Practice · Corporate
Formation and conversions, governance, buy- and sell-side transactions, joint ventures, and the commercial agreements that hold a company together — from startup through exit.
From the first operating agreement to the closing of an exit, we handle the corporate lifecycle for Texas businesses — with the perspective of partners who have founded, run, and sold companies themselves, not only advised them.
Texas and Delaware LLCs, corporations, professional entities, and series LLCs; entity conversions and redomestications; and the founder documents that prevent later disputes.
Operating and shareholder agreements, board and manager structures, voting and buy-sell provisions, and the governance clean-up that precedes a raise or a sale.
Buy- and sell-side asset and equity transactions, letters of intent, due diligence, purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, and closing.
JV entities and contractual joint ventures, contribution agreements, profit-sharing and participation structures, and exit mechanics.
Master services agreements, supply and distribution agreements, licensing, NDAs, and the templates a company needs to sell without calling a lawyer every time.
Preparing a company for sale or recapitalization: cap-table clean-up, contract assignability, IP ownership, and the data room.
We have sat on the client's side of the table — as chief legal officer, as deal principal, as founder — and it shapes how we run a transaction. Issues are ranked by whether they change the economics, not by how much they could be argued about. Drafts go out fast and clean because our tooling assembles them from our own Texas precedent and checks them before a partner reads them. And the price is fixed before the first draft, so nobody is watching a clock instead of the deal.
For most Texas operating businesses, a Texas entity is the better default: lower cost, no second franchise tax, and a business court system (since 2024) that is increasingly competitive with Delaware for governance disputes. Delaware still makes sense for companies whose institutional investors require it. We form both on a flat fee and will tell you which we would choose for your facts.
Buy- and sell-side transactions are quoted as a fixed fee for a defined scope — letter of intent through closing for a described deal — after a short conversation about structure, size, and the other side's counsel. Scope changes are priced before they are incurred, not billed after the fact.
Yes. Annual governance, equity administration, commercial agreements, and the steady stream of questions a growing company generates are covered by a monthly retainer through our fractional general counsel practice.