Business Law

Alexander & Associates, Attorneys, P.C., helps protect businesses and their owners. We assist clients with a variety of business transactions, including:

• Entity Formation (LLCs, Corporations, Partnerships)
• Formation of Non-Profit Corporations
• Partnership Agreements/Buy-Sell Agreements
• Contracts (reviewing and drafting) (Independent Contractor Agreements, Employee Agreements)
• Non-Compete/Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Buying or Selling a Business
• Licensing/Franchises
• Trademarks

LLCs
For many clients, a Texas LLC or Limited Liability Company is the entity in which they choose to operate their business. An LLC was designed to be a good mix of what business owners like about the simplicity of being a sole proprietor, coupled with liability protection similar to a corporation.

After consultation with client to determine is an LLC is the best entity structure for their business, Alexander & Associates assures that clients' LLCs are formed correctly and maintained in a manner to keep liability protection for personal assets in place.

Our LLC Formation services for Texas LLCs include:

• Consultation to Determine Structure (Management structure, Officers, etc.)
• Name Availability
• Certificate of Formation
• Company Agreement
• Unanimous Written Consent/Minutes for Organizational Meeting
• Tax ID / EIN number from the IRS

Many clients are surprised to hear that the filing they completed on-line with the Secretary of State may not be sufficient to protect their business and personal assets. For these clients, we assist in drafting the remainder of the documents required by Texas law.

Sometimes new clients ask us how our LLC formation services are different than on-line websites that offer LLC formation in Texas. Based on many reviews for clients of LLC formations prepared by on-line services, clients are always frustrated to see the mistakes we find in their company documents completed by an on-line service. We have seen clients' invoices from on-line services, and many clients have paid on-line sites more than our fees, because many sites charge customers for unnecessary filing fees and expenses.

There is no substitute for professional legal service for LLC formation in Texas that includes personalized consultation and tailoring of the LLC formation documents to the needs of our clients. It is often much more expensive to fix problems in incorrect LLC filings than it is to draft the LLC document correctly the first time.

We understand that business owners need to be able to budget and plan for legal fees and expenses. Therefore, we offer clients competitive, guaranteed flat fee rates for LLC formation in Texas. We also offer clients discounts on our fees when they are forming more than one LLC at the same time.

We are not CPAs and do not know the details of our clients' tax filings. Therefore, we strongly encourage our clients to make all decisions regarding LLC formation in Texas in conjunction with the advice of a CPA or tax professional.

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Corporations
For other clients, a Texas Corporation is the entity in which they choose to operate their business. A Corporation provides legal structure suitable for small and more complex businesses.

Alexander & Associates consults with clients to pick the appropriate entity structure for their business. We assure that clients' corporations are structured and formed in compliance with Texas corporation law. We also assure that clients keep in line with corporate formalities, such as meetings and related documentation of decisions and changes.

Our Corporation Formation services for Texas Corporations include:

• Consultation to Determine Structure (Board of Directors, Shareholders, Officers, etc.)
• Name Availability
• Certificate of Incorporation
• Bylaws
• Unanimous Written Consent/Minutes for Organizational Meeting
• Unanimous Written Consent/Minutes for Annual Meeting of Board of Directors and Shareholders
• Tax ID / EIN number from the IRS

Many clients are also surprised to realize the corporation filing they completed on-line with the Secretary of State may not be all that is required to have a solid corporation in Texas. We consult with these clients to assure that the remainder of their corporation is completed to be in compliance with Texas law.

Sometimes new clients ask us how our services are different from on-line websites that offer corporation formation in Texas. Clients are always frustrated to see the mistakes we find in their corporation documents completed by an on-line service. Many times clients were unaware of how the choices made for them in these documents could affect their business. Some of our clients have paid on-line sites more than our fees, because many sites charge customers for unnecessary filing fees and expenses.

There is no substitute for personalized legal service for corporation formation in Texas that includes individual consultation with the business owner and tailoring of the corporation formation documents to the needs of our clients. It is usually more expensive to fix problems in incorrect corporation filings than it is to have us complete the corporation correctly the first time.

We understand that businesses need to be able to budget and plan for legal fees and expenses. We offer clients competitive, guaranteed flat fee rates for corporate formation in Texas. We also offer clients discounts on our legal fees if they are forming more than one corporation at the same time.

We are not CPAs and do not know the details of our clients' tax filings. Therefore, we strongly encourage our clients to make all decisions regarding Corporation formation in Texas in conjunction with the advice of a CPA or tax professional.

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Business Transactions
Alexander & Associates aims to help businesses prevent problems on the front end. Preventing problems is usually significantly less expensive and less time consuming than dealing with an issues once it goes wrong. All of our attorneys have seen clients endure the time and expense of lawsuits, which could have been avoided with proper planning. This has motivated us to work hard to help clients put proper protection for their businesses in place.

Our business transaction services include:

• Mergers and Dissolutions
• Stock Purchase Agreements
• Membership Interest Transfer Agreements
• Partner/Owner buy-outs
• Changing or Conversion of Entities
• Contracts
• Drafting and reviewing existing contracts or agreements
• Independent Contractor Agreements
• Employee Agreements
• Non-Compete Agreements
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Franchise Agreements (reviewing and drafting)
• Licensing Agreements - Structures the use and fee for a business name or slogan, an idea or a concept.
• Buy-Sell or Partnership Agreements - Plans for a business partner's death, divorce, or exit from the business.
• Buying or Selling a Business (reviewing and drafting)
• Letters of Intent - Used to dictate the preliminary terms of a business purchase during review and due diligence.
• Asset Purchase Agreements - Documents the purchase price of a business, as well as the assets to be transferred to the buyer.
• Trademark Registration
• Leases
• Commercial Leases (Landlord and tenant representation)
• Residential (Landlord representation)

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