No matter what kind of business you have lawyers & solicitors are some of the main professionals to get advice from. They can not only offer advice, but help you a great deal in making sure all parts of your business are worked out correctly.  Drawing up the lease is a good example; if this is not done properly it can end up being quite unsuitable for you, or cost you more money than it should.

If you don’t know what should be in a lease, don’t leave it up to the landlord to tell you. There are many clauses that can be added to protect you from things such as the rent being increased by too much in the future through to what happens if you need to sell your business before the lease is up. Don’t leave these things to chance. It is up to you as a businessperson to seek good legal advice on this and other matters.

Legal advice for a business includes, but is not limited to, such things as –

• Corporate formation
• Entity choice
• Operating agreements and corporate governance
• Contract evaluation and analysis
• Regulatory compliance
• Financing
• Litigation
• Mergers, acquisitions and asset purchases

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