Business Law

The business law attorneys at Kostopoulos Rodriguez, PLLC provide sophisticated legal advice on a wide variety of business issues most important to acquirers, targets, issuers, individuals, financial institutions and borrowers, among others.  Our experience has provided value-added legal services to large, national and multinational businesses, regional and local middle market companies and growing entrepreneurs and start-ups across numerous industries.  KORO's attorneys have the skill, judgment and experience to handle simple and complex business transactions at a reasonable cost.

Our business law expertise includes:

• Drafting, negotiating and advising on all types of transactional matters and licensing arrangements, including confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-competition agreements, shareholders agreements, buy-sell agreements, franchise agreements, employment agreements, service agreements, license agreements, equipment leases, manufacturing agreements and standard terms and conditions, among other agreements
• Structuring and executing asset and stock acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, spinoffs, recapitalizations, reorganizations and management and leveraged buyouts for businesses of all sizes
• Executing acquisition, financing and exit transactions for private equity and venture capital firms, including stock and asset acquisitions, mergers, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts and others
• Domestic and international trademark clearance, registration, maintenance, enforcement, policing and licensing, as well as drafting and negotiating all types of technology agreements to protect and successfully exploit technological innovations and intellectual property assets
• Drafting and negotiating executive and upper management agreements which address incentives, buy-out rights, options and other issues, as well as stock option plans and agreements
• Providing legal counsel on matters relating to shareholder rights, shareholder agreements, compensation plans, governance and board of directors
• Advising for-profit and non-profit businesses with entity formation and governance, legal compliance and risk management in connection with day-to-day business operations and dispute resolutions