A former general counsel, providing advice and guidance on a wide range of legal issues affecting businesses and business owners.
An experienced litigator, responding effectively to commercial disputes and identifying potential litigation risks.
An MBA and former banker, negotiating, structuring, and documenting complex transactions from due diligence to closing.
Businesses and business owners need legal advice not only when they are engaged in litigation or significant transactions, but also as a part of routine operations or strategic planning. Many businesses, however, do not have an in-house attorney or find engaging outside counsel for such matters to be difficult or cost prohibitive.
Wyatt Law, PLLC, however, provides cost efficient legal services to help businesses mitigate risks and to prepare them for executing their business plans. In short, the firm has solutions that provide businesses -- regardless of size -- with the type and quality of legal advice they would receive from an in-house counsel.
Examples of the types of business law counseling services that Wyatt Law, PLLC offers:
Contract Review & Analysis: The examination of existing contracts to identify potential risks and to create a summary of the key financial and legal terms of each contract reviewed.
Having clerked at the North Carolina Business Court and litigated complex commercial cases at large law firms, Edward Wyatt has significant experience in business litigation, including at trial. Consequently, Wyatt Law can handle a wide variety of business litigation, including:
Breach of contract and warranty
Business torts
Business valuation and appraisal actions
Commercial real estate disputes
Creditor/debtor litigation
Estates & trusts litigation
Judicial dissolution
Partnership disputes
Shareholder disputes
Unfair competition & trade practices
Moreover, the firm can also provide pre-litigation advice and respond to subpoenas on behalf of businesses who are not party to the underlying litigation, including the review and production of documents.
The firm also serves as local counsel in federal and state court, including representing corporations in defending class actions.
As a former general counsel, Edward Wyatt has negotiated and documented a wide variety of transactions -- from contracts involving daily operations to the purchase or sale of an entire business. In litigating disputes related to transactions, Edward learned which contractual provisions often lead to litigation, and that attention to detail is paramount to negotiating and drafting effective agreements. Moreover, because he has an MBA and experience as a commercial banker, he understands the practical and financial consequences of legal agreements.
In short, Wyatt Law has the legal and business experience needed to advise businesses and business owners through transactions from start to finish.
Purchasing or selling a business is a complex process that requires counsel who understands both the legal and practical issues of such significant transactions. Wyatt Law offers services in each and every phase of buying or selling a business, including:
Drafting letters of intent
Preparing due diligence requests for purchasers and responding to such requests for sellers
Reviewing materials received in due diligence
Performing comparative analyses of structural options (e.g., statutory merger, asset purchase, stock purchase)
Negotiating the terms of a transaction
Drafting definitive purchase agreements and ancillary documents
Managing the closing of a transaction, including preparing closing documents
Wyatt Law drafts, reviews, structures, and negotiates a wide variety of contracts, both in routine and extraordinary transactions, including:
Commercial leases
Confidentiality agreements
Consulting agreements
Data sharing agreements
Distribution agreements
Equipment leases
Employment agreements
Franchise agreements
Indemnity agreements
Independent contractor agreements
Joint venture agreements
Marketing agreements
Operating agreements
Outsourcing agreements
Partnership agreements
Purchase and sale agreements for commercial real estate transactions
Residential leases
Sales agreements
Shareholder agreements
Sponsorship agreements
Supply agreements
In addition, the firm can develop template agreements for clients to use in continuing operations.
Wyatt Law, PLLC can negotiate, structure, and document both unsecured and secured loans that comply with federal and state laws. In representing lenders in secured transactions, the firm will manage any filings needed to protect the lender's security interest and collateral.