Corporate and Business

Zarwin Baum represents various types of businesses regardless of their size.

Whether the firm represents a Fortune 100 company, a private company, multi-owner corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, family businesses, or even individually owned enterprises, Zarwin Baum’s attorneys identify each client’s discrete legal needs to provide the best legal counsel in any set of circumstances.

We offer cost-effective, practical, and creative counsel, while collaborating with our clients each step of the way to accomplish their goals. Due to globalization and various technological innovations, our team recognizes the necessity of communication and works to promptly respond to the time sensitive needs of all our clients to deliver high quality representation that is tailored to each client’s unique circumstances.

Our attorneys are capable of handling a broad spectrum of corporate and business law matters, including corporate structure and governance issues. We specialize in the myriad of issues that concern entrepreneurial and emerging growth companies. However, for established companies in the later stages of their business life cycle, Zarwin Baum’s attorneys assist in the development of exit strategies and succession planning (particularly for closely held or privately held entities.)

The Corporate and Business department possesses immense experience in negotiating, drafting, and reviewing agreements of all types, which include employment, distribution, manufacturing, licensing, outsourcing, and other strategic transactions. Our attorneys have represented clients in a broad spectrum of industries including banking, real estate, construction, technology, energy, distribution, insurance, and biotech.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Zarwin Baum represents clients in both acquisitions and/or sales of privately or publicly held corporations. Whether providing counsel to a buyer or seller, our attorneys are experienced in the negotiation and drafting of the agreements necessary to execute simple and complex transactions. With skilled professionals in securities, administrative, tax, environmental, and labor law issues, Zarwin Baum is positioned to address and solve any issue or problem that may arise during the course of these transactions.

Private Equity/Venture Capital and Related Financing Transactions

At first glance, the decision to seek funding in the private equity or venture capital markets seems innocuous, but a closer look will reveal that this decision packs powerful implications. At Zarwin Baum, when a client seeks to secure such funding, we identify the advantages and potential pitfalls that a client may experience to ensure that their company secures the capital they need at the best rate possible without compromising shareholder value.

Our attorneys have considerable experience in structuring venture capital, equity, and other mezzanine investments in early-stage companies. Whether the client is an entrepreneur, early-stage corporation, or developing mid-size corporation, we provide the guidance necessary to safeguard the founders’ interest while they seek the right investors to form partnerships with to grow the business.

Securities Law

Zarwin Baum’s corporate attorneys also represent issuers, selling shareholders, venture capital firms, and many others in all types of private transactions involving the offering and sale of securities, including private placements.