Business Entities & Transactions

Business Entities & Transactions
For more than 100 years, Wilke Fleury’s business attorneys have advised and represented businesses, entrepreneurs, and family-owned enterprises throughout California. Our firm has
supported multiple generations of companies in the Central Valley and beyond, providing practical guidance rooted in a deep understanding of how businesses grow, evolve, and
transition. We assist clients with the full lifecycle of business planning and operations—from formation and governance to complex transactions, reorganizations, and succession. Our attorneys work closely with business owners, professionals, and nonprofit organizations to develop and implement strategic plans that reflect operational realities, long-term goals, and tax
considerations.

Our service includes:

• Formation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies for new and existing businesses, professionals, families and non-profit organizations.
• Advising, drafting and negotiating agreements among business owners, including shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, partnership agreements and operating agreements.
• Business reorganizations.
• Mergers and acquisitions.
• Business sales, buy-ins and buy-outs.
• Contracts and agreements used in businesses operations, including purchases, sales, leases, employment agreements, loans, and financing.
• Bankruptcy, work-outs and creditor claims.
• Formation, qualification and ongoing counsel for compliance of non-profit tax exempt organizations.
• Business succession planning and exit strategies.
• Asset protection planning.
• Strategic planning and analysis of the practical, operational, administrative and tax considerations of business formations, reorganizations, mergers, sales and dissolutions.

Many business transitions involve coordinated consideration of tax, estate, and personal planning issues. Our attorneys collaborate across practice groups to help business owners integrate succession strategies, ownership transitions, and long-term planning into their broader business objectives.

Disputes & Controversies
In addition to transactional counseling, our attorneys assist clients when disputes arise and represent them in a wide range of business litigation and dispute resolution matters, including:

• Contract and tort claims
• Employment-related claims and controversies
• Shareholder lawsuits
• Arbitration and mediation
• Tax controversies and audits with state and federal agencies