Business owners and entrepreneurs have ambitions to disrupt industries and offer products or services that solve pain points. NC Planning’s High Point, NC business and corporate attorneys can help guide you through:
- Forming your business
- Meeting corporate compliance
- Contract creation and reviews
- Employment-related issues
- Disputes between shareholders
- Acquiring or selling your business
- Taxation concerns and questions
- Succession planning
- Other areas of operation
Your business’s legal needs require the help of an attorney who understands state and local laws that you must follow – even if you do not know about them.
We can help you throughout every stage, from opening to closing your company. NC Planning offers multiple service options, including working on a fractional basis, to keep your business on the right track.
Contact us to speak to an attorney about your business’s unique needs.
Case Illustration of Common Issues in Business
Susan owns a very successful veterinary practice that she has expanded to multiple locations and brings in $10 million in revenue each year. She’s planning to outfit her older spaces, but she also wants to minimize her tax burden.
Working with a business attorney, she learns that there are a few options that she can use to lower her taxes:
- Accelerating expenses by purchasing equipment today
- Deferring revenue until next year to lower her current year’s tax burden
- Maximize the tax benefits she receives
Working with High Point, NC business and corporate attorneys, she’s able to reduce her taxes and keep more money in her business to invest in expanding her operations.
Types of Business We Serve in High Point, NC
Our team has the resources and experience to help businesses of all sizes through legal matters and answer any questions that they have along the way.
We allow you to focus on growing your business while leaving your legal issues to an attorney who knows how to navigate complex corporate laws.
Under the Professional Corporate Act, professional practices that require licensing must meet strict requirements:
- One person who is involved with incorporating the practice must hold a valid state license in the profession.
- Practices must obtain certification from the NC licensing board.
- Business owners must file Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State.
Professional practices can include architects, attorneys, clinical social workers, dentists, therapists, doctors, accountants, nurses, veterinarians and many others.
If you run a professional practice, our High Point, NC business and corporate attorneys can help you remain compliant and offer expert legal advice for any legal matters you may face.
Comprehensive Business Law Services
At NC Planning, we can assist with a variety of legal matters, including:
- Business formation: Forming and growing a business requires passion and dedication. But there are also legal requirements to consider. We can help guide you through the initial stages of forming your business, including choosing an entity type and filing all of the state-required paperwork.
- Ongoing legal counsel: Lawyers are trusted partners and allies of business and practice owners. Throughout the lifetime of your business, you will face legal challenges and require counsel to make smart decisions. For business owners needing ongoing general counsel, we offer our Complete Corporate Counsel platform, which includes regularly scheduled meetings and access to our team when you’re in need of legal advice.
- Professional practice representation: Owning and running a professional practice comes with its own unique challenges. Our legal team can provide sound legal counsel and representation. We can assist practice owners with entity formation, operating the business and even buying or selling a practice.
- Mergers and acquisitions of professional practices and businesses: Mergers and acquisitions are complicated. You need reliable, trustworthy legal counsel to guide you through each step. That’s where we come in. We provide advice and assistance throughout the entire process, from negotiating terms to due diligence and the drafting of transactional documents.
- Business tax minimization: Tax management is an important part of running a successful business. We help businesses understand their options when it comes to tax minimization strategies and will guide you through the implementation process.
- Business contracts: Every business relationship should start with an effective contract to ensure all parties are on the same page. Properly drafted contracts reduce the risk of future disputes and help business relationships grow. The experienced legal team at NC Planning will ensure that your contracts cover every important detail and are drafted with the future of your business in mind. Should you face a contract dispute, we will be there to help you find a resolution and litigate if necessary.
- Employment law: Your employees are the backbone of your business. Our High Point, NC business and corporate attorneys will help ensure you remain compliant with state laws and can help you resolve issues with past or current employees.
- Compliance: To maintain your corporate veil, your business must be in compliance with state, federal and local laws. Our team will provide guidance and advice throughout the lifetime of your company to ensure you remain compliant.
- Shareholder and owner disputes: Owner and shareholder disputes can be emotionally charged and challenging to resolve without the help of a professional. Our team can assist with negotiations and help you find a resolution that suits all parties.
- Succession planning and exit strategy: You’ve spent years growing and nurturing your business. When it’s time to step away, you want to have an exit strategy or a succession plan in place to ensure that your business lives on and continues to succeed. Once we understand your goals, we can guide you through the process of planning for the future.
- Dissolution of a business: Closing a business isn’t as simple as locking the door and throwing away the keys. Several steps must be taken to dissolve a business officially. We can help you through the process, so you can move on to the next stage with peace of mind.
Whether you’re in the early stages of forming a business or wrapping things up, we’re here to assist with your business law needs.
Contact us today to schedule a consultation and see how we can help your business.
How to Choose the Right Business Attorney for Your High Point Business or Practice
Choosing a business attorney is not a decision to take lightly. Your attorney will serve as an extension of your team, guiding you through legal challenges and decisions that will impact the success of your business.
It is crucial to choose the right professional.
While there are many things to consider when choosing an attorney, here are some of the most important questions to ask yourself:
- Does the attorney have experience helping similar businesses with your issue? Whether it’s entity formation, contract disputes, succession planning or something in between, you need to be confident that your attorney knows how to navigate the road ahead and overcome common challenges.
- Does the attorney provide personalized service? Your business is important to you. It should be important to your attorney, too. Ensure that you work with someone who will be there to answer your questions, get to know your business and provide trustworthy legal counsel.
- Will the firm be able to scale with me? In other words, do they have the ability to provide ongoing counsel and representation throughout the lifetime of your business?
When you partner with NC Planning, you can be confident that you’re working with a team that knows how to handle your issue, provides a highly personalized level of service and will be there to help your business throughout every stage.
How NC Planning Will Help You Plan for the Road Ahead
Reliable and trustworthy legal counsel is one of the best investments you can make in your business. For years, our High Point, NC business and corporate attorneys have been assisting businesses in Raleigh, Cary and Wilmington with their business law matters.
We are a boutique firm that believes in building lasting relationships with our clients. Whether you need help getting your business off the ground or wrapping things up, our team is here to guide you every step of the way.
Contact us today to schedule a meeting and see if we’re a good fit for your business.