
Corporate
Experienced corporate attorneys helping businesses achieve their most challenging goals
Farrell Fritz advises middle-market businesses as well as companies in all stages of development, from start-ups and early stage companies to large private and publicly held companies, in a wide variety of industries throughout the U.S. and abroad. Our services include entity formation, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, shareholder agreements, contract review including licensing, manufacturing and distribution agreements and corporate governance. We routinely work with attorneys in our tax, real estate, litigation, restructuring and land use groups to complement and enhance our ability to provide unparalleled corporate counsel.
Mergers & Acquisitions of All Sizes
Our attorneys regularly advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, asset sales, structuring of spin-offs, and other divestitures. We counsel purchasers and sellers in all transactions—from small, local acquisitions to multistate, multimillion-dollar transactions. In addition, we counsel clients on business entity formation. In connection with any such transactions, we advise our clients not only on the corporate law issues, but also on tax considerations and other relevant issues.
Corporate Governance Best Practices
Directors, officers, and board members of public, private, nonprofit, and municipal entities seek our counsel regarding best practices and various corporate governance issues. The firm’s interdisciplinary team consists of attorneys from a broad spectrum of practice areas. Clients receive integrated, tailored advice on the specific challenges they face, whether these are related to board composition and structure, director and officer fiduciary duties, strategic transactions, day-to-day operations, codes of ethics, disclosure requirements, regulatory or internal investigations, forensic audits, insurance matters, litigation, suspected or actual misconduct, or myriad other issues.
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Articles & Advisories
Corporate Law Considerations in Estate Planning and Administration
Introduction This publication addresses the unintended consequences of attorneys and clients failing to consider the impact of transfers of ownership…
March 15, 2021
Do Malls Have Any Business Getting Into Retail?
Vertical integration — apparel retailers that make their own merchandise, farmers that sell their own produce, malls that own their…
February 16, 2021
Seller Beware: “Ordinary Course” and “Material Adverse Effect/Change” in the Age of COVID-19
In late November of last year, the Court of Chancery in Delaware handed down a decision in a case called…
February 04, 2021
PPP Loan Portal Reopened for First- and Second- Draw Loan Applications
Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Association (“SBA”) have fully reopened the Paycheck Protection…
January 19, 2021
The “Unintended” Consequences of Not Having a Written LLC Operating Agreement
CONGRATULATIONS!! You have just formed a New York limited liability company to purchase a piece of rental property with your…
December 08, 2020
Delayed But Not Forgiven: Examining Deferred 2020 Payroll Taxes in M&A Transactions
Due diligence is an essential activity for both buyer and seller success in an M&A transaction. The process allows parties…
November 09, 2020
Are you selling your business or merging? … Not so fast, if you are a PPP borrower.
Although the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has started its program to forgive loans made to businesses under the Paycheck…
October 19, 2020
SEC Eager to Enforce Amid COVID-19
As businesses and companies begin to reopen and attempt to return to normalcy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
September 03, 2020
Tax Considerations for LLC Operating Agreements
The operating agreement is the governing document with respect to the management and conduct of a limited liability company (an…
July 30, 2020
The Earnout in Sales Transactions
What’s the Purchase Price? If you advise me that you are selling your business for $32,000,000 and that $5,000,000 of…
July 06, 2020
News
GameStop’s Stupefying Stock Rise Doesn’t Hide Its Reality
Behind GameStop’s stock surge is the grim reality of its prospects: The video game retailer is floundering even as the…
February 03, 2021
War of words escalates as LVMH countersues Tiffany to nix their deal
The merger between two big luxury names was once touted by them and many analysts as good for both, but…
October 01, 2020
L Brands slams Sycamore for bargaining down Victoria’s Secret price
L Brands returned Sycamore’s legal effort to get out of its agreement to buy Victoria’s Secret with a lawsuit of its own…
April 24, 2020
Sycamore looks to back out of Victoria’s Secret deal
L Brands on Wednesday said that Sycamore Partners had delivered a notice to terminate their agreement, announced in February, where the…
April 23, 2020
Bed Bath & Beyond sues 1-800-Flowers to enforce purchase of keepsakes site
Beyond simply wanting to follow through on the desired sale, Bed Bath & Beyond could be concerned about “purchase price…
April 07, 2020
Sanford Health, UnityPoint Health Call Off $11 Billion Merger
Sanford Health and UnityPoint Health nixed their proposed merger that would have formed an $11 billion, 76-hospital system, the organizations…
November 14, 2019
New law requires livestreaming of IDA meetings
Peter Curry was quoted in a Long Island Business News article on August 28 regarding a new law that will…
August 29, 2019
Press Releases
Queens Botanical Garden’s Board of Trustees Welcomes Four New Members
Queens Botanical Garden’s Board of Trustees welcomed four new members to its team who will apply their expertise, leadership, and…
February 22, 2021
30 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2020 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz has a combined total of 30 attorneys selected to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
November 04, 2020
Joanna Hazelton Receives 30 Under 30 Award From Long Island Business News
Farrell Fritz is pleased to announce that Joanna Hazelton received Long Island Business News’ 30 Under 30 Award at a…
September 11, 2020
Joanna Hazelton Joins Executive Council of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Long Island Chapter
Farrell Fritz is pleased to announce that Joanna Hazelton has recently been appointed to the Executive Council of the Crohn’s…
February 27, 2020
Lyle C. Mahler of Farrell Fritz Elected to the Board of Long Island Cares, Inc.
Long Island Cares -The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank is pleased to announce that Lyle C. Mahler, has been elected…
October 07, 2019
Farrell Fritz Attorneys Lyle C. Mahler and Darren A. Pascarella Elected to Long Island Not-For-Profit Boards
Farrell Fritz is pleased to announce that two of our attorneys, Lyle C. Mahler and Darren A. Pascarella, have been…
October 01, 2019
29 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2019 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz has a combined total of 29 attorneys selected to the 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 17, 2019
Jared C. Sherman Joins Farrell Fritz as a Corporate Associate
Farrell Fritz is pleased to welcome Jared C. Sherman to its Uniondale office as a corporate associate. Jared is a…
April 02, 2019
30 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2018 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz had a combined total of 30 attorneys selected to the 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 13, 2018
Farrell Fritz Welcomes Philip Butler, Lee Peretz and Richard Quatrano
Farrell Fritz is pleased to welcome Philip Butler, Lee Peretz and Richard Quatrano to the firm. Philip Butler is a…
August 17, 2018