Start-up Businesses So, you are ready to start your business, but you need some help with the legal side of things. At Kan & Clark, LLP we are here to help you get your business off to a strong start. Whether you are starting a for-profit business or a non-profit entity, we can help you draft a business plan, chose your business entity, obtain appropriate business certificates, tax identification numbers, DBA certificates and various regulatory and/or professional licenses. Our goal is to allow you to focus on making your business successful.  Let us ensure you are complying with the numerous, complex, and confusing laws applicable to your business. Contact us today for a free initial consultation. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.

Small Businesses The laws that manage and regulate small business and companies are immense and numerous. These laws and regulations are also difficult to interpret because they are written in legalese rather than plain english. Kan & Clark, LLP can help you get on the right track with your business or company by interpreting the law and counseling you to help your business achieve success. Contact us today for a free initial consultation. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.

Corporate Finance At Kan & Clark, LLP, our corporate attorneys have experience representing issuers, investment banks, lenders, borrowers and other parties in connection with a wide variety of corporate finance transactions. These transactions include:

• Private placements of securities
• Debt financings
• Venture capital financings
• Asset securitizations
• Merger and acquisition financing
• Management and leveraged buy-outs
• Spin-offs, restructurings and recapitalizations
• Reorganizations

For a free initial consultation on your corporate finance needs, contact us today. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.

Business Formation Our business attorneys can assist you with the planning and formation of new business entities to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks to you and your business. We identify, manage and solve a wide variety of legal issues that apply to the formation of new business entities, including issues related to choice of entity, corporate governance, regulatory licenses, employee benefits, executive compensation, information technology, intellectual property and tax matters. Because there are so many legal technicalities to deal with when forming a business, we recommend that our clients focus on their entrepreneurship and let us focus on the legal aspects of business formation. Contact us today for a free initial consultation. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.

Business Dissolution If it becomes necessary for your business to dissolve, our business attorneys at Kan & Clark, LLP can advise you on your best course of action. Our goal is to maximize the potential benefits and minimize the potential risks to you when dissolving your business. Whether the business dissolution requires a sale, a division of assets or liquidation, our business attorneys are here to help you through all aspects of your business dissolution. Contact us today for a free initial consultation. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.

Mergers and Acquisitions As part of our full service business practice, Kan & Clark, LLP represents our clients in connection with mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs and leveraged buy-outs. We also can assist our clients in entering into joint ventures and other types of corporate partnering activities with domestic and international businesses.As every business acquisition is different, we utilize various resources to draw on the appropriate skills, knowledge, and experience to efficiently handle the transaction. We also help clients evaluate prospective strategic partners through due diligence investigations and ensure that relationships are established with careful attention to compliance with applicable laws. Whatever your business’s needs are, our business law attorneys are here to help. Contact us today for a free initial consultation. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.

Contracts Our full-service business law practice includes drafting, negotiating and closing contracts for our clients. We understand the need for our business clients to be confident in the contracts they enter into. Specifically, we handle the following contracts for our clients from negotiation through closing:

• Operating agreements
• Shareholder agreements
• Employment and severance agreements
• Agreements relating to confidentiality
• Non-compete agreements
• Non-solicitation agreements
• Internet and technology related agreements
• Vendor agreements
• Leases
• Contacts relating to the purchase or sale of a business
• Asset purchases or sales

Contracts are the foundation of any business. From operating agreements and employment contracts to leases and vendor contracts, your business will assume certain obligations and liabilities during the course of its operation. Depending on your business, your relationships with clients may also be defined by contracts. Without the legal expertise to negotiate and draft contracts, your business could end up with obligations it cannot fulfill or liabilities it cannot pay. Knowing what those obligations and liabilities are is critical to the success of your business. At Kan & Clark, LLP our business law attorneys are here to protect the interests of your business. Contact us today for a free consultation. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.

Outside General Counsel Businesses unable to afford the expensive cost of hiring full-time corporate counsel often have no option but to pay high hourly rates to address routine legal matters that arise in their business.  We can assist large and small corporate clients who want to avoid the pitfalls of handling routine corporate and legal issues themselves without incurring the high overhead of large law firms or hiring a full-time general counsel.With extensive corporate experience, we provide the skills and resources a comprehensive full-time corporate counsel at an affordable price.  We take the time to assess our client’s real goals and efficiently and reliably assist them in executing their plan to achieve such goals. We accomplish this by being involved on all aspects of business development, operations, tactical planning and dispute resolution, including the confusing issues:

• Corporate formalities – corporate minutes, directors meetings, shareholders meetings, corporate governance, share issuance, employment contracts, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, risk management, and other requirements for ongoing business operation.
• Employment issues – negotiating employment agreements, severance agreements, termination process, immigration compliance, and other employment issues.
• Contract negotiation – reviewing and negotiating routine vendor and customer agreements.
• Dispute Resolution – mediation / arbitration, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), trials and appeals at all levels of the state & Federal courts.

Running a business is tough enough without being distracted by the various legal issues that arise in day-to-day operations. Let us provide you with the resources to deal with the complicated issues that arise while doing business. We tailor our arrangements so it is most beneficial for the client’s business giving each client easy access to an experienced lawyer who will serve as an integral member of the management team.

Navigating the hazardous waters of business operations and government regulations can be dangerous without skilled, confident representation. We invite you to contact our office today for a review of their ongoing business & legal needs. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.

Entertainment Law Entertainment law is a general term describing the intersection of employment law, contract law, intellectual property (IP) law, licensing law, agency law, royalties and other legal disciplines related to the entertainment industry. The entertainment industry is made up of a various forms of media from television to the internet; each with its own rules, regulations, and trade unions, and all requiring expertise in drafting and negotiating contracts.The attorneys at Kan & Clark, LLP understands that high-quality legal representation demands a thorough and clear understanding of legal issues such as:

• Intellectual property rights in music, film, TV, artworks, brand-names and individual personalities
• Copyright, trademark, trade secret and rights-of-personality law
• Business entities and relationships
• Contract, corporate, securities, adult-entertainment and Internet law
• First Amendment (free speech) issues
• Literary property and publishing
• Merchandising
• Appropriate roles of agents and personal managers
• Royalties and contract agreements

The complexity of the clients and issues in the entertainment industry make experience and knowledge critical in obtaining strong legal representation. We have the knowledge and experience to assist our clients in all avenues of entertainment law. Our law firm provides top quality services to individuals and companies working in the media and entertainment industries, advising in all aspects of their business and transactions. We serve the Atlanta area as well as the surrounding metro counties, including Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Fulton.