Business Law

• Day-to-day legal counseling

• All aspects of product distribution, including compliance with franchising and other trade regulations, and the negotiation and drafting of distribution and supply agreements

• General contract matters

• Environmental concerns

• Protection of intellectual property and trade secrets

• Pursuit of patent, trademark and copyright applications as well as extensive licensing activities

• Employee matters, including benefits and compensation issues, agreements and contracts, personnel policies, and dispute resolution

• International transactions and representation of foreign companies

• Antitrust and marketing counseling

• Legal compliance and litigation management

• Tax counseling, including business formation, federal and state income tax planning, estate planning, and disputes and appeals with the IRS, NJ Division of Taxation and other agencies

• Arbitration and mediation services

• Shareholder disputes

• Director and officer matters

• Workouts and bankruptcy issues

       Mergers and Acquisitions

• Asset and stock sales

• Statutory mergers

• Tender offers

• Leveraged buyouts

• Exchanges of limited partnership interests

• Financing arrangements

• Due diligence investigation

• Governmental approvals and clearance

• Analysis of tax, labor, employee benefits, antitrust, environmental and other issues relevant to the transaction at hand

• Transactions between national or multi-national businesses

      Business Finance and Securities Law

• Venture capital transactions

• Negotiation with private, industrial and institutional investors

• Public and private offerings of securities, both debt and equity

• Taxable and tax-exempt secured and unsecured debt financing

• Preparation of documentation — commitment letters, loan agreements, indentures and trust agreements, debt instruments, guarantees, and other agreements

• Joint venture formation

• Tax benefit sales

• Real estate and other syndications

• Sale/leaseback of corporate assets

• Preparation of all required filings, annual reports and proxy materials

• Representation before the New Jersey Bureau of Securities

• Advice in connection with SEC matters