Whether you are seeking to acquire or sell a business, starting a new company, unsure about how a new government regulation affects your firm, or need financial or other business services, the partners in Peckar & Abramson’s Corporate Law Services Group have the experience, resources and the success record to meet your needs. 

A full-service corporate legal practice, we serve a wide range of clients, from entrepreneurs to small investment banks to large multinational enterprises in many industries, including the construction industry.

We have represented buyers and sellers in numerous successful public and private mergers and acquisitions, effectively negotiating and structuring these deals. Most recently, we have handled transactions ranging in value from hundreds of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions, including:

The multimillion dollar sale of a nationally known mattress manufacturer to a competitor
The purchase of a New York City hotel
The acquisition of an international apparel company
The purchase of a national nutritional supplements company
The acquisition of an insurance technology company
The purchase of a company that manufactures and sells medical equipment

We regularly help clients attain their objectives in the purchase and sale of businesses, including stock sales, asset sales and partial sales.


Our practice offers a breadth of experience representing issuers, underwriters, placement agents, sellers and buyers in securities transactions. These transactions have ranged in size from a $50,000 private placement for a health care technology company to multi-million dollar public offerings. Our partners have worked on many private placement transactions, initial public offerings and sales of securities, both in privately negotiated transactions and in the public markets.

In addition to private placements and public offerings, we handle tender offers, proxies and going private transactions. And in response to our clients’ needs, Peckar & Abramson has developed particular expertise in reverse merger IPOs, purchases of public shell corporations and private placement transactions in connection with reverse merger IPOs. 

We also counsel corporations on complying with SEC filing requirements and help prepare and file quarterly and annual reports, as well as performing general securities compliance work. 


When Peckar & Abramson handles business formations, we navigate the complex and often sensitive negotiations between shareholders and partners while focusing on the long-term health of those business relationships. We aim to protect your investment, preparing partnership and corporate documentation including limited liability operating agreements, partnership agreements and stockholder agreements.


In creating joint ventures, we advance our clients’ interests by providing clear documentation and carefully delineating rights, while unwaveringly pursuing your main goal: a profitable deal!


Our practice has reviewed, drafted and negotiated licensing agreements for everything from well-known logos in the apparel industry to trade names and trademarks, to software systems, web hosting and advanced technology.

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We regularly counsel businesses on general corporate governance issues and adherence to corporate regulations. Peckar & Abramson helps businesses develop and revise corporate policies and procedures, such as corporate complianceprograms, codes of ethics, bylaws and whistleblower rules. 

Members of our Corporate Law Services Group possess particular expertise in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, writing and lecturing widely on the act and related developments. We work closely with companies to ensure compliance and keep them up-to-date in the complex and changing governmental and regulatory environment.


When it comes to general business transactions, we draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements and help companies prepare templates for frequently performed transactions. We assist businesses in preparing agreements such as letters of intent, consulting agreements, lease agreements, confidentiality agreements and other general commercial documents. 


As the nation’s largest firm representing general contractors and construction managers, our Corporate Law Services Group supports the firm’s construction industry clientele in regard to mergers and acquisitions and the establishment of limited liability companies to manage particular risks.  It also counsels the firm’s clientele on protecting payments, where a project owner’s financing, securitization and other related issues present concerns about our clients’ realization of payments due.


Our Labor Relations Practice Group represents a substantial number of health care and senior care facilities. Our Corporate Law Service Group supports those clients in regard to mergers and acquisitions, complex-financing transactions, partnership agreements and other general corporate services.


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Corporate Law Services
Mergers and Acquisitions
Securities
Business Formation
Joint Venture Documentation and Agreements
Licensing Agreements
Corporate Governance Issues
Commercial Agreements
Construction Industry
Health Care Industry