The attorneys of Wall Esleeck Babcock have in-depth experience assisting businesses with organizational and succession issues, including representing corporations and limited liability companies and assisting them with a broad range of governance issues, mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, dispositions and commercial transactions.

Through our years of handling business transactions, we have developed extensive contacts at all sizes of investment banking firms that we can draw upon for appraisals, transaction planning, and conducting structured auctions. We have longstanding experience in negotiating merger and buy-sell agreements, as well as reviewing financing documents for our clients. For general corporate issues, such as governance and organizational questions, the attorneys of Wall Esleeck Babcock can provide insightful, timely and cost effective advice.

We have counseled corporations with respect to commercial leases, as well as the acquisition of real estate and improvements to support infrastructure for growing enterprises.

Our firm offers companies the luxury of using Wall Esleeck Babcock as in-house counsel without added the payroll expense. For companies with needs beyond the scope of our practice, such as trademark and patents, we work closely with our clients to choose the best and most cost-effective legal representation for the specialized matter at hand. The attorneys of Wall Esleeck Babcock offer tremendous knowledge of other lawyers in different sub-specialties throughout North Carolina.

Structuring Your Business
There are a number of ways to legally structure your business: Corporations, C corporations, S corporations, LLPs, LLCs and more. The complex nature of business structuring causes many new business owners to be confused over which one is the right one.

The truth is that there is no simple solution that works for every business. When starting a new business, the best way to determine how to structure it is to engage the assistance of an attorney from Wall Esleeck Babcock to advise which aspects of the operational, legal and tax structure applies to each unique business situation and the pros and cons associated with various structures.

Workouts and Distressed Companies
The attorneys of Wall Esleeck Babcock offer extensive experience in representing companies in distress and those facing financial challenges. Additionally, our attorneys have represented many entities and individuals affected by bankruptcy, receivership and other insolvency laws.

Executive Employment Agreements and Termination Issues
Wall Esleeck Babcock has represented numerous high-level executives and physicians with respect to employment agreements, as well as severance and separation issues. Our firm also has extensive experience in advising companies, as well as individuals, with respect to the scope of North Carolina’s ever-changing laws regarding covenants against competition.

Tax planning
Our tax lawyers work closely with the firm’s Corporate and Real Estate lawyers to integrate tax solutions to match our clients’ objectives. Wall Esleeck Babcock takes great pride in providing our clients with innovative approaches, both in tax planning and tax controversies.

We provide tax advice and services to domestic and foreign corporations, individuals, not-for-profit institutions, and pass through entities such as partnerships, joint ventures and limited liability companies. We also advise and represent clients with respect to all types of federal, state and local tax issues, real estate tax issues, international tax issues, North Carolina state income, sales and other taxes.

Wall Esleeck Babcock has extensive experience in structuring business entities, business acquisitions, mergers, restructurings and other reorganizations. This includes:

• The formation of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures.
• Taxable and tax-deferred stock and asset acquisitions and mergers
• Business separations such as taxable and tax-free spin-off transactions
• Stock issuances and redemptions
• Debt restructurings and recapitalizations

In addition, Wall Esleeck Babcock has numerous contacts and relationships with both larger and smaller accounting firms that we can draw upon should their services be needed.

Corporate Governance
The attorneys at Wall Esleeck Babcock have years of experience in crafting shareholders’ and operating agreements that address the competing constituencies in closely held companies. Our firm can handle shareholder disputes, frequently without costly litigation.

Wall Esleeck Babcock has handled workouts and provided counseling to businesses affected by bankruptcy and other insolvency laws. Our attorneys also have extensive experience in advising corporate directors on a wide range of issues related to their fiduciary duties.

Corporate Finance
Wall Esleeck Babcock has a long history of representing borrowers on matters relating to bank loans, private debt and equity financing arrangements. If business capital is needed, our attorneys can assist business owners in securing capital from a broad range of sources, including private investments, venture capital, investment bankers and public equity offerings.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Our firm has extensive experience in the area of mergers and acquisitions, frequently advising clients in a variety of industries and on a variety of transaction types. Our work history includes the merging of companies and business entities, stock or asset acquisitions, and transactions involving taking a company private.

In addition, Wall Esleeck Babcock provides counsel for leveraged buy-outs, recapitalization of entities, taxation issues related to business acquisitions as well as to special committees.

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