- Corporate LawWe advise clients throughout the business lifecycle from initial formation and organization through financing, negotiation of executive compensation arrangements, general contract review and negotiation, corporate governance matters and equity incentive plans. We often serve as outside general counsel to many of our business clients, advising them on a host of day-to-day matters. Our attorneys can also advise nonprofits and cooperatives.Â
- Mergers and AcquisitionsWe advise clients throughout the acquisition process, from strategy and structuring to due diligence, negotiation, closing and integration. We represent public and private companies, small businesses, investors and individuals in a variety of transaction structures like traditional mergers, asset and stock transactions, ESOPs and management buy-outs.
- Business Formation
- Business DisputesWe’re known for being the go-to business law firm in Sacramento. We’ve earned that reputation by helping leading businesses successfully navigate their biggest opportunities and challenges. We listen to our clients and help them reach their goals. We do so efficiently and with purpose. We measure success by our clients’ satisfaction, not by the number of offices we have. Bigger can sometimes be better, but not when it comes to legal bills. That fact is not lost on our lawyers, a number of whom joined us after being partners at national and international law firms.
- Business TransactionsOur clients benefit from a cohesive team of dedicated litigation, transactional and insolvency specialists. Our experience in negotiating, documenting and, when necessary, enforcing commercial loans provides the knowledge on which to base sound problem-loan advice. And our experience in the acquisition, operation and disposition of master development projects, commercial office projects and other commercial transactions allow us to provide unique advice and insight into workout or recovery strategies. We also understand title insurance, representing some of the nation’s largest title and escrow companies, and their insureds, in a variety of litigation and non-litigation contexts.
- Trade Secrets
- Intellectual Property
- Estate PlanningBoutin Jones has the largest and most experienced group of tax attorneys in the region. We have assembled a multi-disciplinary team of federal, state, and local tax experts. Our attorneys are experts in income, estate and gift, sales and use, property, excise, employment and documentary transfer taxes. We provide all types of tax and estate planning advice, as well as representation of clients before the federal and state tax regulators.Â
- Probate
- ForeclosureWe have experience in major, complex real estate acquisitions and dispositions. We routinely assist lenders with foreclosures and the subsequent disposition of real estate assets. We handle all aspects of the disposition of OREO assets, as single asset sales or as part of a portfolio, in single-buyer sales and through the packaging of assets and private/public auction process.
- Tax LawOur business attorneys, in conjunction with our estate planning and probate attorneys, routinely advise our clients on matters concerning business succession, wealth preservation and complex estate and tax matters. We strive to create solutions to preserve and transition the value created by a lifetime of work.