For decades, the diverse and complex field of business law has been an integral feature of the firm. We represent financial institutions, corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, captive insurance companies and other business associations in all aspects of commercial activity, including entity selection, business formation, mergers and acquisitions, dissolutions, and creditors' rights. The Business and Banking Practice Group and the Taxation and Real Estate Practice Groups often work together, using their lawyers' years of experience in these fields to provide synergistic representation to our clients. The attorneys in these practice groups collectively possess a wide variety of skills in the area of business law, which are brought to bear on the client's behalf. The attorneys in the groups have represented local, regional, and national clients within South Carolina and throughout the region. Attorneys in the Business and Banking Practice Group have years of experience in the creation of corporate entities, including corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and other business associations. By understanding our clients' goals, our lawyers are able to assist clients in attaining the best use of their existing resources while preparing for their growth. The transactions with which the firm's attorneys have been involved cover the full range of modern acquisition techniques and structures. These include mergers and acquisitions, sales of assets, statutory share exchanges, exchange offers, hostile and friendly tender offers, proxy contests, and leveraged-buy out techniques. We have represented both sellers and buyers in these transactions and have provided advice on a wide array of issues including, tax, environmental, antitrust and securities, and copyright issues arising from the transactions. Members of the practice group have negotiated, reviewed, and drafted a variety of commercial and business agreements, including purchase and sale, franchise, consulting, supply, purchase, trademark usage, and licensing. In addition, the attorneys in the group have dealt with a vast array of banking and other creditor issues, beginning with the drafting of the initial loan documents through collection and bankruptcy. Our lawyers have represented numerous banks and other institutional lenders in loan transactions involving real property and asset-based transactions located in South Carolina and beyond. The group's attorneys also have experience with various collection situations. These include fraudulent transfers; preferences; insider transactions; piercing the corporate veil; sales and dispositions of collateral; actions to set aside foreclosure sales; marshaling; landlord and tenant matters; landlords' liens; bank deposits and collections; bulk sales; letters of credit; actions to recover collateral; attachments; enforcement of judgments; garnishments; levies on real and personal property; and mechanics' liens.
Chambers and Partners, the London based publisher of renown guides to the legal profession, has given the firm's corporate/M & A department high ratings in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA. (
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