Business Organizations
We represent a wide variety of businesses including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietorships. From start-up to winding-up, we provide full service to our clients. Here are some examples of companies we helped organize and continue to represent. Because we practice in both Illinois and Wisconsin, Lakelaw can be particularly helpful to firms in Northeast Illinois and Southeast Wisconsin who operate both in Illinois and Wisconsin. Jim McNeilly is licensed to practice in Minnesota, so we can handle cross-border organization issues in the 7 Rivers Region of Wisconsin and Minnesota around La Crosse.
- Limited liability company for franchise restaurant operator
- Limited liability companies for home-builders and remodeling companies
- Corporation for wholesale clothing distributor
- Limited liability companies for real estate investor and developer designed not only for business organization but also asset protection purposes
- Limited liability company to buy businesses in the nursing home industry
- Limited liability company to acquire “Curves” franchise
- Tax-exempt organizations for an amateur radio club, a youth soccer foundation and several Mexican-American social clubs
- Limited Liability Company for a landscape architect which bought the going concern of a landscaping firm
- Limited Liability Company for a residential and commercial mortgage broker
- Limited Liability Company which invests in other businesses throughout the company, such as plastic extruders and manufacture of catamaran boats.
Case Study
In 2008, our Spanish-speaking clients consulted Lakelaw. Having worked in restaurants for years, they wanted to open their own. For a reasonable flat fee, we formed a limited liability company, we negotiated their lease and we reviewed their franchise agreement and franchise disclosure statement. And we conducted this business entirely in the Spanish language. To help our new business clients get off to a good start, we provide corporate services at a reduced fee for the first 6 months of the business and require no further payments during those six months.
We counsel people about business planning, introduce them to an accountants and banks, help arrange for an initial line of credit, including SBA loans and assure compliance with all licensing and regulatory requirements.
In each of these cases, we helped the founders create their dreams. And we continue to help them on a day-to-day basis as they live their dreams. We make it easy for them to do so, on either a convenient monthly retainer that fits their budget or on an “as-needed” basis. We offer a special “start-up” fee arrangement to help our small business clients get off to a sound start.
