Corporate

HALLSTROM KLEIN & WARD LLP serves as outside general counsel to numerous companies. We provide day-to-day legal advice on all aspects of business operations, including the duties of the partners in partnerships, members and managers of limited liability companies, and officers and directors of corporations, along with issues regarding the indemnification of officers and the applicability of the business judgment rule. The firm also provides additional advice on corporate governance matters.

In addition to counseling and representing corporations and boards of directors regarding regulatory matters, and corporate governance matters, we also offer services to family owned businesses, including buy-sell agreements, family limited partnerships, business succession plans, business exit strategies, estate planning, and employment agreements. Advising entrepreneurs in the formation and growth of their businesses is also a significant part of the firm’s corporate practice.

We provide practical legal advice to help our clients achieve their goals.

We assist companies from start-up and early stage (“angel investing”), through its expansion and growth phase, and, ultimately, in the exit stage, whether it is a public offering or a sale. Our attorneys understand the venture capital process and have significant experience with the documentation involved in venture capital financings and other private equity transactions. We serve clients over a wide spectrum of industries, including technology, apparel, and real estate.

The firm’s managing partner served as the head of the compliance and due diligence department of a national broker/dealer and was licensed as a register representative, a registered principle, a registered options principle, and as a registered financial operations principle. Consequently, the firm has unique perspectives and insights to assist its clients in dealing with its corporate and security matters.

We offer result-oriented and cost-effective representation for our clients in litigation, arbitration and regulatory cases.

A Winning Team Approach

We use a comprehensive approach in representing the interests of our business clients. Our attorneys work closely with each other to utilize the expertise of attorneys in the firm’s various specialty areas, including intellectual property, employment, and litigation.