Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP is a full-service commercial law firm. Whether it is negotiating or drafting licensing and software agreements; advising on joint ventures; buying or selling a business; helping raise capital; forming a new fund or business; establishing a distribution channel; dealing with employment law issues; starting a franchise; leasing, buying, selling or buildi
ng real property; protecting intellectual property; resolving litigation and disputes; complying with regulatory rules; or simply addressing day-to-day legal business operating issues, Tannenbaum Helpern’s attorneys take great pride in providing quality counsel and practical solutions. Since 1978, Tannenbaum Helpern has guided clients across industries through periods of challenge and opportunity through a combination of insight, creativity, industry knowledge, senior talent and transactional know-how. Tannenbaum Helpern attorneys are seasoned professionals recognized in their respective areas of specialization in Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers and Chambers USA and are AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. For more, please visit us at www.thsh.com. This page may constitute Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions. Legal services we offer are as follows:
Business Reorganization, Debt Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights
- Creditors' rights issues arising in the context of loans, loan workouts, asset sales and acquisitions, and real property and equipment lease transactions
- Chapter 11 reorganization
- Bankruptcy avoidance, including non-judicial reorganizations and liquidations
- Legal analysis and opinion letters: substantive consolidation, fraudulent conveyance, letter of credit and other bankruptcy-related issues
- Section 363 sales
- Bank loans and other claims
Corporate
- Mergers & acquisition
- Joint ventures
- Equity offerings
- Private placements
- Business formation
- Operating agreements
- StartMeUp
Employment Law
- Pre-employment inquiries, wage and hour planning, overtime issues, social media, federal and state labor law compliance and employment discrimination
- Employment manuals & policies
- HR compliance
- Employment agreements
- Workforce reduction
- Wage & Hour litigation
- Discrimination claims and litigation
- EEOC issues
Family Office
- SEC, FINRA, CFTC and state investment adviser regulatory matters, regulation, registration and compliance
- Single and multi-family office structures
- Inter-generational agreements and trust structures
- Capital and seeding agreements, including capital investments outside of the family
- Due diligence with regard to alternative investments
Investment Management
- Fund formation
- Master feeder funds, umbrella funds, class funds, private funds, funds of fund
- Structured finance arrangements
- SEC, CFTC, NFA, FINRA registration
- Private letter relief and enforcement proceedings
-Federal & state securities law compliance
- Private placements and other offering memoranda
- Disclosure documents and ancillary contracts
- Emerging Manager Initiative
Governmental and Regulatory Investigations
- Governmental investigations and enforcement actions
- SEC enforcements
- CFTC and FINRA investigations
- Insider Trading
- Claw back claims
Intellectual Property
- Copyrights
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Trade secrets
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Commercial litigation and disputes
- Arbitration
- Mediation
Real Estate, Construction and Environmental Law
- Commercial real estate transactions
- Real estate developments
- Office and retail leasing
- Workouts
- Loan restructuring
- Asset acquisitions
- Foreclosures
- Condo and co-op sponsor defaults
- Architect, design and construction contracts
- Contaminated property, water and wetlands issues
- land use matters
Tax Law
- Tax structuring for on-shore and office investment funds, inbound US investments, M&A, cross-border real estate investments
- Executive compensation, deferred compensation arrangements, incentive and nonstatutory stock option plans, profits interest plans and phantom stock or interest plans
- Opinion letters and ruling requests to the Internal Revenue Service
- The operations and investments of tax-exempt organizations
Trusts and Estates
- Estate planning and administration
- Tax planning
- Patriot Act compliance for tax-exempt organizations
- Wills and trusts
- Power of attorney
- Healthcare proxies
- Pre and post-nuptials
- Family trusts and partnerships
- Gifting and gift tax
- Elder care planning
- Trust and estate litigation
- Probate proceeding
