NY Business Contracts Lawyer | We Skillfully Negotiate and Draft Contracts
The Law Offices of Michael W. Goldstein is a NY Business Contracts Lawyer. He negotiates and drafts contracts for commercial transactions and everyday business matters, including contracts with customers, vendors and other suppliers, joint venture agreements, employment contracts, independent contractor agreements, construction contracts, home renovation contracts, and other commercial agreements, as well as the purchase or sale of a business.
Quality Legal Services
As an experienced NY Business Contracts Lawyer, we believe that our clients are best served through a practical and business-oriented application of our diverse skills. Our business law and accounting background enables us to focus quickly on the legal and economic issues.
Our NY Business Contracts Lawyer seeks to not only analyze and resolve legal issues, but also to assist each client in achieving their immediate and long-term goals. At the core of the firm’s practice is the negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements, and representing businesses and individuals in business transactions, and commercial relationships.
NY Business Contracts Lawyer | Personal Service and Commitment to Clients
Our clients can expect our NY Business Contracts Lawyer to be responsive and genuinely interested in each client’s legal matters. We communicate with our clients on a regular basis. Telephone calls are answered promptly, and ample time is devoted to each client. We believe that our future is linked to the success of our clients. The firm is committed to continually strive for excellence in both legal services and client relations.
The Importance of Clearly Drafted Contracts
In the course of operating a business, and even in one’s personal life, we enter into many types of contracts and written agreements. Written agreements are important, especially for businesses, since reliable sources of products, parts, equipment, labor and services are essential for a successful business.
If you sign any contract, even a “standard contract” or proposal without being represented by a skilled NY Business Contracts Lawyer, you may be positioning yourself at a distinct disadvantage. If the other party=s attorney prepared the contract, that lawyer probably drafted the contract for the sole purpose of protecting his or her client=s interests. In that situation, it is vitally important that your NY Business Contracts Lawyer protect your interests as well.
Similarly, if the other party, or even both parties together, prepared the contract without a lawyer, it may be vague, and might not properly express the parties’ intentions at all. Also, while the parties’ self drafted agreement might appear to be fair, it may lack important legal provisions, thereby rendering the entire agreement void and unenforceable. Alternatively, even if it is a legally binding, enforceable and fair contract, it may nevertheless be silent on certain key issues, thereby inviting litigation in the event of a dispute.
Avoiding the Unfair Contract
The purpose of a contract should not be to trap one party or the other. A proposed agreement that is a trap for the unwary should not be signed. Instead, it should re-negotiated and revised or redrafted by an experienced NY Business Contracts Lawyer, to create a fair and workable relationship. The Law Offices of Michael W. Goldstein is proud of our NY Business Contracts Lawyer’s thorough negotiation and meticulous drafting of many types of contracts.
Shareholders’ Agreements, Partnership Agreements & LLC Operating Agreements
We believe that at the inception of a business relationship, the parties should negotiate and sign a Shareholders’ Agreement, Partnership Agreement, or LLC Operating Agreement. This should be done at the early stages of the transaction or business. A well drafted agreement should minimize the possibility of potential disputes escalating into lawsuits.
When misunderstandings arise between parties to a commercial transaction, their contract is usually the first place they look to determine the parties’ rights and obligations, and to resolve disputes promptly. Therefore, the contract negotiation and drafting stage is the optimum opportunity to clarify the parties’ rights, responsibilities, duties, understandings and expectations.
We Will Carefully Negotiate and Draft Your Contract
Our NY Business Contracts Lawyer negotiates and meticulously drafts contracts for various types of transactions, commercial relationships and business deals. We often anticipate many potential issues that might arise in the future, and attempt to address those issues in the contract. Once our clients have explained the substance of their oral agreement, and their expectations, we thoroughly negotiate, review and/or draft the contract, with the aim of safeguarding our client’s rights, and avoiding potential disputes. The advantage of hiring a lawyer experienced in contract negotiation and drafting cannot be overemphasized.
Our NY Business Contracts Lawyer drafts and negotiates many diverse agreements which arise in commercial transactions and business relationships, including:
•Shareholders’ Agreements
•Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements
•Partnership Agreements
•Stock Buy-outs (One Shareholder Purchasing another Shareholder’s Stock in a Corporation)
•Contracts and Other Documents for the Purchase or Sale of Various Types of Businesses including Asset Sales and Stock Sales)
•Employment Contracts
•Independent Contractor Agreements
•Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreements/Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NCND)
•Joint Venture Agreements
•License Agreements
•Business Management Agreements
•Contracts with Customers, Vendors and Other Suppliers
•Contracts for Construction and Home Renovation Projects
Examples of some of the numerous agreements our NY Business Contracts Lawyer has negotiated include:
•Contract between a multinational corporation and a domestic package design company to redesign the corporation’s product packages
•Contract involving computer consulting companies performing specialized services for the New York Stock Exchange
•Settlement Agreement resolving contractual disputes between one of the world’s largest toy stores, and a creator and publisher of personalized children’s books
•License Agreements between a large retail store and a concessionaire
•Contract between an independent consultant and a New York State agency for the consultant to oversee and monitor other companies’ work on the overhaul of the medical reimbursement rates for out of network healthcare providers
Legal Fees
We recognize that legal services must be cost effective and provide value. Our firm’s legal fees are fair and sensitive to the client’s personal and business requirements, as well as realistic in view of the magnitude of the particular transaction or controversy.
Our legal fees for drafting, negotiating or reviewing most contracts, and for most other commercial matters are usually based on the time we spend representing the client. Therefore our NY Business Contracts Lawyer retainer agreement typically provides for hourly fees with an initial retainer deposit. Our initial retainer and subsequent retainer deposits are applied against the actual time we spend representing the client. Therefore, when the legal matter is concluded, any portion of the retainers that exceed the legal fees we have earned will be refunded to the client.
For some transactions, the client may choose either hourly fees or flat fees. For certain commercial matters, another option may be a reduced hourly fee plus a reduced contingency fee. An example of such a “blended fee” would be one half of our usual hourly fee, plus one half of our usual contingency fee. The client would advance the costs and disbursements.
Tell Our NY Business Contracts Lawyer about Your Contract
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NY Business Contracts Lawyer Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is not intended to constitute legal advice, nor to create an attorney-client relationship or lawyer-client relationship. We recommend that you discuss your legal matter or case with a NY lawyer or New York attorney promptly.
Visiting our website, submitting any information via questionnaire or email, or discussing your case with us does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship with our law firm can only be established with the signing of a written retainer agreement prepared by our law firm.
Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome with respect to any future case or legal matter.
This website is not intended to solicit clients for NY Business Contracts outside of New York State. However, we do represent clients who live outside of New York State, and are engaged in a New York State Business Contract or commercial transaction, or a dispute that is or may be litigated in the courts of New York State, or disputes that may be arbitrated or mediated in a New York State Alternative Dispute Resolution forum.
Our website contains general information regarding New York contracts and commercial law. The information in this website involving New York business law, contract law, commercial transactions, joint venture agreements, employment contracts, independent contractor agreements, construction contracts, home renovation contracts, and other commercial agreements, NY business law, NY contract law, NY commercial law, or other New York legal information contained in this website is not intended to constitute legal advice, nor to create an attorney-client relationship or lawyer-client relationship. We recommend that you discuss your business law, commercial law, or other legal matter with a NY business lawyer or New York commercial attorney promptly.
Law Offices of Michael W. Goldstein is a NY Business Contracts Lawyer representing clients in contracts and business transactions throughout New York State, including New York City, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Nassau County, Suffolk County, Westchester County, Rockland County and upstate New York.
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