Business Law and Corporate Law

A substantial focus of Smith Hurst is the representation and counseling of entrepreneurs. As a result of this focus, our lawyers have provided legal counsel to hundreds of entrepreneurs starting new businesses. We have first hand, in-depth and sophisticated legal and practical knowledge and experience in forming companies and related choice of entity considerations, equity structures, negotiations with investors and lenders, intellectual property rights, executive compensation, protection of confidential and proprietary information and contractual relations with third parties such as vendors, customers and consultants.

Our interdisciplinary approach coupled with our breadth and depth of the practice of entrepreneurial services, allows us to serve as a strategic adviser and counselor through each stage of a private company’s growth. Our Entrepreneurial Services practice brings a no-nonsense, reality-based focus to the legal needs of entrepreneurs and emerging companies.