CORPORATE PRACTICE

• Formation and structuring of “hedge funds”
• Structuring of investment advisors and investment management entities
• Investment advisory registrations with the SEC
• Commodity Pool Operator registrations with the NFA
• Structuring and formation of on-shore and off-shore funds
• Master-feeder funds
• Formation of joint back office arrangements

• Formation and financing of independent joint venture entities
• Corporate partnering arrangements
• Formation and financing of start-up ventures
• Representation of venture capital firms

• Formation, acquisition, sale and registration of broker-dealer firms
• Joint Venture and Joint Account Agreements
• Firm Trader and Employment Agreements
• Industry and Customer Arbitrations before the NASD, NYSE and AMEX

• Formation, acquisition and sale of private medical practices
• Provider (Exclusive Service) Agreements for hospital-based medical practices
• Operating Agreements, Partnership Agreements and Shareholder Agreements
• Representation of physicians in practice and employment-related disputes

• Representation of purchasers and sellers, both corporate and individual
• Asset and stock transactions
• Domestic and off-shore transactions
• Tax Planning and structuring

• Structuring and formation of business entities
• Contract review, drafting and interpretation
• Shareholder Agreement, Operating Agreements, Partnership Agreements and Employment Agreements