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Your advisor from inception and beyond.
MMH helps our business clients identify and avoid business hazards as well as identify and develop potential business opportunities by providing counsel with regard to all manner of legal questions and concerns. The following is a sample of the legal issues addressed by MMH on a routine basis:
Organizing or Incorporating a Business.
We help individuals and emerging businesses identify and select an entity type appropriate for their particular business and we work closely with our clients to ensure compliance with a complicated assortment of local, state and federal laws.
Selling or Buying a Business.
We work closely with our clients on issues that are part of any business transition be it the sale of a business to the client's children or the acquisition of a business by its employees. We provide the counsel necessary to negotiate and document the critical terms of any business sale or acquisition, including working through various financing options, determining an acceptable purchase price, coming up with alternative payment options and setting up a buy-sell agreement or voting agreement.
Commercial Transactions.
We provide counsel regarding various commercial transactions, including the preparation and interpretation of all manner of purchase and sale agreements. These may include orders, invoices, agreements for sale of a specific product or service, agreements for licensing of a protected idea or product, as well as the specific terms and provisions to be included in any such agreements, including warranties and representations, terms of default and terms of payment.
Tax and Business Planning.
We assist our clients in negotiating and structuring various business transactions to minimize adverse tax consequences and maximize tax benefits. Our services include choosing the appropriate form of ownership entity, optimizing ownership and financial structures, structuring financial and contractual relationships between service providers and capital investors, and identifying tax-minimization opportunities in valuations and cost allocations. We also assist investors in troubled real estate projects with planning exit strategies to maximize the tax benefits of their losses.
12275 SW Second St.,
Beaverton, OR 97005
Tel: 503 / 646-0566
Fax: 503 / 644-9574
