Executive Employment Compensation
One goal for employers is to hire and then incentivize the brightest talent available to remain with the employer and grow the business over time. So, what are the components…
One goal for employers is to hire and then incentivize the brightest talent available to remain with the employer and grow the business over time. So, what are the components…
When businesses or professionals talk about engaging in mergers or acquisitions (M&A), what exactly might that entail? In a general sense, M&A is a broad term used to describe the…
Have you ever yearned for the good old days where a handshake deal was all you needed? The days where, with that handshake, you could trust that the deal would…
Small business owners often have a very difficult time trying to determine the value of their business. Perhaps the owner has never taken the time to consider the value. Perhaps…
Conventional financial wisdom suggests that the first thing a person should do after building the three to six month rainy-day fund is to maximize contributions to retirement accounts. Qualified retirement…
When a person endeavors to purchase a piece of real property (i.e. land and any associated buildings), the purchaser would be wise to study up on the potential liability he…
An individual or a business can engage (i.e. contract) with another as an employee or an independent contractor. The business owner is usually better served if he or she can…
If you are a business owner that: (1) is looking towards succession planning and the option of selling your interest in a business; (2) has inclinations towards charitable giving; and…
When businesses need attorneys to assist on either day-to-day matters (e.g. labor and employment issues) or once-in-a-lifetime matters (e.g. selling the business), the business will need to choose whether to…
Generally, in Washington state, income producing real property should be placed into a Washington limited liability company (“LLC”). What is real property? Real property is any property that is of…