Business Formations, Expansions and Strategic Divestitures
SWF offers our clients creative solutions to deal with the business challenges associated with formations, expansions and strategic divestitures of their commercial interests. From inception through development, the firm anticipates your business needs and optimally positions your enterprise to enhance growth and mitigate risk. Our firm addresses matters such as:
- Choice of entity
- Liability limitation and risk management
- Operational exigencies
- Tax planning
- Equities market appeal
- Transition strategies
Our clients benefit from the firm’s extensive expertise, ensuring exceptional legal product and responsive resolution. Plus, our firm’s entrepreneurial philosophy encourages our attorneys to consistently seek cost-effective answers to address your business challenges.
Experience
We have meaningful experience with domestic and international matters for both public and private entities within the following diverse industries:
- Banking
- Construction
- Healthcare
- Information technology
- Manufacturing
- Real estate
- Transportation and logistics
Representative experience includes the following matters for our publicly-owned and privately-held clients:
- Represented an international resort and timeshare company in numerous expansionary acquisitions, including $27 million equity acquisition encompassing preparation of Form S-4 registration statement, proxy solicitation and shareholder meeting coordination, and closing the transaction.
- Represented marina developer in multiple private placements of securities in facilitating marina acquisitions and development.
- Represented healthcare service provider in a "Georgia's Top Venture Capital Deals of 2005," according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
- Represented real estate development firm in $21 million divestiture to a publicly-held corporation.
- Represented a trucking sales, leasing and financing enterprise in multiple divestitures aggregating $13 million.
This practice area is led by Chet Hosch. For questions or additional information about our business formations, expansions and strategic divestitures practice, please contact Chet at 404-954-9885 or at chosch@swfllp.com.