Bird, Skibell, Landa, L.L.P. has in excess of 35 years experience in advising and counseling clients as to the best choice of business entity to form and to meet the needs and desires of our clients and assist in all aspects of the preparation and filing of appropriate organizational documents.  We have formed hundreds of domestic and foreign corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, and limited liability companies and have served as outside general counsel and advisors on legal matters affecting the business opportunities for a diverse range of businesses including the hospitality and restaurant industries, and a variety of privately held corporations in diverse businesses.

We have participated in and have extensive experience in purchase and sale transactions, to include both stock sales and asset purchases.  Our attorneys regularly work in the areas of commercial contracts, franchising and licensing agreements, distribution, marketing, and management agreements and equipment leasing.

We are skilled in formulating solutions to corporate governance concerns and officer and director liability, shareholder rights and negotiation of and disclosure of transactions.  Our attorneys frequently work together as a team to garner the abilities and experience of other lawyers in the firm to enhance the probability of a successful outcome for our clients.

The corporate practice also includes several more specialized fields including commercial transactions, family and business, debt relations, bankruptcies and corporate workouts.  Some of these practice areas are more fully described in other pages.