Corporate

Attorneys

A Foundation in Strategic Partnership

We aim to be more than legal advisors—we strive to be strategic partners. We build relationships grounded in trust, understanding, and long-term value, and we treat your business objectives as our own. With deep industry knowledge and a commitment to practical, actionable advice, we deliver tailored legal strategies that help clients seize opportunities, mitigate risks, and move their business forward with confidence.

We advise clients across the full lifecycle of a business: from entity formation and early-stage funding to growth-stage governance, strategic transactions, and succession or exit planning. Our experience includes mergers and acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, joint ventures, corporate structuring, equity and debt financing, internal governance, and critical commercial contracts.

We also serve as outside general counsel, helping clients manage the ongoing legal and operational demands of doing business in today’s dynamic environment. Our approach is client-centric and collaborative. We take the time to understand each client’s structure, goals, and position in the market.

Business Succession Planning

Advising business owners on succession strategies that protect enterprise value, ensure continuity, and align with long-term ownership, tax, and estate goals.

Business & Commercial Litigation

Resolving complex commercial disputes through strategic litigation, negotiation, and risk management to protect business assets and advance client objectives.

Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

Helping clients navigate evolving privacy, cybersecurity, and AI regulations with proactive compliance, breach response, and risk-mitigation strategies.

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital

Guiding startups and investors through entity formation, fundraising, governance, and growth transactions with practical, business-minded legal counsel.

Employment Advice & Counsel

Guiding employers through evolving workplace laws, policies, investigations, and compliance to reduce risk and resolve sensitive employment matters.

Executive Compensation

Advising companies, boards, and executives on equity, incentive, deferred compensation, and governance programs to attract and retain leadership.

Financing & Real Estate Transactions

Supporting acquisitions, financing, leasing, and development with practical, business-minded counsel across complex real estate deals.

Franchise Transactions

Representing multi-unit franchise owners in structuring, negotiating, and closing high-value transactions, particularly in the QSR industry.

General Corporate

Providing full-service corporate representation with creative, multidisciplinary solutions tailored to each business’s goals and challenges.

General Counsel Services

Delivering scalable outside general counsel services for daily legal needs, risk management, contracts, employment, and compliance issues.

Growth & Investor Strategy

Helping businesses scale through M&A, equity strategies, investor relations, and workplace equity planning that align with growth objectives.

Intellectual Property

Protecting, leveraging, and enforcing IP assets with trademark registration, licensing, enforcement, and litigation strategies.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Providing turnkey M&A counsel, exit strategies, and joint venture structuring with tailored solutions that maximize value and reduce risk.

Nonprofit

Representing nonprofits in sensitive disputes, including misconduct claims, while leveraging strong legal community relationships.

Regulatory Compliance

Our team curates compliance support and the implementation of programs and procedures based on the needs of our clients – their size, complexity, management structure, and growth strategy, to name a few.

Representative Cases

  • Strategic Growth: Advised clients on capital structuring, investor negotiations, and scalable governance models that supported successful expansion from local markets to national and multi-state operations.
  • Fractional Outside General Counsel: Serve as ongoing outside counsel for companies across industries, providing day-to-day legal strategy, risk management, contract negotiation, compliance guidance, and board-level support.
  • Intellectual Property Asset Development & Portfolio Management: Advise clients on brand development, trademark registration, licensing, and enforcement strategies. Manage national and international IP portfolios across industries, aligning protection strategies with long-term business goals.
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Buy-Sell Transactions: Structured and negotiated buy-sell agreements, asset and equity deals, and merger transactions for privately held businesses, creative enterprises, and investor-backed companies, managing all phases from letter of intent through post-closing integration.
  • Public-Private Sector Collaboration: Represented hundreds of service-based businesses in high-stakes regulatory environments, including collaboration with government agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic to draft operational frameworks that allowed businesses to safely remain open.
  • Cross-Border Relations: Led domestic and international transactions, including the sale of U.S.-based companies to foreign buyers, advising on cross-border legal considerations, cultural nuances, and deal structuring for optimal client outcomes.

Practice Group Team

  • Nick Prola

    Nicholas J. Prola

    Shareholder

  • Megan Tilton

    Megan L. Tilton

    Attorney

  • Jessica Klander

    Jessica L. Klander

    Shareholder | President / Chair of the Board