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Practice/Industry Group Overview
Williams Mullen provides comprehensive legal services and innovative solutions to regional, national and international business clients. Our clients range from multinational Fortune 500 companies to family-owned private businesses. As advisors and counselors, we offer clients diverse legal services focused on responsive and efficient problem solving. We know our clients' industries, which gives us a unique perspective in solving their business challenges. Our client base reflects the principal industries of corporate America, including banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, retail, computer software and technology, information technology, energy, investment banking, real estate, construction, healthcare, media and communications, transportation, food and beverage, franchises and utilities. We also specialize in the following areas:
Corporate Governance & Securities
Corporate Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
We pride ourselves in our ability to get deals done and to help clients sensibly manage legal and business risks. We pride ourselves in working as a team and our ability to effectively draw upon Williams Mullen resources in specialty areas when needed. Our goal is to provide timely, effective services as efficiently as possible.
Our business attorneys are particularly experienced in many practice areas, including the following:
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Business combinations - Asset acquisitions, stock/equity acquisitions, nontaxable mergers
- Business separations - Spin-offs, split-ups, stock redemptions, other divestitures
- Leveraged and unleveraged financing of M&A activities
Entity and Strategic Planning
- Selection, formation and structuring of appropriate business entities, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, trusts and proprietorships
- Capital acquisition and formation activities
- Formation and implementation of long-term business goals, objectives and strategies
- Preservation of family wealth and succession planning advice
Commercial Transactions
- Operating and capital lease transactions
- Secured and unsecured commercial financing transactions
- Consignment and other Uniform Commercial Code based transactions
- Service, consulting and management agreements
- Franchise transactions and relationships
Corporate Governance & Securities
- Counseling and advice on compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Shareholder derivative law suits
- Securities offerings
Corporate Finance
- Tax-exempt financings
- Public company reporting, governance and trading
- Private Equity and venture capital financing
Owner Agreements and Disagreements
- Shareholder, Partnership, Operating and Voting Agreements
- Buy/Sell, Cross Purchase, Redemption and Split Dollar Funding Agreements
- Shareholder dispute resolutions and “freezeouts”
- Entity dissolutions and terminations
Executive Compensation
- Employment and golden handcuff agreements
- Qualified and Non-qualified Stock Incentive Plans
- Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreements
- Deferred Compensation Agreements
Tax Analysis and Planning
- General business tax planning
- Estate tax planning
- Business succession planning
- Tax audit and controversy resolution
- State tax planning
- International Tax
- Tax Controversy
Intellectual Property
- Computer software transactions
- Trademark and service mark registration
- Maintenance and protection
- Copyright registration and protection
- Licensing and royalty agreements
- Trade secret protection
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