OUR PRACTICE
Business Law
Business Law
includes Sports Law, Debtor/Creditor, and Commercial Real Estate
Under our broad range of business law services, Stuart Law provides:
- corporate advice;
- merger and acquisition support;
- contract negotiation and resolution of contract controversies;
- assistance with human resources procedures and controversies;
- intellectual property and brand protection;
- start-up advice and consultation (to assist in selecting the form of business entity that will work best for the client);
- protection of creditor’s rights in bankruptcy tribunals nationwide
- and help with structuring and executing corporate finance strategies for a number of major companies (including several property and casualty insurance companies).
For business clients, Stuart Law provides advice on all facets of corporate law including creation of a business organization, review and update of all corporate documents, proxy solicitations as well as contract management, real estate transactions, intellectual property, human resources and employment law, franchise issues, covenants not to compete together with all necessary compliance with federal, state and local laws and administrative regulations. Stuart Law maintains a significant practice area in insurance regulatory matters as well as protecting creditors’ rights in bankruptcy proceedings across the country. Stuart Law also engages in business-to-business litigation and debt collection.
Stuart Law also advises nonprofit corporations to obtain and maintain tax exempt status.”
Stuart Law’s housing finance practice has led it into the modern world of mixed-use properties involve both residential and commercial leasing components. Our business clients have also ventured into building, acquiring and renovating of commercial properties. As a result, Stuart Law has built and maintains expertise in most forms of commercial real estate ventures, including raw land purchases, land use approvals, planned unit developments and construction, and leasing and operation of the final product.
Our sports law practice has its roots in the representation of many recognizable individual athletes, coaches and sports organizations. Today, many of these former athletes and coaches run successful businesses that use the services of Stuart Law. The Firm’s work with the Olympic movement and the organizers of major sporting events such as the U.S. Olympic Festival, Special Olympics World Games and the Research Triangle area bid to host the Pan American Games has put Stuart Law at the forefront of sports-related practice areas by providing services to the organizers of major events, assisting with the creation of successful sports organizations, and working with the community to attract organizations like USA Baseball to the Triangle area.
In today’s world, the representation of significant business clients invariably leads a law firm into dealing with the bankruptcy, insolvency and financial distress of others doing business with our clients. Stuart Law ardently pursues its clients’ interests in collecting sums due through both the collection of commercial debts and pursuing recoveries in bankruptcy. Stuart Law annually collects substantial delinquent insurance premiums owed to its insurance company clients and pursues bankruptcy recoveries in various states against insolvent companies that self-insure their workers’ compensation liabilities in North Carolina.