Corporate

A high degree of professionalism, 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 experience 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 a successful acquisition, for example, can require knowledge in various disciplines, including estate planning, taxation, financing, employee benefits, 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 sends an email to a third, who requests a memo from still another attorney.  This generally inefficient and costly approach is never practiced at SFNR.  Our attorneys, while highly knowledgeable and experienced in their substantive areas, are also skilled and accomplished generalists who know the value of handling a transaction swiftly, thoroughly 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 with unusual speed as we drive to meet the deadlines and other time objectives arising from the business needs of our client.

SFNR has always striven 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, growth, and survival, we make it our business to fully understand their business.  We strive to 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:

  • Entity selection (e.g., limited liability company, corporation, partnership, etc.)
  • Business formation
  • Financing
  • Contracts
  • Business planning
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Employee benefits
  • Securities
  • Licensing
  • Taxes
  • Global marketing
  • Resource management
  • Business negotiations
  • Risk analysis and management
  • Dispute resolution
  • Business succession

For more information about our Corporate practice, please contact either of the following attorneys:

Richard R. Perlman –  Richard.Perlman@SFNR.com

Bruce E. Bell - Bruce.Bell@SFNR.com