Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP represents businesses in a wide range of geographic areas, including local, national and international companies, in a variety of industries, including real estate, entertainment, manufacturing, and professional services, and ranging in size from start-up companies to Fortune 500 companies.

We have extensive experience advising clients in virtually every type of business transaction, both simple and complex. We advise our clients in all aspects of their growth and development, from initial structuring and capitalization to operational and investment matters, expansion through mergers and acquisitions, and exit strategies. Our team of attorneys provides exceptional and creative solutions to our clients’ organizational, financial, and operational objectives. But the value we bring to our clients goes beyond legal and business knowledge. We believe that our emphasis on building ongoing relationships with our clients and learning about their goals and objectives enables us to provide better advice and representation.

Our Business Transactions & Corporate Law team provides client counseling and documentation of the following:

• Purchase and Sale Agreements (Asset and Equity)
• Business Exit Strategies
• Buy/Sell Agreements
• Operating Agreements
• Employment Agreements
• Formation and Dissolution of Business Entities
• Sales, Licensing, and Distribution Agreements
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Securities and Financing
• Secured Transactions

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented a U.S.-based client in connection with a business venture with a Korean company relating to the development and exploitation of music streaming mobile software application
• Represented client in connection with sale of $6 million Impressionist painting.
• Represented client in connection with the domestic and international supply and distribution agreements relating to branded products
• Represented prominent entertainment figure in connection with an investment in, and a business venture relating to the development and distribution of, a line of pet products
• Represented prominent entertainment figure in connection with an investment in and a business venture relating to the development and distribution of a line of beauty care products
• Represented prominent entertainment figure in connection with an investment in, and a business venture relating to the development and distribution of, a line of apparel products and accessories
• Represented prominent entertainment figure in connection with an investment in, and a business venture relating to the development and distribution of, a line of alcoholic beverages
• Represented prominent entertainment figure in connection with an investment in, and a business venture relating to, a nationwide boxing-inspired fitness and training program
• Represented prominent entertainment figure in connection with an investment in, and a business venture relating to the development and distribution of, a line of fitness, health, and wellness products
• Represented prominent entertainment figure in connection with an investment in, and a business venture relating to the development and distribution of, a line of nutritional supplements
• Represented prominent entertainment figure in connection with an investment in, and a brand ambassador business arrangement relating to the marketing and promotion of, a line of liquor-inspired, non-alcoholic beverages
• Represented prominent sports figure in connection with branding and licensing of intellectual properties
• $25 million equity sale of clients’ business of providing mobility-focused managed services
• $25 million equity sale of clients’ business of providing patient engagement and appointment scheduling solutions for the eye care industry
• $120 million equity sale of clients’ insurance agency
• $5.5 million equity sale of clients’ insurance agency
• $8.7 million equity sale of clients’ business of providing DUI insurance and ignition interlock products and services
• $20 million equity sale of clients’ U.S. and U.K. businesses of providing advertising, branding, and marketing services to the entertainment industry
• $22.5 million equity sale of clients’ business of providing post-production services and technology and ancillary solutions for motion pictures, television programming, and other audiovisual content
• $14 million equity sale of clients’ RV dealership and service center
• $13 million sale of clients’ rights in and to certain musical compositions
• $16.5 million sale of certain master recordings and related assets
• Negotiated executive employment agreement on behalf of the president of a division of a multinational underground mine contracting and engineering company
• Negotiated executive employment agreements and stock option grants on behalf of the chief executive officer and chief brand officer of international creative production agency