• Mergers And Acquisitions


• Corporate Finance And Securities


• Employee Benefits And Executive Compensation


• Commercial Transactions


• Entity Formation And Governance


• Intellectual Property

The Corporate Department serves the day-to-day legal needs of many of our clients, who include start-up companies, middle market companies and public companies. While the firm, and most of our clients, are New Jersey based, our clients’ business, and hence our practice, extends throughout the United States, and often into Europe and Asia. Our client base includes manufacturers, hospitality and entertainment companies, distributors, retailers, service companies and technology companies.

We have an active mergers and acquisitions practice, regularly representing buyers and sellers in a broad range of M&A transactions. We are experienced in mergers, acquisitions of stock and assets, recapitalizations, tax-free reorganizations and buy-outs of minority interests. Our expertise covers the spectrum of legal issues that arise in M&A transactions such as tax, real estate, environmental, employee benefits and intellectual property.

We have extensive experience in all types of financing and capital market transactions on behalf of corporate borrowers and issuers. We provide advice concerning SEC reporting and disclosure issues including the preparation of reports under the Securities Act of 1934 and the management of information under Regulation FD. We also counsel our clients regarding their evolving responsibilities under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Our Corporate Department also has significant experience structuring, documenting and providing advice with respect to joint ventures, joint development agreements and other strategic alliances. In addition, we have substantial experience representing clients in connection with a wide variety of issues affecting our clients’ day-to-day operations such as drafting, negotiating and advising clients on licensing agreements, supply and distribution contracts, purchase and sale forms, warranty agreements and the implementation of employee incentive programs such as stock option and appreciation rights agreements and executive compensation arrangements.

Many of the attorneys in our Corporate Department have industry-specific expertise that enhances our ability to provide quality client service. Our ultimate goal is to understand the business objectives of our clients and to offer meaningful advice and practical solutions that further the objectives and strategies of our clients.