Business Law

Harrisburg Business Law Attorneys

Business Transactions

We assist businesses with their transactional needs. Whether the transaction is a business purchase, sale, reorganization or dissolution, we provide full service legal services to our clients in these areas. We perform due diligence for those individuals wishing to purchase or invest in a business. We draft and review the documents necessary to accomplish those goals, including the following:

• Business transfer
• Business purchase or sale
  • Stock Purchase Agreements
  • Bill of Sale
• Buying and selling business assets
  • Asset Purchase Agreements
  • Bulk Sale
• Real estate transactions
• Business dissolution
• Restaurant Practice

Business Governance and Operations

We assist and represent employers before state and federal licensure, regulatory and tax agencies.

• Regulatory and Licensure Compliance, including Workers Compensation, Unemployment, audits by Department of Labor and Department of Revenue; See Employment Practice Profile
• Employer/Employee matters; See Employment Law Practice Profile
• Taxation, Advice and Litigation 
  • Representing Clients before the Department of Revenue, Pennsylvania Board of Finance and Revenue, Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas and the United States Tax Court
  • We advise and defend clients on the following taxation matters:
    • Federal Personal Income Tax
    • Federal Corporate Tax
    • Federal Self-Employment Tax
    • Federal Employee Withholding Tax
    • Pennsylvania Capital Stock and Franchise Tax (CSFT)
    • Pennsylvania Corporate Net Income Tax (CNI)
    • Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax
    • Pennsylvania Sales and Use Tax
    • Pennsylvania Bulk Sales Tax
    • Pennsylvania Employee Withholding Tax

Commercial Law

• Contract Provisions
• Assignment of Obligations
• Discharge of Obligations
• Sales of Goods Under the Uniform Commercial Code Section 2
• Employment Contracts
• Professional Service Contracts
• Copyrights
• Trademarks
• Advertising
• Business Protection
• Installment Sales and Loans
• Promissory Notes
• Mortgages
• Service Contracts

Business Financing

• Commercial Loans
  • Promissory Note Payable on Demand
  • Promissory Note and Pledge of Collateral
  • Installment Note with Separate Schedules for Repayment of Principal and Interest
  • Installment Note with Single Schedule for Repayment of Principal and Interest Combined
  • Installment Note for Commercial Lending
  • Installment Note with Security Interest
  • Discount Note with Single Payment Schedule for Repayment
  • Discount Note with Installment Payment Schedule for Repayment
  • General Reverse Side of Note – Guaranty Form – Payment Ledger
  • Business Loan by Commercial Lending Institution to Corporation
• Equipment and Personal Property Leasing
  • Lease Commitment Agreements
  • Complete Lease Contracts
  • Equipment Lease Loan Financing
  • Disclosures in Consumer Leasing Transactions
• Accounts Receivable Financing
  • Lender Examination Report
  • Security Agreements
  • Guaranty
• Secured Transactions
  • Uniform Commercial Code – Secured Transactions
  • Classification of Collateral
  • Purchase Money Security Interest
  • Determining Third Persons’ Actual and Potential Rights in Collateral
  • Determinations Related to Perfection of Security Interest
  • Drafting Security Agreements
  • Drafting and filing Financing Statements 
  • Transfer by Debtor of Rights in Collateral
  • Assignment by Secured Party of Security Interest
  • Secured Parties Remedies and Rights Upon Default
  • Function of Attachment and Perfection
  • After-Acquired Property
  • General Priority Rules
  • Conflicting Purchase Money Security Interests in Collateral Other Than Inventory
  • Conflicting Purchase Money Security Interest in Inventory
  • Protection for Buyers of Goods
  • Future Advances
  • Security Interests in Bankruptcy
• Negotiable Instruments and Other Commercial Paper
  • Accommodation
  • Presentment
  • Dishonor and Notice of Dishonor
  • Protest

Franchising

• Protecting the Franchise Trade Name or Trademarks
• Developing Franchise Operating Procedures
• Developing Procedures for Obtaining Franchises
• Preparing and Executing Franchise Agreements
• Complying with Federal Trade Commission Disclosure Requirements