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Business Law

Knowledge and Experience to Address the Unique Needs of Your Business

Our attorneys have decades of experience in serving the unique needs of the area's business community. We understand the challenges of growing in today's economic environment and, with that in mind, provide a wide range of services tailored to the unique needs of our clients. From professional services such as dentists, doctors and accountants, to restaurants, manufacturing and real estate developers, our firm has the experience to serve the needs of many industries.

Personal Attention and Skilled Planning to Grow Your Business

Getting to know our clients on a personal level builds strong relationships. It also allows us to provide the specialized and personalized legal services needed to help a business grow. Our dedicated attorneys assist our clients in choosing the best possible entity structure and advising them in matters of management, tax and transferability of ownership implications for Corporations, S-Corporations, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships. And, we work closely with other highly skilled professionals such as accountants, real estate agents and financers to fully meet our client’s needs.

A Commitment to Addressing the Changing Needs of Businesses

Our attorneys counsel businesses and business owners beyond formation as the unique needs of each client change. From stock sales and purchases, mergers and acquisitions, to buy-sell and employment agreements, our experience enables our attorneys to help your business meet its changing needs in any economic environment. We can assist in business "divorce" scenarios when you and other owners no longer see eye-to-eye. We are also able to counsel businesses in areas of employment law and litigation should such issues arise.

In addition, our attorneys have extensive experience in various transactions involving Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board licenses.  We are able to assist clients in transferring liquor licenses, defending liquor license citations, renewing licenses and obtaining license extensions.  We are also experienced in assisting clients in obtaining special permits and licenses and license safekeeping.  We have the necessary experience to address your business's unique needs involving any issue related to Pennsylvania's regulation of liquor licenses.

Dedicated Service For the Life of Your Business

Our dedicated attorneys work with clients throughout the life of their businesses, addressing the immediate concerns of the present and planning for successful futures. From formation to dissolution, sale or succession planning, we serve our business clients throughout every stage of their development.

Recent Updates & Recommended Articles from the Lancaster Law Blog:

• Paycheck Protection Program Take Three? – Part 1
  • It is known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. This Act consists of more than just a stimulus package. It also contains funding for the government through most of 2021.  
• Paycheck Protection Program Take Three? – Part 2
  • The previous post on the third round of funding for the Paycheck Protection Program covered the big stuff – the necessity test, qualifications for taking out a second loan, and the latest attempt at simplified forgiveness. Here in Part 2, I’ll be going over the finer details, including EIDL advances, expense deductions, the ERTC, and other notes and restrictions.
• Content Moderation: The First Step to Protecting Your Business from Online Misinformation
  • The ability to quickly share information with a large number of people is one of the powerful things about the Internet. But with great power comes great responsibility.
• What happens when a business succeeds? Estate planning for business owners.
  •  I know how hard small business owners work. There can be so much focus on building the business and running it day to day that people often forget to address what happens when they no longer want to keep it going or can no longer work at the same pace. I don’t mean what happens when a business fails. What happens when a business succeeds? How do you transition it to the next owner? How do you protect the legacy you’ve worked hard to build?
• Lessons Learned from Business Transition Planning
  • Lancaster County has a lot of multi-generational family businesses. You’ve probably seen countless articles like this one highlighting the “tsunami of change.” And if you’ve taken the time to read any of these articles, you’ve learned that the businesses that flourish in the second or third (or later) generations are successful largely because of the way they planned for the future.