Houston Business Transaction Attorneys

Transaction Attorneys Serving Business and Commercial Clients in Texas and Nationwide

At Stephenson Snokhous & Fournier, our corporate and commercial business transaction attorneys work with local, domestic and international clients with interests in the greater Houston area. Clients look to us to help them generate value and achieve business objectives. We learn the fine details of our clients’ business and provide legal counsel for a diverse range of matters from everyday legal needs to extraordinary transactions. We regularly handle complex transactions and provide the full spectrum of general corporate legal services from contract preparation to ongoing corporate governance, strategic and compliance counseling. Our clients range from affluent sole proprietorships to multi-national companies in industries such as real estate, service, manufacturing and the oil and gas industry. Our tax attorneys help clients devise and close complex transactions in a tax-efficient manner.

Business Formation Assistance • Corporations • Limited Liability Companies • Partnerships

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 attorneys provide ongoing assistance in strategic decisions and planning relating to control issues, equity structures, employment law matters, stock options, compensation, financing and governance. When the time comes for sale or winding up, we help the businesses transition, dissolve or merge.

We represent our clients in virtually all areas of business transactions including:

• Mergers and acquisitions as counsel for both buyers and sellers
• Private offerings of securities
• Secured and unsecured loans and equity financing
• Business contracts with suppliers, distributors, customers and others
• Employment matters, stock options and incentive compensation
• Partnerships, strategic alliances and joint ventures
• Tax planning and optimization
• Structuring and documenting compensation plans, including equity-based incentives
• Forming business entities and drafting charter and governance documentation
• Intellectual and proprietary technology licensing and transactions
• Equity holder, board and management disputes

Depth and Breadth of Business Law and Commercial Law Experience

Our seasoned corporate and commercial lawyers draw from their wealth of legal and business experience to suit your business objectives. You will not get any more or any less documentation than you need.

We are responsive, proactive and creative. If you are planning a business transaction, contemplating a merger or acquisition, or engaged in another business law concern, we encourage you to call or contact our business transaction lawyers.

Stephenson Snokhous & Fournier
4544 Post Oak Place, Suite 378
Houston, TX 77027
Phone: 713-629-9494
Fax: 713-629-9606
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