Overview

Businesses today are facing some of the greatest organizational and economic challenges in decades.

Navigating ongoing business issues and addressing complex enterprise challenges are a critical part of any company’s daily concern. Our Business Transaction and Litigation Group attorneys have extensive experience representing companies in a broad range of transactional and litigation matters. Serving as a partner for our client’s needs and goals, we have represented both large, international corporations and small, start up companies with important business transactions and business-related litigation for more than twenty years.

Our attorneys bring exceptional skill and expertise in corporate law, presenting a diverse range of experience capable of delivering effective and strategic representation. We have experience in handling virtually every type of issue that arises in business transactions and litigation, including:

• Structuring mergers, acquisitions, financing agreements and other strategic business alliances
• Negotiating and drafting contracts, leases, licensing and franchise agreements and other agreements
• Protecting a business' intellectual property, including copyrights and trademarks
• Negotiating employment agreements and consulting on employment-related matters
• Assisting in the formulation of business exit strategies and the dissolution or wind down of a business

Choosing the right partner for your business transactions and business-related litigation is one of the most important steps for a business decision maker. Our attorneys have extensive experience advising clients engaged in a wide variety of business transactions, including entity formation and governance, mergers and acquisitions, business exit strategies, employment and non-compete agreements, intellectual property, strategic alliances, commercial real estate and other business litigation.

The Difference is Our People
With more than twenty years of experience, we handle hundreds of corporate legal transactions on a yearly basis. The attorneys in our Business Transaction and Litigation Group are dedicated to exceeding a client’s goals and represent clients in almost every facet of corporate law. We work closely with clients to ensure thorough, thoughtful planning and preparation will help pave the way to highly successful transactions, mergers, acquisitions, agreements, joint ventures, asset and stock purchases, protections and alliances.

Our attorneys regularly speak, present and publish at high-profile events and conferences pertaining to corporate law and business strategy. We have assisted Fortune 100 companies, large privately-held organizations and international businesses to identify, address, and minimize overall risk in an effort to structure a transaction that accomplishes objectives.

The 2008 Atlanta Business Chronicle's Annual Book of Lists ranked HBSS among Atlanta’s elite law firms within three leading categories:

• Number 20 of Atlanta's Top 25 Law Firms
• Number 9 of Atlanta's Fastest Growing Law Firms by Revenue
• Number 5 of Atlanta's Fastest Growing Law Firms by Attorneys