Business Legal Services 

Business / Corporate Law

Einbinder & Dunn, LLP maintains a sophisticated business/corporate practice for its diverse group of clients, ranging from "start-up" enterprises to the representation of substantial established businesses in myriad industries nationwide, utilizing corporate, partnership and limited liability company structures. We handle all aspects of corporate and business formation, structuring and reorganization as well as the acquisition, sale, financing and dissolution of businesses. The firm's attorneys have extensive experience in drafting and negotiating corporate and business agreements, including contracts for the purchase or sale of businesses, mergers, employment contracts, shareholders' agreements, operating agreements for limited liability companies, partnership and joint venture agreements, employment agreements, investment and development agreements, distribution agreements and the structuring of compliance arrangements under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The firm establishes an ongoing relationship with business clients, advising them on all aspects of the development and growth of the business and assisting them in navigating their way through difficult periods. The firm places great value on that position of trusted counselor.

Business / Commercial Litigation

Einbinder & Dunn, LLP represents a wide variety of businesses and individuals in complex business, commercial and real estate disputes. The firm’s attorneys are experienced in complex litigation and have successfully argued cases across the nation in many state and federal courts. The firm’s lawyers are also skilled in alternative dispute resolution and have represented clients in various arbitration forums and have participated in numerous mediations.

Einbinder & Dunn, LLP’s litigation practice handles cases from inception to trial. The firm’s principals work closely with their associates using technological resources and a strong support staff to efficiently litigate every case in a cost-effective manner. The firm applies a unique and hands-on approach to every case, ensuring clients the individual attention that larger firms cannot. The firm’s partners carefully evaluate each matter and explore various lines of attack to determine the strongest approach.

Einbinder & Dunn, LLP also acts as local counsel on behalf of out-of-state firms in complex litigation pending in the state and federal courts of New York.

• Corporate Matters Real Estate / Development Contracts
• Franchising Creditor's Rights
• Business Torts Unfair Competition
• Good Faith Covenants
• Health Care
• Trademarks Disputes
• Bankruptcy
• Trust and Estate Matters Employment Contracts
• Non-Compete Disputes

Einbinder & Dunn, LLP and its principals possess extensive experience in all aspects of real estate practice, including purchase, sale, leasing, development and financing of real property, as well as the acquisition, assemblage and development of real estate sites, the negotiation and acquisition of air rights and related property rights, construction related matters, zoning and municipal use, the formation of limited partnerships and limited liability companies and other entities, reorganizations, the raising of development capital and the financing and refinancing of properties and virtually all other real estate transactions. The firm has extensive experience representing businesses in lease negotiations, including lease audits.

The firm works on real estate tax related matters, such as city and state property tax benefit programs including the New York City ICIP and the New York State Development Zones. The firm is also very active in the residential real estate market for its individual clients, and has represented apartment cooperatives.

The firm represents a diverse clientele in the New York area and nationwide, from individual developers to the ongoing representation of a corporate client with equity and leasehold real estate holdings nationwide valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, handling sales, long term leases, sale-leasebacks, acquisitions and financing. The firm has also provided a variety of real estate services to a New York area bank, including developing its prototype mortgage backed financing documentation.

The firm considers itself to be a sophisticated boutique real estate practice, enabled by its size to provide close attention to each client but empowered by its extensive experience to work with the largest firms. The firm has provided opinion letters for a $60,000,000 sale leaseback involving more than 40 properties nationwide and has represented clients in the sale and acquisition of joint venture interests, LLC memberships and fee title interests valued in excess of $10,000,000 several times this year.

• Sole Proprietorship - you are the only owner of the business.
• Partnership- which can take the form of a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership.
• Corporation - the default form of a corporation is a C Corporation (also known as Subchapter C Corporation). Smaller corporations typically file for the S Corporation (Subchapter S) tax election so they are not double taxed.
• Limited Liability Company (LLC) - a hybrid formation that provides personal liability protection similar to a corporation, with the flexibility and tax advantages of a single proprietorship or partnership.

Should I hire a business law attorney?
It's obvious that you should hire a business attorney if you're being investigated for securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or a customer is severely injured by one of your products or on your premises. But, there are a lot of not so obvious reasons to retain a business law attorney. For example, are you planning on forming a corporation or partnership? A business law attorney can avert a lot of legal issues that can arise with forming these types of businesses and he or she can advise you on the best business formation for your needs. A business law attorney can also help research any possible intellectual property issues and issues relating to hiring employees, tax issues and other legal matters that can arise with forming and running a business.