Motiva Business Law

Motiva Business Law Danya Shakfeh is the founding attorney of Motiva Business Law. Call 813-214-8555 for a consultation.

She focuses on business transactions, mergers & acquisitions, franchises, commercial leases, operating agreements, corp documents, and & trademarks. Florida and Illinois business transactions lawyer focusing on M&A, franchises, trademarks, operating agreements, corporations, LLCs, and contracts.

02/09/2026

Do you need a "parent" company? For most small businesses, parent companies are not helpful and are just more overhead and complicate an otherwise simple business structure. Putting your multiple businesses under an "umbrella" or "parent" company sounds nice, but mostly, it's not necessary.

Parent companies are useful when investors are involved and the subsidiaries are part of a portfolio, asset protection, or creating anonymous business structures. Otherwise having multiple business entities without a parent company is just all you need.

01/07/2026

Are clients ghosting you? This means you need to vet your clients and follow a process that weeds out low-interest clients so you can focus your energy on clients who are more serious about hiring for your services.



01/05/2026

Congratulations on your new location. The coffee and sweets were so good. I had the salted caramel latte 😋

01/05/2026

It's 2026 and people still don't know what "negotiate" means. Negotiation means proposal, counter-proposal, etc. Simply "rejecting" without any thought often just holds up deals or kills them altogether.

01/04/2026

Does a business owner working from home mean they cannot afford an office? Nope.



01/03/2026

There is no shame in grinding for clients, and bringing in clients is a reality whether you are employed or self-employed.



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01/02/2026

How much does the size of your staff say about thr success of your business? Not much.


01/02/2026

Too often people use vanity as a form of measuring success of a business. Here, in my series, I explain why this is a very problematic take and why it's harmful for business owners? The first question: does being a "solo" business owner automatically mean you are not succeeding?



12/18/2025

Request for proposals (RFPs) do not work for our industry. Every so often, I get a RFP with paragraph-long requests (with deadlines!) asking for a variety of things, including deliverables. Yet, the requester does not bother answering basic questions that helps us determine if we can even help them. RFPs are not common in the legal industry and for a reason, they do not make sense. I often outright reject the clients, especially if they do follow our intake process.

12/17/2025

If you are selling your business, it is very important to be cautious about what information you share with a buyer while the deal is still being negotiated. While a buyer has every right to do their due diligence, a seller needs to be cautious about sharing business or client details, thereby risking the value of their business or the seller's ability to find another buyer. As a seller, do not assume the deal will close and don't forget that it is on you to enforce any confidentiality or non-solicitation agreements if the buyer steals business from you.

10/07/2025

Yes, it can be done -- it is possible for a lawyer to be both practical and still advocate for the client. When I review contracts and work a deal, I am not here to show off and redline for the sake of it. If the feedback does not serve a purpose (eg, minor technicality or formatting preference) then choosing the practical route and focusing on the details that actually matter is the way to go.

This morning at the 's quarterly breakfast and with guest speaker Dr Lisa Richardson, ED.D., VP of Advancement, Innovat...
10/07/2025

This morning at the 's quarterly breakfast and with guest speaker Dr Lisa Richardson, ED.D., VP of Advancement, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships for Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC).

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