Business Organizations

Cincinnati Business Formation Lawyers

At Drew & Ward our business organizations group represents entrepreneurs, those starting businesses, and owners of businesses in transition. Our attorneys provide strategic advice and legal services designed to maximize the new companies' flexibility and profits while minimizing our clients' exposure to tax and personal liability.

In order to provide the appropriate guidance to our clients, the attorneys focus on communication, carefully considering a situation in light of the client's personal and professional goals before recommending a course of action.

“I am conscientious about developing a solid relationship with a client and hearing their real concerns. Clients may learn what they want to accomplish in hearing themselves talk it through."

Attorney Sybil B. Mullin

Business formation services our lawyers provide include the following:

• Advice on forms of entity, explaining the advantages and risks offered by partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs), C-corporations, S-corporations, and other forms of businesses and professional organizations
• Drafting and review of partnership and shareholder agreements and corporate articles
• Share issuances, private placements, public offerings, securities registration
• Licensing and permits
• Regulatory compliance
• Employment law, employee handbooks, employment contracts, training in compliance with federal and Ohio employment regulations
• Commercial real estate leases
• Buy-sell agreements
• Business succession planning
• Mergers and acquisitions

Whether you are an independent contractor concerned about personal liability, or are forming a complex corporate entity, decisions made in your company's earliest stages will be critical to its future success.

If you would like to speak with a member of the firm about formation of an LLC, C-corp, S-corp, partnership, or other entity, we invite you to contact our Cincinnati, Ohio, office and arrange an initial consultation. Our attorneys will evaluate your legal position in light of your personal goals and recommend an appropriate course of action.

Our business law attorneys: Michael D. McNeil, Richard H. Ward, James Coogan, Frederic L. Goeddel, Anthony G. Covatta, Robert M. Smyth, Richard G. Ward, James R. Schaefer, Eric C. Holzapfel, and Sybil B. Mullin.

Business litigation

When our corporate clients are involved in business and commercial disputes, lawyers from our civil litigation practice work closely with our business law group to protect the clients' interests in areas including: health care litigation, contract disputes, and construction litigation.