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If you are building a business and looking for outside investment, you will likely hear about term sheets and preferred stock or preferred equity. These documents can feel confusing, but they are the roadmap for your funding. Understanding these basics helps founders...
Stephenson Fournier has been ranked in Chambers USA Texas Spotlight Guide 2026 and recognized as a leading small to medium-sized law firm offering a credible alternative to Big Law. Stephenson Fournier was selected based on an independent and in-depth market analysis,...
In high-stakes business transactions, financial certainty is vital to managing risk. When the other company fails to meet an obligation, your revenue is jeopardized and you may have damages. Yet, your overhead costs keep accruing. Calculating losses after a breach...
A supplier offers your business a price that seems fair. Months later, you learn that another customer received a deeper discount, better payment terms or a more flexible delivery schedule for a similar deal. That discovery can create real frustration, especially when...
Bringing on outside investors can help a business grow faster, hire key talent, expand into new markets or survive a difficult economic situation. It can also reshape control of the company, change how decisions get made and create pressure to hit specific milestones...
A series LLC can help Texas business owners run different parts of their business under one main LLC while keeping assets and debts separated. It has a parent LLC with multiple individual series under it, and each series can operate like its own mini-LLC that holds a...
When geopolitical tensions escalate into real-world disruptions, commercial performance can become delayed, constrained or impossible. Conflicts can threaten shipping lanes, create port constraints and lead to sanctions, export controls or sudden government...
A successful real estate project depends on more than a good location. While you focus on land deals in Harris County, the internal rules of your business decide your long-term safety. Whether you use a shareholder agreement for a corporation or a company agreement...
When you take part in a merger and acquisition in Texas, real estate often becomes a key part of the deal. The way you move property from one owner to another can affect closing timelines, financing and how smoothly business operations continue after the transaction....
Business owners use restrictive covenants to protect their unique market advantage and the value of their key personnel. Agreements like noncompete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality clauses safeguard trade secrets, client goodwill and internal stability. Texas...