Loading KSI LawLoading KSI LawCounsel for the life cycle of the enterprise. Formation to exit, financing to risk, with the judgment of a firm that has sat on every side of the table.
A business is a sequence of decisions, and most of the expensive ones are made before a lawyer is called. Incorporation and shareholder terms. The first lease. The first loan. The partner who leaves. The buyer who arrives. We act for owner managed businesses, private companies and the professionals who run them at each of those moments, so the structure put in place on day one still serves on day one thousand.
The practice is deliberately broad: corporate organization and governance, commercial agreements, leasing, banking and secured lending, acquisitions and divestitures, and the tax driven reorganizations that keep a growing company efficient. It is also deliberately practical. Advice is given in plain terms, priced to the matter, and delivered by lawyers who understand that a deal is a business decision first and a legal document second.
Incorporation, shareholder and partnership agreements, minute books, annual compliance and the governance that keeps owners aligned when the business grows.
Share and asset purchases, due diligence and transaction documentation, including the purchase and sale of professional and healthcare practices.
Share reorganizations, section 85 rollovers, estate freezes and corporate restructurings, implemented in step with your accountants and tax advisors.
Office, retail and industrial leases reviewed and negotiated for landlords and tenants, with terms clarified before signature and counsel after.
Loan and security documentation for borrowers and lenders, from operating lines to term debt, drafted so the security holds if it is ever tested.
Supply, service, distribution and licensing agreements, and the employment contracts, policies and terminations that come with running a workforce.
We start with what you are trying to achieve and work back to the paper. Advice in plain terms, with the risk and the recommendation on the same page.
Real estate, lending, litigation and estates sit down the hall. When a transaction crosses a line, the right lawyer is already in the room.
Reorganizations and sales are built with your accountant and tax advisor, not handed to them afterwards. One plan, implemented once.
The lawyer who incorporated the company is the one you call ten years later about selling it. Continuity is the point.
The work that protects a business is done before it is needed: shareholder terms settled while the partners still agree, security documented before the loan is drawn, the structure reviewed before the sale is announced. Owners who bring us in early spend less time fixing the paper later.
