DeAngelis Legal performed a comprehensive review and edit of a proposed multi-member LLC operating agreement on behalf a new client. The client asked DeAngelis Legal to provide input on the operating agreement. DeAngelis Legal provided a memo with additional questions and substantive comments and edits regarding management, capital contributions, purchase options and purchase price valuation.
Falling for fall. Fall is wonderful. Harvest time. The afterglow of summer travels and the excitement of the first snowfall knowing the holidays and ski season are right around the corner. It is also a time when we audit our corporate clients to review strategic plans, make sure their corporate structure is appropriate and assure [...]
DeAngelis Legal reviewed the corporate records of a client who created several entities on their own. DeAngelis Legal prepared missing and updated documents necessary to satisfy the title company’s requirements. The documents included amendments to operating agreements, member consents and a deed.
June marked the end of a four year complex trust administration odyssey. This administration could have been a television show, as it had every intrigue you can imagine - power struggles, illiquid assets, environmental claims, a defunct closely held business with unpaid claims, an injunction preventing the sale of real estate, property tax claims, third [...]
DeAngelis Legal documented the sale of goodwill of a Phoenix food distributer. In this friendly sale of the business, the buyer and seller had a long standing relationship. DeAngelis Legal prepared the purchase and sale agreement on behalf of the seller and the transaction closed with minimal changes from either party.
DeAngelis Legal prepared a comprehensive employment agreement with change in control provisions for this Scottsdale based business. For closely held companies, guaranteeing compensation upon a change in control or sale of the business is better than giving key employees equity in the entity. The benefits of this structure are (a) the employee does not have [...]
DeAngelis Legal prepared the estate plan for a young couple with generational wealth. This project was made more complicated by one spouse’s interest in four irrevocable trusts and a myriad of out of state family businesses gifted from the spouse’s parents. While the couple’s planning was simple, DeAngelis Legal assisted the spouse understand her rights [...]
DeAngelis Legal assisted with the trust decanting of an irrevocable trust. We prepared the new trust instrument which holds a variety of closely held businesses, real estate entities and marketable securities. The old instrument was prepared by another law firm and its terms did not meet with the settlors’ intent. DeAngelis Legal worked with the [...]
DeAngelis Legal negotiated the terms of the letter of intent and purchase documents and assisted the closing of the sale of the business of a long time corporate client in Phoenix. DeAngelis Legal had represented the entity since formation over 20 years ago. Over the years, DeAngelis Legal provided advice on a variety of business [...]
DeAngelis Legal assisted a long time Mesa client with the sale of her interest in a medical practice to her partner. After many years of discussing alternatives, the parties came to terms. DeAngelis Legal advised the seller on the terms and structure, prepared draft documents and negotiated changes requested by the buyer’s attorney and assisted [...]
