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Corporate and commercial · Miami

Four partners, no associates learning on your matter, and a fee agreed before the work starts. We act for the company, and we say plainly when the company’s interest and a shareholder’s have stopped being the same thing.

Describe the matterWhat we charge

Partners
4
And no associates. The person who takes the call does the work.
To a first view
48 hr
On any new matter, in writing, including when the answer is that you do not need us.
Hourly-rate surprises
0
Defined work is quoted as a fixed fee. Open-ended work is capped and the cap is agreed first.

Fixed where the work can be defined, capped where it cannot.

Every engagement letter states which of the two it is before any work begins. We do not bill for the call that scopes it.

First view of a matter In writing, within 48 hours, including when the answer is that you do not need us.
No charge
Shareholders’ agreement Up to four shareholders, drafted and negotiated.
from $4,800 fixed
Standard terms of business One set of terms you can send, drafted to your actual process.
from $2,400 fixed
Share or asset sale Quoted on the deal once we have seen the heads of terms.
from $18,000 fixed
Contract review One agreement, marked up, with the three things that matter listed first.
$950 fixed
Ongoing advisory A monthly retainer for companies that would otherwise not call until it is late.
from $1,200 per month

  • Florida Bar All four partners admitted · numbers on each partner’s page (sample)
  • Professional liability cover $5,000,000 · certificate on request
  • Client funds held separately In a trust account, reconciled monthly
They told us we did not need the thing we had called about, then found the thing we should have called about two years earlier. The second conversation cost more and saved considerably more.
Managing director — Manufacturing, 40 staff · Shareholders’ agreement ·

Corporate partner

Transactions

  • Share and asset sales
  • Investment rounds
  • Reorganisations
  • Twenty-one years

Commercial partner

Contracts and IP

  • Supply and distribution
  • Software and licensing
  • Trade marks
  • Fifteen years

Property partner

Real estate

  • Leases and assignments
  • Acquisitions
  • Landlord disputes
  • Eighteen years

Managing partner

Governance and disputes

  • Shareholder arrangements
  • Board advice
  • Pre-action work
  • Twenty-six years

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