Thompson & McMullan PC

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Business Entities & Transactions

Attorneys at ThompsonMcMullan provide a comprehensive array of legal services for our business clients, including all aspects of their business and contractual relationships with vendors, customers, and agents during the course of the client’s existence. The manager of the ThompsonMcMullan Business practice area is Richard L. Grier. Our practice in this area focuses primarily upon closely-held domestic businesses in which the principal owners are actively involved in their management or domestic subsidiaries of larger domestic or foreign business entities. Our lawyers work diligently to educate our clients on the need to execute well-drafted documents that anticipate the client’s needs at the beginning of the transaction and to educate ourselves on those needs. Our clients include business corporations (including S corporations), limited liability companies and limited partnerships, professional limited liability companies and partnerships, and foundations and other exempt organizations. With their extensive experience in these areas, our business attorneys provide such services as:
* entity selection advice for domestic and foreign clients;
* creation of the appropriate legal entity to do business in Virginia, (e.g. stock corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, general partnership or limited liability partnership);
* complete “start-up” advice and assistance for domestic or foreign businesses moving into Richmond or Virginia from another state or foreign jurisdiction;
preparation of agreements between shareholders or other owners of closely-held businesses, protecting the rights of individual shareholders not otherwise provided by statutory corporate law;
* representation in connection with either equity or debt financing of new or existing businesses, including private placements of such offerings;
representation in the purchase and sale of businesses, whether the transaction involves the sale of the company’s assets, shares of stock, or membership interests;
* the structuring of mergers and reorganizations to meet changing business, financial and personal needs;
* representation in establishing tax exempt determination for and operation of tax exempt organizations;
* creating, reviewing, and negotiating standard terms and conditions of sale for inclusion in purchase orders, sales acknowledgment forms, or other governing agreements;
* negotiating and drafting distributorship or manufacturer’s representative agreements;
* negotiating and drafting leases;
* negotiating and drafting software development agreements and network/server maintenance and service agreements; and
* negotiating and drafting agreements for the purchase and sale of goods in secured transactions, including sales in international commerce involving the issuance of letters of credit.

Employment Law

ThompsonMcMullan handles a wide variety of employment and human resource matters ranging from pre-hiring practices to termination and severance issues. Neil S. Talegaonkar manages the Employment Law area. We regularly consult with and advise our clients on issues such as
* hiring practices, including review of employment application materials, federal regulatory compliance, and ADA-related matters;
* the drafting, negotiation, and implementation of employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, and non-competition agreements;
* the review and updating of personnel handbooks and policy manuals;
* the termination of employees, including preparation of severance and termination agreements; and
* the defense and prosecution of state and federal court actions in response to EEOC complaints, unemployment claims, discrimination claims, wrongful termination claims, and other employment based contract or tort claims.

Thompson & McMullan PC
100 Shockoe Slip - 3rd floor
Richmond VA 23219-4140
Tel: 804 649-7545
Fax: 804 780-1813

ThompsonMcMullan is located in the historic Shockoe Slip area of downtown Richmond, Virginia. Our clients expect and receive excellent, responsive, and cost-effective service for virtually all of their legal needs. We strive to create and maintain long- term relationships built upon the trust that comes from the consistent delivery of timely and quality service.

Our lawyers are also active and hold leadership roles in legal, business, and civic organizations in the city of Richmond and surrounding counties, as well as in the local, Virginia, and American Bar Associations.

ThompsonMcMullan includes of some of the regions most highly skilled and accomplished attorneys. Our areas of practice include Business Law, Elder Law, Education Law, Employment Law, Real Estate Law, Construction Law, Civil Litigation Law, Local Government Law and Public Officials, Banking Law, and Disability Planning. We are large enough to employ the resources needed to be successful for our clients, yet small enough to do so with personal attention and individual concern.