Our business law attorneys in Illinois and Florida help our business clients draft, strategize, and negotiate their business contracts. Whether you are a business that needs help with contracts for your own clients, or working on a business-to-business (B2B) contract that helps your business grow.
We help clients with a variety of contracts including asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, SAFE agreements, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), non-solicitation agreements, non-compete agreements, and more.
Serving in Illinois: Oak Brook, Burr Ridge, Naperville, Hinsdale, Lombard, Addison, Downers Grove, Oak Park, Darien, Chicago, Lisle, Westmont, Willowbrook, Clarendon Hills, and the Chicagoland Area.
Serving in Florida: Tampa, South Tampa, New Tampa, Wesley Chapel, Odessa, Lutz, and the general Tampa area.
Who enforces contracts? Judges. Ultimately, when it comes down to it, it is judges who enforce contracts. This is why it is important to involve a contract negotiation lawyer when drafting and negotiating your contract. The reason why we enter into contracts is to make sure that we have certain rights in a relationship. I …
Contracts are an essential part of both our professional and personal lives. As civil contract lawyers, we deal with contracts almost daily, often without even realizing it. Whether a company wants to come and provide a service to our home or we are in the process of closing a business deal, we review, negotiate, and …
As a Chicago small business attorney, negotiating skills are paramount to my practice. If you listen to or read work by negotiation thought leaders, you will find, like in any field, differences of opinion. Two of the most well-known books about negotiation are Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In and The Mind and …
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By Ronnie Farhat, Esq. In a perfect world, all contracts we enter into would go accordingly to plan. Unfortunately, the world isn’t perfect and breaches happen. Whether you are dealing with a contract issue as an individual or as a business, it is important to have a basic understanding of what tends to happen when …
It’s a total contract myth that there are ‘standard’ contracts or contract terms. I’ve even heard other attorneys improperly stating that parties can not agree to terms because it’s not ‘standard.’ The truth is that contracts are living, breathing documents that can be changed to suit people’s needs and as long as the courts or …
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A common scenario I see: Two or more friends have a grand business idea and file their Articles of Organization for their LLC. They start taking clients and all goes well… for awhile. They start making money and are excited for growth. Then the honeymoon phase is over. The business partners realize one of their …
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I get a lot of calls for consultations asking me if the employee can sue their employer for firing them. The employee will cite that it was ‘unfair’, that the employer ‘is mean’ or just likes other employees more. However, employers can usually fire employees as they see fit. It does not have to be …
“I don’t know what to do. We agreed about this in a conversation, but we didn’t sign any contracts.” This is a common concern that clients come to me with. Many people mistakenly believe that an oral agreement is meaningless. Fortunately, that is not the case and having an oral contract is still a contract. …
Contracts have many important components but over my years of practice, there is one main reason why people end up in court. The reason is… … non-performance… that was obvious, right? This is a classic ‘breach of contract’ claim. This means that one party in the contract did not fulfill their obligations. So what can …
Here is another FREE resource perfect for new and existing businesses. If you have an idea in the making but need to share it, make sure you have those who are receiving sensitive information sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). We have just uploaded a sample in our free resources section. DOWNLOAD A FREE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT TEMPLATE …