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You have a dream.
The Entrepreneur’s Journey

The entrepreneur’s
journey
formation
capital
people
space
growth
adversity
opportunities
exit strategies
A big giant
audacious goal.
A vision of a company that may someday
rule the world.
Or whichever corner of our planet works for you. After 70 years of working
with visionaries and value creators, we understand the needs of successful
entrepreneurs and provide sophisticated, responsive legal advice to
help you chart your course. Whether your journey is a once-in-a-lifetime
adventure or part of a career of serial entrepreneurship, we have the
experience and skills to partner with you as you reach your destination.
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capital
formation
Starting at
the wellspring.
It all begins with an idea that bubbles to the
surface. From there, the right strategies for forming
your enterprise and raising capital can make the
difference between a company that surges into the
market ecosystem and a fantasy whose well runs dry.
Business Formation and Capital
Services
Every entrepreneur’s journey is unique—but all involve
great initiative and risk. Sirote is there to help you
leverage the opportunity and minimize the risk with
strategies that promote your specifi c goals. We work
closely with you to structure effective business plans,
form start-up enterprises, develop organizational
structures and address
ownership and control issues. In addition, we have
deep experience helping companies raise capital at all
stages of development, from angel investor fi nancing
to venture capital, private placements and public
offerings. Most important, we help you move nimbly and
quickly—a must in this fast-paced era of digitalization
and globalization.
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Industrious
helpers.
It takes a workforce to bring a dream to life. Employees,
investors, board members and consultants all have a role
to play in building an infrastructure and facilitating the fl ow
of business.
Inspiration
fi nds a home.
As your vision gains momentum, it wants to carve out its
own space. Whether you are swimming in local waters or
heading for the open sea, both your location and working
environment are crucial to business growth.
people
space
Employment
Real Estate
Employment policies and practices involve complex
issues of effi ciency, loyalty and trust. Sirote helps
you develop recruitment and retention policies
and benefi ts that balance those interests and
comply with applicable state and federal laws. We’ll
prepare contracts that incentivize hard work and
protect your company through non-disclosure and
non-competition agreements. In addition, we can
develop employment law training programs for your
managers and human resources professionals that
reduce your exposure to litigation.
If workforce disputes do arise, our lawyers have
experience defending companies vigorously in all
aspects of labor and employment litigation, including
discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliatory
discharge, wage-and-hour, and class action suits.
When companies plan real estate projects that
impact their businesses and communities, they turn to
Sirote for quick, effective solutions. We counsel clients
in planning, fi nancing and developing both complex
and routine commercial ventures. From negotiating
transactional documentation and assisting with
fi nancing, to representing clients in eminent domain,
zoning, environmental and other land-use matters,
our real estate lawyers are committed to securing the
locations and terms you need for success.
Because of our deep experience representing the
real estate industry, we understand the pace and
pitfalls of real estate decisions, as well as the pressures
at work on developers and investors. As a result,
we can provide unequalled insight into potential
fi nancing structures and contract terms, along with
options for dispute resolution and pursuing litigation
when needed.
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adversity
growth
New sources
of strength.
Your once small idea is no longer meandering along on its own.
Key customers and local and national governments work with you
to open markets and increase your presence and power.
Twists and turns.
It’s inevitable—get big enough and something will impede your fl ow.
You could face a market choked with competition, an uphill battle in
court, or simply a dry spell in the economy. Whatever the obstacle,
you’ll fi nd a way to push through or carve new paths.
Contract and Economic Development
Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Sirote helps you build the strategic partnerships you
With strong relationships at the state, county and local
Sirote has earned a reputation for aggressive,
To serve the increasing number of parties who choose
need to create, fi nance and safeguard market
levels of government, we are poised to negotiate
effective litigation in state and federal courts
to resolve legal disputes outside the courtroom,
advantage. Our lawyers draft and negotiate
incentives and secure public-private investments for
throughout the Southeast, handling virtually every
we offer a team of attorneys who have received
franchise, distribution, leasing and service agreements
your most important projects. We know why different
type of controversy that can arise in the life of a
special training in alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
customized to your industry and goals. We can
incentives are offered and how each can be used
business. At the forefront of change in modern
techniques—mediation and arbitration. This team has
also help you protect and license your intellectual
to achieve your objectives. As your strategic partner,
business litigation, our attorneys have met the
helped parties settle their differences cost-effectively
property in both traditional and digital markets.
we help you identify and execute creative fi nancial,
challenge of rapidly escalating litigation costs head-
pre-suit, during litigation and on appeal. State,
regulatory and other consultative strategies involving
on by pioneering the use of technology and skilled
national and industry associations have recognized
taxes, transportation and logistics, and land use
paralegals in large, complex cases.
our mediation and arbitration lawyers as experts and
planning and development.
included them on prestigious ADR panels.
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opportunities
exit strategies
A force of nature.
Sophisticated business combinations can turn your
brainchild into an unstoppable misty river—splitting solid
earth, powering cities and shaping the future.
S afe passage
to your future.
The journey that began with a drop of inspiration can lead to an
ocean of opportunity. You may fi nd your way to exotic ports or
undreamed-of exit strategies. We’ve been on this voyage of growth
just like you—and we’ll be there to help you maximize the fi nancial
and personal rewards for your ingenuity, courage and hard work.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Estate and Succession Planning
The process of acquiring or selling a business or asset
As tax considerations play a major role in structuring
As a closely-held or family business, you have highly
Our lawyers approach succession planning as a
offers unparalleled opportunities and challenges.
most mergers and acquisitions, our lawyers
personal needs relating to ownership transition,
multi-tiered, multi-generational process that may
We provide the strategic and substantive advice
have amassed the technical knowledge and
regulation, realization and preservation of value.
include reorganizing equity, updating wills and trusts,
that will help you structure, negotiate, document
experience to address issues such as purchase price
Sirote lawyers are committed to developing
reviewing insurance policies, drafting agreements
and close transactions that meet your business
allocations, preserving net operating loss carryovers,
succession plans that address the needs of three key
and strategizing with fi nancial advisors—as well as
goals. Our lawyers have substantial experience in
and maximizing amortization and depreciation
constituencies: your business, your family and you.
reviewing and updating the plan as circumstances
a broad range of transactions, including corporate
benefi ts. We are committed to crafting innovative,
With decades of experience in these situations, we
change. We pay close attention to tax strategies
structuring and restructuring, joint ventures and
sophisticated solutions that allow clients to meet
have the knowledge and discretion to handle even
that preserve value and enhance liquidity. Working
strategic alliances, public and private offerings,
business goals while managing costs and taxes. To
the most complex and sensitive matters.
together, we will develop a road map that ensures
spinoffs, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts and
that end, we work closely and seamlessly with your
long-term fi nancial security for you and your family
the formation of investment vehicles.
other professional advisors—such as accountants,
while creating confi dence for customers, lenders,
valuation experts and fi nancial planners.
employees and vendors.
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With 100+ attorneys in six offi ces, Sirote & Permutt is one of the
Southeast’s largest full-service law fi rms. For 70 years, we have
provided diverse legal services to an equally diverse client
base of emerging businesses, publicly traded companies,
individuals, trusts, estates and charitable institutions.
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