Business Law and Outside General Counsel

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Trusted Legal Counsel at Every Phase of the Business Lifecycle

Getting a new business off the ground, growing it

or preparing it to pass on to others requires careful

planning to ensure success. At MendenFreiman,

our highly skilled business transaction attorneys

guide clients in making decisions that affect your

business today and down the road.

WE ARE PROBLEM SOLVERS

In addition to law degrees, most of our attorneys have earned advanced

degrees in business, accounting or tax, and several are former certified

public accountants. This diverse combination of legal, management, tax

and financial expertise sets our firm apart. Our business clients trust

us to help them solve complicated business-planning and transactional

matters, particularly where taxes are an important consideration.

PRACTICE SECTORS− Automotive − Manufacturing − Distribution − Service − Technology − Real Estate − Construction − McDonald’s Franchisees

OUR BUSINESS CLIENTSRepresentative business clients include companies with domestic and international operations:

− Family-Owned Businesses

− Closely Held Businesses

− Franchisees

We practice in complex areas of the law, counseling and

assisting our business clients with projects involving business

inception, sales and acquisitions, business planning, management

and ownership succession planning, business law including

commercial business contracts, and federal and state taxation.

– George Menden, Cofounding Partner

− Business Law and Representation

− Business Transactions

− General Advice and Counsel

− Business Tax Law

− Family-Owned and Closely Held Businesses, including Franchisees

− Business Succession Planning

− Business Structuring and Risk Management

− Commercial Real Estate

– Commercial Lending

WE HELP CLIENTS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALSMendenFreiman has been protecting our clients’ business interests from inception to succession for nearly two decades. We draw upon a wealth of knowledge and experience in complicated areas of the law, tax and estates to help our business clients achieve their goals.

We begin each relationship with a thorough legal needs assessment to get to know you and your business. We then are able to advise you on the steps we believe your business should take to protect its interests and plan for the future. We routinely guide clients in:

BUSINESS LAW AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL PRACTICE AREAS

− Entity / Ownership Structuring including Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs)

− Asset Protection

− Corporate Restructuring Transactions

− Deal Making including Mergers and Acquisitions

− Due Diligence

− Contracts and Agreements

− Restrictive Covenants

− Corporate Financing including Equity Structuring, Equity Incentive Plans, Asset-based and Other Secured Lending

− Intellectual Property including Trademark Registrations

− Corporate Governance

− Dispute Resolution

− Bylaws, Partnership Agreements and Operating Agreements

− Subchapter S Business and Tax Planning

− Business Succession Planning

− Purchase and Sale of Commercial Real Property

− Non-Qualified Benefit Plans

– Commercial Transactions

Business Law and Outside General Counsel Attorneys

GEORGE D. MENDEN COFOUNDING PARTNER, CPA (Inactive)Highly complex mid-market transactions where tax and/or financial reporting considerations are most important to the transaction structure.

PAIGE P. BAKER – PARTNER, CPA (Inactive)Business succession planning, business transactions and governance, with a particular emphasis on franchises, estate and trust planning and estate administration.

JAMES (JIM) R. KANNER – PARTNER, LL.M. IN TAXATIONBroad business practice from formation (including private equity and venture capital) through growth, to sale; tax planning, executive compensation and estate planning.

LAWRENCE (LARRY) H. FREIMAN COFOUNDING PARTNER, MBA Advanced and sophisticated wealth-transfer plans, complex buy-sell agreements and complicated partner agreements where multiple partners and businesses are represented.

NATHAN T. JOHNS – PARTNER Commercial real estate in the retail, office and industrial sectors; business transactions and governance and business succession.

ROGER A. KIRSCHENBAUM – PARTNER, LL.M. IN TAXATIONBusiness succession planning, advanced estate planning, tax-minimization and asset protection and trust and estate administration.

A. DIANE BAKER – PARTNERBusiness law, new business formation and contracts, estate planning, trust and estate administration, will contests and estate disputes.

LAURA B. TRAYLOR – OF COUNSELBusiness formation, business succession planning, estate planning, trust and estate administration and complex estate issues.

JEFFREY (JEFF) J. MEEK – SENIOR ASSOCIATE, LL.M. IN TAXATIONComprehensive counsel including business structuring, transactions and governance, asset and trademark protection, income and wealth-transfer tax minimization, and business succession planning.

MAX R. LAFER – ASSOCIATECorporate and transactional matters, including business representation, entity structuring, incentive plans, licensing agreements and employment law; trademarks and copyrights.

View full attorney bios on the MendenFreiman website

Committed to the success of your business.We would like to be a part of that success by applying our

experience and depth of understanding to your unique situation.

CONTACT US TO START THE CONVERSATION.

5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, N.E. SUITE 850 ATLANTA, GA 30342 PHONE 770.379.1450 FAX 770.379.1455 MENDENFREIMAN.COM

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