PREMIER FULL-SERVICE BUSINESS LAW
Santa Monica has a thriving business community, and at KLEIN.LAW, we love being a part of it. Our business law attorneys get our clients business’s running smoothly from the point of formation and throughout each phase of their business’s life.
As part of this community, we have a personal as well as professional desire to see you succeed. Contact us today to learn more about who we are and how we will help your business thrive, too.
WHY YOU NEED A RESOURCEFUL BUSINESS LAWYER IN CALIFORNIA
No matter if your business is still an idea ready to sprout or a community staple where everyone knows your name, legal issues abound throughout the course of any business. If you don’t have in-house counsel, you should consider building a relationship with a business lawyer or law firm. It’s about running a smooth business operation, about making sure you are in compliance with the laws, and about anticipating what the future may bring and proactively addressing it today.
Here are just a few reasons why you should consider a business lawyer in Santa Monica:
- A lawyer can help you avoid common and not-so common mistakes. If you aren’t well-versed in the legal system, there are many legal pitfalls into which you could fall. A legal pitfall can close your business, or in the least cause serious disruption.
- A lawyer can help prevent or fight a lawsuit. As a business, you deal with clients and customers regularly. When something goes wrong, a mistake occurs, a disagreement materializes, or whatever it may be, the relationship can break down. At KLEIN.LAW, we bring the parties together to talk, to negotiate, to solve problems. In our litigious society, we know everyone is ready to file a claim, it’s our goal to prevent it. Even so, if a lawsuit is filed, we still continue to solve the problem or aggressively take action to defend your rights.
- A lawyer can help you stay on top of an ever-changing legal environment. The law, it’s what lawyers do. A good business lawyer will stay abreast of all the changes in the law, even laws not specific to business but that can still impact businesses. At KLEIN.LAW, we take it one step further: we stay abreast of the law and proactively help your business adapt quickly so that you are one step ahead of your competitors.
- The right lawyer can be your business’s competitive advantage. In business, shifting to a proactive legal mindset can be an advantage. On the one hand, your business attorney should take a preventive approach to your legal matters: making sure all t’s are crossed and i’s are dotted to prevent legal problems. On the other hand, your business attorney should complement this strategy with a positive approach, meaning steps are taken to turn a potential legal problem into a potential advantage. At KLEIN.LAW, this is what we do.
Practice Areas
why choose us
15 Years Of Experience
High level of integrity and professional ethics
Understanding our clients’ businesses and tailoring our advice accordingly
We operate as an integrated team, and we earn our clients’ trust while achieving their objectives
OUR APPROACH TO BUSINESS LAW
We are proactive and pragmatic in our approach to business law. We listen to your business plans, needs, goals, and issues. We advise accordingly on all your legal options and opportunities, noting what can benefit your company while bearing in mind what’s practical compared to what’s financially prudent.
Ultimately, we approach business law as if your business was ours. What is in your business’ best interests (and not necessarily yours personally)? What is advantageous? What is foreseeable? What is feasible? And then we help make that happen from the legal side of things.
WHO BENEFITS FROM OUR CALIFORNIA BUSINESS LAW PRACTICE
You could be a mom-and-pops shop or an advertising firm employing 250 people in California and throughout the United States, at KLEIN.LAW, we customize our business law services to address your specific business operations. In sum, we represent clients at all phases of a business’s life cycle, particularly small to medium-sized business.
NEW COMPANIES AND STARTUPS IN CALIFORNIA
First thing’s first, you need to make sure your company formation is the one best suited for your purposes. There are benefits for each type of legal structure, whether it’s a sole proprietorship, business partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or another specific structure. We can outline each for you and align the the advantages and disadvantages with your goals.
Structuring your startup isn’t the only consideration for a new company. You’ll need organizational documents that are solid and strategic. You’ll need to register your business and file documents timely and properly with the right government agencies. You may need to create executive employment agreements, partnership agreements, stock incentive plans, employment policies, and best practices. There are also tax strategies you’ll want to consider alongside a long-term business strategy. You may need angel and venture financing to get your business started off. You may also benefit from advice on commercial leases or real property acquisitions.
We have a wealth of resources and a deep understanding of the laws related to your business. We use all our tools to provide comprehensive business law services to your new company.
ONGOING REPRESENTATION FOR YOUR SANTA MONICA BUSINESS
We offer a range of ongoing representation for mature businesses in Santa Monica and the great metropolitan area. These services include but are not limited to:
- compliance with laws and regulations<
- licensing and distribution transactions
- contract and document creation or review
- negotiation during a dispute or litigation
- exit strategies, including estate planning
- much more.
FULL-SERVICE BUSINESS LAW REPRESENTATION FOR YOUR INDUSTRY
In California, you can find a business in almost any industry. Chances are: we have experience in your industry already. Examples include the gig economy, the arts and entertainment, advertising, consumer products and services, e-commerce, franchising, software, and others.
The benefit of working with clients in industries from across the board is this: experience, and it’s this experience that fundamentally informs and distinguishes our business law practice. We help shape the business community in and around Santa Monica, California.
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Keep in mind that our legal services aren’t specific to business law but to a range of law practice areas that complement each other.
If you are in need of litigation (e.g., negotiations break down) or want to explore or address business matters that relate (or not necessarily so) to real estate, estate planning, and/or intellectual property, then we have the legal skills and knowledge to comprehensively and strategically assist you.