For business owners

A business is more than a balance sheet.

Most owners build the business but never plan for what comes after them. That gap puts everything at risk — the team you've hired, the customers who depend on you, and the family that benefits from what you've built.

We work as a strategic legal advisor alongside your CPA, financial advisor, and insurance team — integrating estate planning, business structure, tax strategy, and succession into one coherent picture. We plan for your life and your legacy at the same time.

Whether you're a year into your first venture or twenty years into a mature business, the question is the same: what happens if you're not here next month?

What we focus on

Three things we get right.

01

Entity setup & cleanup

Formation, operating agreements, buy-sell agreements, ownership structure — done right the first time, or corrected without drama.

02

Succession that holds

Family transfer, key-employee buyout, sale to a third party — each has a different legal scaffolding. We build the one that matches your intent.

03

Integrated tax & estate

Business interests held inside a trust, life insurance funded properly, valuation discounts captured — we work with your CPA, not around them.

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What's included

Strategic Business Advisor typically includes

Most business engagements combine an annual legal-strategy retainer with project-based work on the documents themselves — so you have a lawyer who knows your business the day you need them, not the year after.

What you'll receive

  • Entity formation & structure review
  • Operating & partnership agreements
  • Buy-sell & shareholder agreements
  • Succession plan drafting
  • Trust ownership of business interests
  • Key-employee planning
  • Insurance & funding alignment
  • Annual strategic legal review
  • Coordination with CPA & advisors
  • Estate plan integration
  • Sale or exit preparation
  • Family business governance
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An annual flat-fee retainer for strategic counsel plus project-based flat fees for entity documents, succession plans, and major transactions. Everything quoted in writing before work begins.
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