Wolfe Law is a full-service business law firm, helping businesses with start-up, operations, disputes, exits, and everything in between.

Starting and operating a business is challenging! Jenifer is an experienced and knowledgeable business attorney who assists businesses with a wide variety of legal needs, including:

• Starting a Business

  • Formation of LLC’s, PLLC’s, S Corp’s, Corporations, and Non-Profits.

  • Advice on structuring your entity, including advice on formation of an LLC or an S Corp.

  • Advice on which documentation is required for your business entity, such as Bylaws for your Corporation or Non-Profit.

  • Draft core documents to have in place for your business at the time of start-up, such as Operating Agreements, Bylaws, Resolutions and Meeting Minutes.

• Contracts for your Business

  • Draft contracts for your business, including promissory notes and loan documents for business loans, services agreements and master services agreements, client agreements, vender agreements, construction contracts, commercial leases, employment agreements, non-disclosure agreements, noncompetes, website terms, disclaimers, privacy policies, terms and conditions, sale and purchase agreements, and much more.

  • Review contracts you have signed or plan to sign for important guidance and advice on your rights and responsibilities under the contract terms and clauses as-written, or to determine whether the contract may be renegotiated.

  • Negotiate contracts before you sign to ensure the contract meets the needs of your business, to help ensure your business’ interests are protected and to minimize your risk of liability as much as possible.

  • Advice on your rights and options for termination of an existing contract.

• Commercial Leases & Real Estate Contracts

  • Draft, review or negotiate on behalf of landlords and tenants documents for lease of commercial space, including letters of intent, leases for office, retail, restaurant, and industrial space, lease restructuring, renewals and termination, and subleases and assignments.

  • Draft, review or negotiate on behalf of landlords contracts for the improvement of leased or owned property, including construction contracts and design professional agreements.

  • Draft, review or negotiate brokerage and property management agreements.

  • Draft residential leases on behalf of individuals and businesses for rental of residential property, and advice on the rights and responsibilities of a landlord under North Carolina law.

• Business Operations

  • Advice on documentation required for operation of your business, including documentation for governance and operations of entities, such as LLC’s, Corporations, S. Corp.’s, and Non-Profits.

  • Draft or review documentation for governance and operations of business entity.

  • Updates to your business documents when you make changes to your business, or when your business experiences growth or a downturn.

  • Advice on North Carolina law on collection of past due accounts or unpaid loans, whether someone owes your business money or your business owes money to someone else, and options for getting your accounts paid.

• Employer/Employee

  • Assist with employment issues, such as hiring and firing, and independent contractors

  • Draft, review or negotiate employment agreements, non-competes and NDA’s.

  • Assist with termination of an employment agreement.

  • Draft employee handbooks and policy and procedures manuals.

• Licensing

  • Advice and assistance with navigating the process of applications, renewals and complaints for licensed professionals involved in real estate based businesses, including those licensed with the North Carolina Real Estate Commission, the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors, among others.

• Buying & Selling a Business

  • Draft, review or negotiate agreements to buy or sell part or all of an existing business.

  • Draft, review or negotiate agreements to become a partner of an existing business, or for an existing business to bring in a new partner.

  • Draft, review or negotiate agreements to sell your business or your ownership interests in a business.

• Business Exits & Transitions

  • Advice on the process to close down your business, including how to stop operations and the legal requirements for closing down an LLC, S. Corp., Corporation, or Non-Profit, such as the wind-down process and dissolution.

  • Assist with the legal process of closing your business (the “wind-down process”) and dissolution of your business entity.

  • Assist with preparing for transfer of your business interests or retirement, whether you are planning ahead or ready to make the transition.

• General Counsel Services

  • On-call to assist your business with its daily operations or simply be ready to help when you need it.

• Disputes

  • Assist with your business disputes, whether its by providing initial advice to avoid a dispute, assisting with pre-lawsuit resolution efforts, filing a lawsuit on behalf of your business or defending your business against a lawsuit, Wolfe can assist. You can find more information here.

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