► Business & Corporate Practice
Axis Legal Counsel’s business practice represents clients start, operate, and grow businesses.
We practice in numerous fields within business and corporate law, including corporate transactions, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, securities law, financings, and related corporate matters. We also represent commercial plaintiffs, small businesses, investors, shareholders, and others in handling disputes and litigation involving business disputes.
► Business Practice Areas
Axis helps businesses with startup and formation tasks. Whether it is a completely new endeavor or changing the operating structure of an existing establishment, Axis can assist with many common tasks required by business entities.
- Corporations
- Limited Liability Companies
- Partnerships
- LPs and LLPs
- Medical Corporations
- Law Corporations
- Start-ups and Early-Stage Ventures
- Private Investors and Investments
- Private Equity
- Lending & Finance
- Business Sales
- Mergers
- Acquisitions
- Buy-Outs
- Combinations
► Corporate Transactions and Agreements
Our transactional practice can handle a broad range of corporate matters, contracts, and transactions for businesses of all sizes, whether involving transactions that are intra-corporate in nature, external, or vertical.
- Buy-Sell Agreements
- Buyouts
- Contracts & Transactions
- Collaboration Agreements
- Franchises & Distributors
- Financing Agreements
- Investors/Investment Agreements
- Intellectual Property Agreements
- Licensing Transactions
- Marketing / Advertising Agreements
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Production Agreements
- Promissory Notes & Lending
- Supply Chain Agreements
- Vendor Contracts
- Technology Contracts
- Numerous others
► Labor & Employment
We can assist businesses with a variety of employment issues spanning employee law, labor law, wage/hour, employee benefits, employee and independent contractor relations, and numerous others.
- Employee Claims and Lawsuits
- Labor Law
- Wage and Hour Compliance
- Employee Benefits
- Employment Agreements
- Executive Compensation Agreements
- Employee Handbooks
- Independent Contractor Agreement
- Performance Reviews
- Recruiting
- Policies and Procedures
- Obamacare / Affordable Care Act Compliance
► Intellectual Property and Licensing
We counsel clients on a variety of intellectual property matters and represent victims of intellectual property theft and infringement. Our coverage extends to:
- Copyrights
- Copyright Infringement
- Copyright Registration
- Trademark Infringement
- Trademark Registration
- Trademarks
- Trade Secret Litigation
- Trade Secret Protection
- Counterfeiting
- IP Transactions
- IP Licensing
► Industries Served
We practice in numerous other legal fields relating to businesses and the operation of a business in California. We have experience in and can provide legal representation in the following areas of law:
- Real Estate
- Banking and Financial Services
- Broker-Dealers and Financial Advisors
- Energy Law
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Technology & Internet Law
- FTC Compliance
- Debtors’ Rights
- Business Defamation
- Government Contracts
- Mobile App Law & Regulations
- Cyberlaw
- Insurance Law & Recovery
- Risk Management
- Privacy / Data Security
- Trade Secret Litigation
- Competitive Business Practices
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► National Recognition
The talent at Axis has been recognized nationally for its legal services in a variety of publications, news outlets and other channels across the nation and internationally.
► Representing Clients from 22+ Countries Internationally
Axis has represented a wide variety of business clients in numerous deals, transactions, contracts, agreements, disputes and legal matters. For information on how we may be able to assist you, please contact [email protected].