Integrated
expertise, speed and big picture thinking are hallmarks of the SFNR
corporate practice.
Most law firms have experts, but relatively few can match our ability
to integrate different areas of expertise quickly and effectively.
Many of our clients require advice that doesn't fit neatly into one
specific area of corporate law. At SFNR, we recognize that managing
the successful
acquisition, for example, can require expertise in
various disciplines, including estate planning, taxation, financing,
and real estate, and we are steeped in each of these fields.
At many firms, coping with these multi-faceted issues can result in
one attorney calling another attorney looking for help, who fires off
an e-mail to a third, who requests a memo from still another attorney.
This generally inefficient approach is never practiced at SFNR. Our
attorneys, while highly-knowledgeable and experienced specialists, are
also skilled generalists who know the value of handling a transaction
throughly and economically. When it does become necessary for one of
us to consult with a colleague, our broad knowledge base enables us to
integrate and use that additional information quickly and in a
cost-effective fashion.
Our culture has always put a premium on meeting a client's needs
quickly. Many SFNR clients are small and mid-sized private companies
who can ill-afford to delay decisions even by a day. Our larger,
public clients also generally require fast turnaround with many
transactions. Our years of high-pressure experience, together with the
latest computer technology, has enabled us to develop the capacity to
move carefully yet swiftly through even the most complex transactions.
We perform our due diligence analysis, answer questions and resolve
complex issues on deadline and with unusual speed.
SFNR has always attempted to view client issues from more than just a
legal perspective. A significant percentage of our clients have been
with us for decades, and view us as a key part of their own
organizations. Even clients of shorter duration quickly come to rely
on our keen insight into their businesses. Knowing that clients depend
on us for advice that significantly impacts their profitability and
growth, we make it our business to fully understand their business. We
stay current on the global problems, the industry-wide challenges, and
the particularized issues facing our clients. This "big
picture" perspective enables us to render advice on a broad range
of business matters that include:
Financing
Contracts
Business formation
Business succession
Business planning
Mergers and acquisitions
Employee benefits
Securities
Licensing
Business negotiations
Risk analysis and management
Dispute resolution
The majority of our corporate clients are primarily small and
mid-sized private companies. A sizable array, however, are larger
public companies. Regardless of the balance sheet size, SFNR is proud
of our abilities to provide broad-based, prompt, cost-effective
representation to our corporate clients.
