Business and Commercial Law

Southern California Business Services Attorneys and Corporate Lawyers

Working with Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Multi-Million Dollar Corporations, and Publicly-Held Companies

Whether you are a small business owner or the CEO of a major corporation, you are faced with some of the same legal matters, disputes, and decisions. No matter the scale of your business or the size of your bottom line, the decisions you make and the actions you take can have significant effects on your business.

At the Irvine, California Law offices of Oswald & Yap LLP, we work with a wide range of businesses and individuals to help ensure that the moves you make are the right ones and the results you achieve are exceptional. Our Orange County, California, business attorneys have substantial experience in a wide range of small business services and corporate law transactions, from simple incorporation to mergers and acquisitions.

We are equipped to respond quickly and cost-effectively to virtually all client issues. We are able to handle highly technical legal issues, but we are also sensitive to the need to be practical and effective in achieving a result in a timely and efficient manner.

How Can We Help You?

Our Southern California small business service attorneys and corporate lawyers provide skilled expertise in regard to:

• Formation of corporations, limited liability companies (LLC), formation of limited liability partnerships (LLP), formation of general and limited partnerships, and joint ventures
• Corporate governance issues, including annual meetings, resolutions, record keeping, and other requirements to limit personal liability
• Contract negotiation, drafting, and review
• Employment law issues
• Business disputes and business litigation, including partnership disputes and shareholder disputes
• Stock option plans, stock purchase plans, and other employment incentives
• Intellectual property licensing, distributorships, and franchises
• Real property transactions including commercial real estate, office, retail and ground leases, real property purchase agreements, and conveyancing instruments
• Trademarks, service marks, and copyrights
• Promissory notes, security agreements, and other loan transactions
• Financing issues

Our commercial law attorneys have extensive experience in the field of mergers and acquisitions, including transactions as large as the merger of a private company into a public company and as small as the private sale of a business division.

Having participated in so many varied transactions, our attorneys can provide detailed advice as to how best to structure a change-of-control transaction, whether your company is the buyer or seller, surviving corporation or the corporation being absorbed. We work extensively with investment bankers, business brokerages, and valuation experts to maximize your company's value.

Our experience in the mergers and acquisitions field includes:

• asset sales
• stock purchases
• mergers with both public and private companies
• leveraged buy-outs
• supermajority voting provisions and the adoption of poison pills
• shareholder agreements and other specific bylaw and articles of incorporation provisions
• proxy contests, hostile or friendly

Helping Business Meet with Success for Over 25 Years

Listed in the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers since 1985, Oswald & Yap LLP has ABOTA Certified (less than 3 percent of trial attorneys nationally) and AV Rated* attorneys on staff ready to assist you. To find out how we can help you make the most of your business opportunities and real estate investments, both domestic and abroad—contact us today.