Entrepreneurial Business Practice

The advisors and consultants of Wasserstrom & Associates Consulting understand the unique business challenges faced by companies during all phases of growth and have provided counsel to businesses at all stages of development, from start-up to expansion to final sale. Because of their work with a number of fast-growing South Florida companies, Wasserstrom & Associates Consulting has a deep understanding of the entrepreneur's need for comprehensive services, prompt response and flexible billing.

For start-up companies, the firm provides counsel regarding appropriate formation structures; minority business issues; compliance with state and federal legislation; initial funding and contracts and negotiation with clients, vendors and employees. As companies grow, the firm offers advice regarding alternative financing methods, property acquisitions, business development, sale of assets or stock, and dispute resolution.

Wasserstrom & Associates Consulting entrepreneurial business practice includes:

• Acquisitions, mergers and sales
• Business-development issues
• Employment-practices concerns, including Family Medical Leave Act, Title VII, ADA and Florida Human Rights Act
• Environmental liability issues
• Commercial real estate transactions, including lease activities and property acquisitions
• Contract negotiations with vendors and other parties
• Corporate Formation
• Financing issues, including those related to start-up and expansion capital, tax-exempt financing, asset-backed financing and industrial revenue bonds
• Government contracts and minority-business issues
• Governmental affairs and lobbying
• Incorporation issues, including S and C corporations
• Independent contractor and employee options
• Insurance matters
• Limited Partnership
• Limited Liability Companies
• Private Placement Memorandums
• Public Shell purchases and mergers
• Trade regulations
• Zoning issues

In addition to normal business issues, companies may face challenges related to employment practices, compensation, environmental liability, personal injury or contract disputes. As a multi-disciplinary firm, Wasserstrom & Associates Consulting has the professional staff and resources to address a broad scope of questions. Business attorneys often work with members of the firm's tax, banking and finance, insurance, real estate, environmental, governmental and litigation practices to provide clients with a full range of legal services.