Business Law

From sole proprietorships and entrepreneurs to small businesses and homeowner associations, our business law team is able to assist in business planning as well as daily operations. Our services include the following:

• Forming and dissolving corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other entities
  
  
• Commercial leases and other leases
  
  
• Sales agreements
  
  
• Non-competition agreements
  
  
• Employment contracts
  
  
• Placement agreements
  
  
• Contract preparation and interpretation

In addition, our Litigation Group can help you meet the challenges companies encounter when facing litigation. In today’s complex economy, a company’s ongoing operations and financial security are often affected by protracted litigation. It is important to protect a company's assets or to achieve certain business goals. Our business litigation team can help you meet these challenges by bringing the collective resources of the firm to bear on your most demanding disputes.

The first step to effective representation in business litigation is a thorough understanding of the client’s operations and the commercial realities that affect them. Our Litigation Group not only brings to any lawsuit a complete understanding of the pertinent business realities that govern it, but is also well positioned to work in close partnership with the client to tailor a litigation strategy that makes sense in light of its goals.

While our trial lawyers come from diverse backgrounds, all have substantial experience in complex business disputes. Many have decades of experience. The extensive trial experience of Hosp, Gilbert, Bergsten & Phillips’ business litigators means we have the skills and judgment needed to ensure that our clients achieve cost-effective, efficient resolutions to their business disputes.