Business Law

Business Law touches many aspects of a business’ lifecycle, from new business formation and corporate structuring for growth and transition, to dependable transactional counsel for growing companies.

Our corporate attorneys are available to support clients in English and Spanish.


Business Set-Up & Structuring

The RSM corporate team has extensive experience with business set up and entity structuring across a wide range of industries and for businesses of all sizes. While Texas LLCs are the most common business structure, the firm also supports clients with Corporations, Limited Partnerships and other entity types. Many of our clients are setting up multi-entity corporate structures, and RSM works with those clients to build a wholistic plan that incorporates expected growth without overcomplicating day-to-day operations for those businesses. 

RSM also supports clients with business transitions including business acquisitions and sales, entity restructuring and growth, employee equity and phantom equity plans and entity dissolution and conversion.

Recent Representative Transactions:

  •       Set-up of multi-location professional service company with majority owner/founder and minority member investors.

  •       Counseling first time business owners on selecting and structuring their entities to meet the company’s objectives and promote productive working relationships between partners.

  •      Real Estate entity formation for multi-generational family liability protection and transition.

  •       Restructure a large real estate holding company with company employee incentive compensation incorporated into phase II of company growth.

  •       Transition ownership of existing multi-entity company to the next generation of ownership across a 10-year transition plan.

  •       Buy-Sell and Succession planning structure for multi-generation family business.

  •       Negotiate Asset Purchase Sale of local Austin business with full founder exit and partial equity compensation.

  •      Set up new restaurant chain in Austin, helping the company navigate its corporate structure, commercial lease, outside financing and internal governance.

  •      Negotiate company buy-out of departing business partner as part of corporate restructuring.


OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL

RSM supports clients in a wide variety of general legal business transactions.  We draft and review contracts, negotiate strategic partnerships, and help businesses with both planned and unexpected legal decisions.

  • Commercial Contracts

  • Joint Venture Agreements

  • Trademark Registration and Protection

  • Commercial Leasing and Sales

  • Employment Law: Agreements, Compliance and Risk Mitigation

  • Independent Contractor Agreements

  • Licensing Agreements

  • New Business Opportunities Negotiation and Drafting

  • Family Asset Protection Strategies

  • Equity Incentive Plans

  • Strategic support for significant transitions

Recent Representative Transactions:

  • Negotiate Service Agreement with large national nonprofit.

  • Phantom Equity Plan for executive team of growing company.

  • Licensing Agreement and compensation model for expanding location of established Austin business.

  • Negotiate joint venture agreement for sporting goods company establishing operations in the United States.

  • Employment Agreements and Independent Contractor Agreements for multi-location company.

  • NDAs, Service Agreements, and other contract negotiation for fast growing energy company.

  • Newly formed company contracts including client contract, independent contractor template and employment agreement for first employee.