Business Advice: Startup, Operations, Tax and Litigation
The business attorneys at Pirsch & Associates provide one-stop service for small and midsized businesses on a wide range of issues from initial formation to contract documentation and litigation. Advising and representing not-for-profit entities also forms an important part of our business practice. For more information about our ability to serve your needs, contact our office in Alexandria.
We Counsel Business Clients in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
With 26 years of experience and an LL.M in Taxation from Georgetown, Elizabeth Pirsch understands how to guide both new and established businesses past the procedural hurdles of initial formation, structural changes or disputes.
Additionally, she can help with strategic business planning, tax planning and compliance, and the documentation of your customer and vendor contracts. As an experienced lawyer, she can also protect your interests whenever litigation appears necessary to enforce contract rights or resolve corporate governance problems.
Your business can benefit from our law firm's experience and advice in any of the following areas:
- Business entity selection, formation and registration
- Documentation of operating agreements, shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, bylaws and other essential instruments that define the rights and responsibilities of your partnership or equity group
- Advice for professional practice groups, government contractors and other specialized businesses
- Documentation and regulatory compliance for employee benefit plans
- Negotiation and preparation of noncompete agreements, trade secret or confidentiality agreements, and nonsolicitation covenants
- Advice about business licenses, tax accounting systems, compliance and reporting issues, and preserving the tax benefits of your separate business entity
- Mergers, acquisitions or the sale of businesses or business assets
- Management succession planning, especially as a feature of estate planning for family-owned businesses
- Litigation, mediation or arbitration of commercial, partnership or corporate disputes
We Also Form and Serve as Counsel to Nonprofits
At Pirsch & Associates, we're proud of our willingness and ability to work with nonprofit organizations of all sizes and levels of sophistication. We can help with everything from forming the initial organization to the qualification and protection of your tax-exempt status as a charitable organization, business league, or other nonprofit. We also advise nonprofits about meeting the legal challenges presented by periods of rapid growth or contraction, membership disputes, or conflicts between an organization's board, its executive and/or its volunteers.
For additional information about the scope of our experience with business formation, transactions and litigation, contact a knowledgeable lawyer at Pirsch & Associates in Alexandria.
