Business Law Services 2

Neider & Boucher’s Business Law Practice Group is dedicated to providing a full range of legal services to business clients. We represent both start-ups and long-standing businesses. Our clients come from many industries including biotechnology and life sciences, software development, manufacturing,  trucking and equipment, hospitality and restaurant, banking, financial services, health services, real estate development and more.

 

 

 

Our business law attorneys provided services include:

Business Transactions & Contracts

The attorneys on N&B’s Business Law Team are experienced in dealing with business transactions and contracts every day. A key-way to protect your business, as well as mitigating legal risk is by having clear and concise terms that ensure both parties understand each side’s obligations and responsibilities. Whether you are working on a simple contract, terms and conditions of sale, a non-competition agreement with key employees, or a transaction that affects the future of your business, we have dealt with it before.

 

Please contact one of our Business Startups & Financing Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Ronald C Berman

Joseph W Boucher

Edward C Corcoran

Juliijana-EnglanderJulijana Englander

David M Gorwitz

Jennifer L Knudson

Craig B Miller

Charles E Neider

Kent L Schlienger

Business Startups & Financing

Neider & Boucher helps entrepreneurs start their businesses. We are very proud to be a leader in this area, and our attorneys are very active in Madison and University of Wisconsin entrepreneurship and technology organizations. We have helped our clients through the maze of optional structures for their new businesses and have set up thousands of limited liability companies, corporations, and partnerships of all types.

 

Our experienced attorneys know how to choose among the options, and we know the legal, tax and, most important al all, real world ramifications of those options. As part of this practice, we have helped clients put together the necessary documentation needed to arrange for financing their businesses, including bank loans, equity investment, angel financing and venture capital.

 

Please contact one of our Business Startups & Financing Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Ronald C Berman

Joseph W Boucher

Edward C Corcoran

David M Gorwitz

Jennifer L Knudson

Craig B Miller

Charles E Neider

Kent L Schlienger

Creditors Rights & Collections

We advise banks, credit unions, financial institutions and diverse business clientele on creditors’ rights issues. Our attorneys offer assistance in pre-emptive planning, systems review, workouts, and legal action when necessary. We have experience representing creditors in business and consumer matters, dealing with bankruptcy issues, mortgage foreclosures, repossession, lien foreclosures and collections. N&B will work with you to analyze your situation and efficiently formulate a solution that will maximize our recovery.

 

Please contact one of our Creditors Rights & Collections Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

John Center

Edward Corcoran

Employment Law

As your business grows, the legal aspects of employee relations become increasingly complex. The employment lawyers of Neider & Boucher, S.C. can assist you in managing all aspects of the employment relationship.

 

Regulatory Compliance and Human Resource Employment Issues. Focusing primarily on pro-active counseling and practical solutions for business owners and HR Departments, we provide:

  • Day-to-day advice on personnel practices, such as hiring, performance management, policy and leave administration, investigations, discipline, and discharge.
  • Guidance on complying with the complex maze of state and federal laws that govern the employment relationship, such as wage and hour laws, civil rights laws, family and medical leave laws, disability laws, ACA, OSHA, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, immigration laws, unemployment insurance, and worker’s compensation.
  • Education and training on a wide variety of compliance issues, including EEO issues, harassment, privacy, FMLA and ADA compliance, wage and hour issues, and contract issues.
  • Assistance with HR policy and employment document development and review, including industry best practices employment policies and manuals ranging from Pandemic Safety Policies and Procedures, remote work policies, tuition reimbursement incentives, and birthing recovery paid time off, to more traditional employment agreements, noncompetition and confidentiality agreements, severance agreements, as well as such other forms and documents that meet our clients’ needs.
  • Guidance and assistance with the complex human resources issues relating to purchasing or selling a business, such as conducting due diligence.
  • Assistance in managing layoffs, plant closings, and reductions in force, including advising on business bankruptcy, federal and state WRN Act compliance and employee issues.
  • Providing businesses with proactive, dynamic, and strategic guidance regarding employee benefits and equity sharing arrangements, with services including but not limited to constructing and administering health and welfare benefit plans, deferred compensation arrangements, phantom stock plans, and traditional stock options and equity awards. We understand the need to properly reward and incent today’s work force, and we can help you successfully navigate the regulatory issues that surround each type of plan.

 

Dispute Resolution and Litigation. In our role as counsel to business clients, the primary focus of Neider & Boucher, S.C. is to provide clients with practical, proactive solutions to help make good decisions to avoid disputes and unnecessary litigation. When employment disputes do arise, we are prepared to represent our clients’ interests in resolving those disputes quickly, efficiently, and effectively. We frequently assist clients in investigating and responding to allegations of discrimination and harassment, retaliation, wage claims, OSHA claims, unemployment insurance claims, and worker’s compensation issues.

When it becomes necessary, we are prepared to represent your business before administrative agencies and court. We are also experienced in negotiating and litigating issues arising from employment and severance agreements, confidentiality and non-competition agreements, trade secret agreements, and employment torts. In some cases, alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation and arbitration, may be in your best interests. In all cases, we provide practical advice and solutions, negotiating skills, and litigation expertise, as may be necessary, to reach early resolution or to provide vigorous representation.

 

Please contact one of our Employment Law Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Juliijana-EnglanderJulijana Englander

Jennifer L. Knudson

Health Law

The health care clients of Neider & Boucher face an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment. Our Health law Team has assisted a wide range of health care businesses, individual practitioners, and organization, and this experience enables us to offer practice solutions to your day-to-day and long-term concerns.

 

We provide counsel in a broad range of areas, including regulatory compliance, corporate and business transactions and formations, and employment law. Our attorneys provide advice and solutions on matters relating to physician or dentist recruitment and employment, telemedicine, medical records, licensure, credentialing, patient care, medical research, medical staff, peer review, electronic medical records, insurance, HIPAA and privacy matters, fraud/abuse, informed consent, patient rights, and regulatory compliance. In addition, our attorneys can assist with purchasing, selling, or merging medical and dental practicing and in negotiating or drafting agreement of all types from a simple equipment purchase agreement to employment agreements to participation agreements with managed care organizations.

 

Please contact one of our Health Law Attorneys for more information regarding our services.

 

Jennifer L. Knudson

International Business Transactions

Today’s global marketplace offers many opportunities for clients but can also introduce significant challenges and risks. N&B’s international business attorneys can help companies in identifying and managing these risks.

 

We offer an efficient, practical approach to international transactions, including: international distributor and agency agreements, technology licensing and other transfers, registration and protection of trademarks, trade names, copyrights and other intellection property, acquisitions, direct investments and joint ventures.

 

Although every international contact is unique, our attorneys can leverage their experience to help ensure clients can build strong relationships with their foreign partners and meet their international business objectives.

 

Please contact one of our International Business Transaction Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Erik W. Ibele

Intellectual Property Protection

Neider & Boucher’s attorneys are experienced in a wide range of intellectual property matters. We understand the significance of protecting our clients’ proprietary assets, innovation, goodwill and reputation. We routinely advise and assist clients in biotechnology, computer, electronics, information technology, pharmaceuticals, material sciences and other industries.

 

Our attorneys can provide solutions in many areas including: trademark, service mark and copyright registration and protection, resolving infringement and other intellectual property disputes, and structuring, drafting and negotiating licensing and distribution agreements. We are committed to helping our clients obtain and protect their intellectual property from unauthorized use.

 

Please contact one of our Intellectual Property Protection Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Erik W. Ibele

Mergers & Acquisitions

While our focus is on providing you with solutions that protect your interests, Neider & Boucher’s Mergers & Acquisitions Team believes a successful deal provides enhanced value to both the buyer and the seller. Our attorneys work closely with clients to help them successfully navigate deals involving privately held companies, and most importantly, get the deal done.

 

One of the most important and complicated steps in a merger or acquisition is properly structuring the deal. We have a wealth of experience in dealing with the complexities. Our Team provides clients with guidance on the form of the merger agreements, purchase and sale contracts, the tax ramifications of the different structures, potential employee issues, and effective due diligence and investigation that must be done.

 

We collaborate with any valuation experts, accountants or others who may be assisting you in this process. Our attorneys know what to do and how to keep the process moving and are able to provide creative solutions to the many issues that arise. We are committed to successfully closing the deal.

 

Please contact one of our Mergers & Acquisitions Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Joseph W Boucher

Willie BoucherWillie Boucher

David M Gorwitz

Charles E Neider

Kent L Schlienger

Succession Planning

Neider & Boucher’s business succession planning attorneys advise clients of privately held businesses in planning their reduced involvement in the daily operations of their companies. We understand the issues that may arise and help clients navigate the road to transitioning the business to the next generation or to key employees.

 

Our experienced team works with clients on how best to accomplish their succession goals. We review organizational structure, compensation strategies, employee stock plans, mergers and acquisitions possibilities and tax and estate planning. We provide creative, smart and meaningful advice that benefits both the client and the company.Please contact one of our Tax Exempt Organizations Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Ronald C Berman

Joseph W Boucher

Willie BoucherWillie Boucher

David M Gorwitz

Charles E Neider

Taxes & Tax Planning

At Neider & Boucher, S.C., we assist clients with tax planning, tax audits, and adversarial proceedings at both the federal and state levels.

 

We incorporate tax planning and nearly all aspects of representing clients with a focus on structuring our clients’ affairs and transactions in a manner that reduces taxes to the extent reasonably possible. Our approach is to involve and work with our clients’ accountants and tax professionals whenever possible. We routinely assist clients with:

  • Tax planning in buying and selling businesses.
  • Tax compliance on income, franchise, excise, sales and use taxes, estate and trust taxes.
  • Employee compensation from both the employer’s perspective and employee’s perspective.

 

Please contact one of our Taxes and Tax Planning Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Ronald C Berman

Charles E Neider

Tax-Exempt Organizations

Our Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Organizations attorneys advise clients on a wide range of tax, corporate and other matters critical to their success. We assist with the creation and ongoing operation of non-profit and tax-exempt clients by providing advice on corporate structure, governance, fiduciary duties and conflicts of interest.

 

We prepare key organizational documents and tax-exemption applications – and we provide the full spectrum of legal services needed by these clients to succeed – from employment law to advice on tax reporting.

 

Please contact one of our Tax Exempt Organizations Attorneys for more information on our services.

 

Ronald C Berman

Jennifer L Knudson

Charles E Neider