Business, Corporate & Commercial

Choosing the right business entity form to operate your business and to minimize taxes is the foundation of business planning, and our business and tax lawyers are second to none among Arkansas law firms in their ability to advise your company. We help you evaluate whether a limited liability company, partnership, S Corporation, C Corporation, or another entity is the best way for you to meet your growth and financing needs while maximizing tax advantages, and then assist you in creating the appropriate management and organizational structure.

We also offer sophisticated solutions for complex tax challenges in structuring like-kind exchanges (forward and reverse), tax-efficient acquisition transactions, and tax-free reorganizations.

We have extensive experience in structuring commercial finance deals. Our lawyers work with lenders, issuers, underwriters and servicers on innovative transactions, as well as routine financings where controlling costs is essential. When public or private companies of all sizes seek new financing sources, we help them secure the capital market access they need. Our lawyers have handled numerous debt and equity financings and are typically involved in every phase of capital raising transactions. We also represent underwriters and placement agents in these financings.

We work with clients of all sizes on a variety of financing and capital markets transactions. We assist you and your business in determining that any equity or debt offering is appropriate for your overall capital structure. We can handle all phases of an offering for your company, including due diligence, preparation of offering materials, structuring the offering terms and regulatory compliance.

You can also rely on our assistance with a wide range of private finance transactions. Our relationships with major regional commercial and investment banks, as well as venture capital and private equity investors, give us the platform for which to do complex and tax-sensitive financings.

We represent buyers and sellers in a variety of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Our lawyers will assist you with the structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing of the deal, utilizing our firm’s comprehensive resources for everything from due diligence and tax-efficient deal structures to financing and regulatory approval, as well as the review of employee benefits and non-compete agreements in the acquired entity. Whether your organization is a multinational corporation, a publicly or privately owned business entity, a not-for-profit organization, or an investment firm, we have handled transactions for companies in a variety of business sectors, including banking, broadcasting, retail, manufacturing, technology and healthcare.

Our real estate work covers a broad range of transactions, regulatory advice, and litigation—from routine purchase agreements to complicated and sophisticated commercial, corporate, tax, and environmental work. We provide clients with practical advice and creative solutions, whether they are buying, selling, leasing, or operating real property in both Arkansas and multi-state transactions. Whether you are a developer, builder, owner, or lender, you know that each real estate transaction involves its own challenges and opportunities. That’s why our firm has developed a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary real estate practice with the highest ranking from the respected Chambers and Partners USA, which describes us as “a leader for real estate work” with “broad sector expertise.”

We work directly with the senior management and in-house counsel of public and private companies to anticipate and prevent problems, manage risks, and eliminate obstacles to growth by ensuring effective drafting and fulfillment of agreements and contracts. That includes licensing and joint venture arrangements, as well as franchising and distribution relationships. When third party allegations create contract problems, you can depend on our help to identify appropriate responses and remedies. Whether the issue is inaccurate disclosure of financial information, negotiation of terms in bad faith, theft of trade secrets or infringement of intellectual property rights, or other third-party claims, you get the full range of remedies available — from resolution under the Uniform Commercial Code to a temporary injunction or pursuit of appropriate claims through litigation.