CORPORATE LAW ATTORNEYS IN SOUTH FLORIDA

The business and corporate law attorneys at Di Pietro Partners have years of experience representing companies of all sizes through various stages of growth. More specifically, our lawyers frequently help clients with legal matters such as: corporate litigation, corporate structures, governance, shareholder disputes, securities litigation, and more.

If you, or your company need assistance with business law, corporate law, contracts, and/or litigation, call our experienced Florida corporate attorneys for a free consultation today. 1.800.712.8462

Corporate Litigation

Corporate disputes can become quite complex. This is evident when you read the Florida Statute  on corporations and shareholder duties. When encountering these disputes, it’s important to have legal counsel that’s specialized in this area of law. The corporate litigation lawyers at our firm are skilled in handling various legal problems that corporations may face throughout their existence. These issues include, but are not limited to:

  • Defense against wrongful-termination lawsuits
  • Corporate tax compliance
  • Compliance with corporate governance regulations
  • Shareholder disputes (i.e breach of agreements, fiduciary misdeeds, etc)
  • Shareholder-derivative lawsuits
  • Breach of contract defense
  • Breach of contract litigation
  • Personal injury defense and issues with Torts
  • Anti-discrimination law compliance
  • Wage & hour compliance

Securities Litigation

Corporate charts and graphs of financial investment securitiesWhen a company is facing securities law violations, it’s imperative to have legal counsel that’s experienced in this area of law. Securities litigation is highly specialized and requires deep knowledge of complex and constantly changing laws at both the Federal, and State level.
Moreover, securities litigation carries many potential adverse risks for a company. These risks include: substantial monetary loss, lingering negative publicity, and more.

The corporate attorneys at Di Pietro Partners are very familiar with business law in the State of Florida as well as federal regulations pertaining to Securities.

Corporate Structures

Corporations are legal entities that are separate from the people that form the corporations. Corporations exist as a product of corporate law and their rules balance the interests of the shareholders. The shareholders invest their capital and the employees of the corporation contribute their labor to the process of gaining an income and providing economic growth within the corporation.

One main feature of a corporation is that the shareholders and employees are not liable for any debt that the corporation may enter if it fails. The shareholders will lose the money they invested into the corporation and the employees will lose their jobs but nothing more. Neither party will be liable for paying off any debts that the corporation falls into.

This aspect of business is known as a limited liability partnership. A limited liability partnership, or LLP for short, involves both corporations and partnerships. The benefit of being a part of an LLP is that one party is not responsible for the other party’s financial problems or debts. The partners are also not liable for each other’s negligence or misconduct. They do not have to answer to anyone if they did not cause the problem.

Another aspect of corporations is an LLC. An LLC stands for Limited Liability Company. An LLC is not that different from a partnership or corporation but offers pass-through income taxation. An LLP offers the benefits of a partnership and a corporation in that the shareholders are not liable for the company’s debt or other misconducts.

To construct an LLC, each LLC must have at least one member. A member can be another person, another LLC, a corporation or a partnership. An LLC can be taxed in one of many different ways. An LLC can be taxed as an S corporation, a C corporation, a partnership or a sole proprietor.

A Limited Liability Company is more flexible than other partnerships or corporations and usually works best with a single owner. The owners also have limited liability when it comes to the actions and debts of the partnership.

All of these partnerships and corporations fall into one major category of business organizations. A business is defined as a legally recognized firm whose sole purpose is to provide goods and services to consumers. Businesses are usually formed to increase the income of the business owner as well as enter a market that compliments what the business sells.

All business organizations depend on their customers and how often they keep them coming back to purchase more of their services and products. An LLC, an LLP and a corporation are all forms of ownership when it comes to owning a business. Two other forms are sole proprietorship and cooperative ownership.

A sole proprietorship is when one person owns a business organization. The owner can be the only member of the business or could hire a staff of employees. The lone owner is responsible for the business’ actions, misconducts and debts to its creditors.

A cooperative ownership, also known as a ‘co-op,’ is a limited liability where the members share the decision-making authorities. There are no shareholders in a cooperative ownership. Cooperatives come in two forms: consumer or worker cooperatives. A consumer cooperative is a business owned by the business’ consumers. A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and operated by its employees in a democratic sense.

All businesses, whether it is an LLC, an LLP, a corporation, a cooperative or a sole proprietorship, have to follow rules, regulations and laws laid out by the country they operate within. These laws include proper ethics, contracts and how to properly deal with customers.