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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.

09/23/2026

I get asked a lot by business owners who want to know if they can open another location of their business while co-owning it with someone else, and licensing the business model, in order to go around the franchise rule to avoid providing the franchise disclosure documents to franchisees. However this approach does not create an exemption to the franchise rule. If it walks like a franchise and talks likena franchise, it is a franchise, and the franchisor must follow the franchise law.

09/17/2026

If a buyer and seller cannot agree on a purchase price in a business acquisition, there are a few ways to close that gap. The options include an earn-out agreement, seller-financing, or roll-over equity. Knowing these options allow parties to complete the transaction.

09/16/2026

What kind of lawyer do you need for your business? There are two types of lawyers: 1) transactional business lawyers and 2) business litigators. If you are starting a business or negotiating a deal, then you want a transactional lawyer who is strong in negotiations. If you have a dispute, then you should seek a litigator. Some lawyers do both, but I have found that litigators are due aggressive in transactional matters, and transactional lawyers are not aggressive enough in a dispute. Knowledge of the law is one thing, but a skillset and mindset is another.

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 đŸ˜‹

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.


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30740 FL-54, Suite 136
Wesley Chapel, FL
33543

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