Murray and Black are qualified Business and Corporation Law Attorneys in Willoughby Ohio. Our firm advises businesses, including domestic corporations, for-profit and not-for-profit companies, small business start-ups, small businesses and entrepreneurs. We counsel businesses during all stages of their life-cycles: from formation, to operation, to expansion via acquisition or franchising, to dissolution.

For entities of all sizes and in all realms, we handle the following as your business lawyer (also referred to as
corporate lawyer or small business lawyer), among providing other services:

Choosing the right structure of operation (e.g., limited liability company (LLC), corporation, DBA, partnership)
Business formation and dissolution
Real Estate matters, including leases
Partnership agreements, joint venture agreements and strategic alliance agreements
Negotiation and preparation of deal term sheets, LLC operating agreements and shareholder agreements
Commercial leasing
Non-competition agreements
Formation of tax-exempt not-for-profit companies (e.g. 501(c)(3));
Contractual disputes (including collections and enforcement of obligations)
We’ll prepare operating agreements and shareholder agreements. We can help you collect revenues and
reduce not just liability—but also loss.

Whether you’re launching a start-up, growing or expanding your existing business, or forming a domestic or foreign
business, you might not know where to start. You should consider speaking with a corporate lawyer from Murray and Black. We drill down to what’s important—so that you can form your business correctly from the start.