BRATTON & ASSOCIATES

 

practice areas

TRANSACTIONAL LAWYERS

​​Real Estate\Lending. Corporate. Public Finance.

BUSINESS LAW & COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

Bratton & Associates offers a full commercial practice. Our firm frequently guides our local and regional clients through negotiation of major projects, such as strategic joint ventures, multi-party deals, and restructuring corporate finance through the use of debt and equity instruments. Our firm also has a depth of experience in entity formation, including limited and general partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies. In addition, our lawyers provide advice on everyday, yet important issues facing our clients to ensure their continued success and protection.

Bratton & Associates assists corporate decision-makers in a broad range of industry sectors, including energy, transportation and third party logistics. Our firm also serves as general counsel to a number of growing and successful corporations.

For start-ups, our business lawyers will guide you through the choice and creation of appropriate entities to limit enterprise liability, maximize operational efficiency and minimize tax obligations. Once your business is formed, our lawyers provide ongoing assistance in strategic decisions and planning relating to control issues, equity structures, stock options, compensation, financing and governance. When the time comes for sale or winding up, Bratton & Associates helps the businesses transition, dissolve or merge.

Bratton & Associates represents its clients in virtually all areas of business transactions including:

  • Buy-Sell agreements as counsel for both buyers and sellers
  • Private offerings of securities
  • Secured and unsecured loans
  • Equity financing
  • Business contracts with suppliers, distributors, and customer
  • Employment agreements, stock options and incentive compensation
  • Partnerships, strategic alliances and joint ventures
  • Shareholder agreements
  • Structuring and documenting compensation plans, including equity-based incentives
  • Forming business entities and drafting charter and governance documentation
  • Equity holder, board and management agreements and disputes