Law Offices of Craig Delsack, LLC

600 Madison Avenue • New York, NY 10022 • (212) 688-8944

The firm advises individuals, corporate general counsels, investor groups, foreign and domestic corporations, for-profit and not-for-profit companies, small business startups, small businesses and entrepreneurs regarding business law and provides them with resources that will aid them in structuring and managing a successful enterprise.

As a New York business lawyer (also referred to as corporate lawyer or small business lawyer), the firm, among providing other service, counsels clients on:

1. Choosing the right structure of operation (e.g., limited liability company (LLC), corporation, DBA, partnership);
   

2. Business formation and dissolution; mergers and acquisitions;
   

3. Hiring employees and hiring independent contractors;
   

4. How to start a small business; purchasing and selling companies;
   

5. Negotiation and preparation of deal term sheets, LLC operating agreements and shareholder agreements;
   

6. Negotiation and preparation of employment and severance agreements;
   

7. Drafting, reviewing and negotiating confidentiality agreements (non-disclosure agreements or confidential business information agreements), internet and technology related agreements and other agreements;
   

8. Formation of tax-exempt not-for-profit companies (e.g. 501(c)(3));
   

9. Drafting and negotiating leases;
   

10. Structuring U.S. asset purchases/investments involving foreign investors in a way to avoid U.S. estate and gift taxes (and minimize income taxes);
    

11. Partnership agreements, joint venture agreements and strategic alliance agreements;
    

12. Obtaining business certificates, tax identification numbers, DBA certificates;
    

13. Handling commercial real estate leasing, financings and closings;
    

14. Handling contractual disputes (including collections and enforcement of obligations); and
    

15. Preparing business plans.
    

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