured Transactions.
Lending documentation for both borrowers and lenders.
- Notes — installment, balloon, secured, unsecured, and simple notes
- Guarantees and guarantee agreements
- Security agreements, pledge agreements, and financing statements
- UCC filings
- Real estate loan documents — deeds of trust, assignments of rents, fixture filings, and reconveyances
Customer, Employment & Contractor Contracts.
Contracts between a business and the people and companies it works with.
- Customer and consulting contracts
- Employee contracts
- Independent contractor contracts
- Counsel to both the business and the contracting party
Trade Secret & Intellectual Property Agreements.
Protecting the intangible assets a modern business runs on.
- Trade secret protection
- Intellectual property agreements
- Safeguards built for a changing business landscape
Buy-Sell & Non-Competition Agreements.
Planning how owners join — and separate — before and after the fact.
- Buy-sell agreements
- Non-competition agreements
- Up-front planning at entity formation
- Separation of a departing shareholder, partner, or member
- Structuring to minimize impact on heirs, the entity, and key personnel
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Corporate Practice.
Entity formation, reorganization, M&A, dissolution, and governance.
Partnership, Corporate & Special Entity Tax.
The tax side of business contracts and transactions.
Real Estate Services.
Property transactions, development, and real estate finance.
Estate Planning Services.
Business succession planning for owners of closely held companies.