Business Counsel for Companies and Their Owners
DRG advises businesses and their owners on corporate matters ranging from day-to-day counsel and governance to significant transactions, ownership changes and disputes.
We are particularly comfortable with matters in which legal issues intersect with valuation, financial statements, ownership economics and competing business interests.
Outside Corporate Counsel
Ongoing legal counsel for businesses and their owners, from governance and contracts to the decisions that shape the company.
Business Transactions, Equity & Capital
Acquisitions, sales, letters of intent, purchase agreements, due diligence and closings, along with equity structures, investor rights and capitalization.
Business Ownership Disputes
Member and shareholder issues, redemptions, buyouts, ownership transfers and negotiated separations among owners.
Intellectual Property & Trademarks
Trademarks, patents, licensing and the intellectual property issues that arise in business counseling and transactions.
Not sure which applies? Most engagements start with a conversation, not a category.
Business counsel beyond the basics.
Significant corporate matters often turn on more than the language of an operating agreement or purchase contract. DRG's business attorneys are comfortable working with financial statements, valuation concepts, capital accounts, distributions, debt, ownership economics and financing structures while coordinating with accountants, valuation professionals and other advisers when appropriate.
The lawyers who understand the business should not disappear when a dispute begins.
When a transaction or business relationship becomes contested, the attorneys who know the client and structured the matter remain involved. Where dedicated litigation resources are appropriate, they work directly with DRG's Litigation Group, combining litigation experience with existing knowledge of the business, transaction and client objectives.
Corporate matters are led by the firm's Transactional Group, chaired by Julien D. Guerard.
Related Litigation Counsel: Daetan B. Huck and Julie M. Howard