Our law firm brings its wealth of experience in governance, capitalization, commercial transactions, and regulatory matters to benefit businesses of all sizes. We represent businesses operating in the U.S. and abroad on a wide range of industries with a variety of legal needs.
Our Services
Lewis Rice clients encompass large, publicly traded corporations, middle market and emerging companies, closely held and family-owned businesses, financial institutions, and private equity and venture capital firms. Our attorneys represent clients who are succeeding in businesses such as construction, distribution, financial services, fund formation, information technology, manufacturing, marketing, professional services, and retail. We handle a full spectrum of transactional matter, among which is each of the following:
- Strategies for structuring, forming, and commencing operation of new/start-up entities
- Capitalizing, financing, and re-capitalizing business entities (including early-stage venture capital investments)
- Agreements among owners regarding business relationships
- Succession planning
- Complex commercial transactions
- Interpreting, evaluating, and negotiating commercial agreements used in day-to-day business
- Evaluation of distributor or franchise agreement opportunities
- Acquisitions, reorganizations, and divestitures
- Investments into existing businesses
- Regulatory compliance matters
- Supplemental support for in-house legal departments
Lawyers within the Corporate Strategies Practice Group collaborate with their colleagues in the Firm’s other practice areas to provide coordinated counsel, including regarding matters such as banking, commercial lending, cybersecurity & data privacy, employment law, employee benefits, ERISA, environmental regulation, estate planning, intellectual property, litigation and other dispute resolution, real estate, and tax.
