Business and Commercial Law

Fort Worth, Texas, Business Law Attorneys

Broude, Smith & Jennings, P.C., provides the legal services that enable businesses to grow and thrive. We assist clients with choice-of-entity selection and entity formation and organization, help them obtain financing, negotiate complex contracts on their behalf, assist them in employment matters and, when necessary, defend their interests against others or prosecute claims on their behalf.

Our clients include entrepreneurs and established small to mid-sized companies across all industries, including oil and gas, commercial real estate, manufacturing, printing, advertising, technology, health care, financial services, and retail. Our firm serves the entire Dallas-Fort Worth area and surrounding counties of North Texas.

Comprehensive Business Law Services
Our mission is to provide reliable advice in plain English, and to be accessible, responsive and cost-effective in meeting our clients' needs.

Broude, Smith & Jennings, P.C., advises on all business law matters pertaining to starting or continuing a successful enterprise:

Start-up and organization—We help clients choose the proper business vehicles to match their needs relating to liability, taxation, management, and profit–sharing concerns. We assist in preparing and filing necessary documents, including:

• Certificates of formation
• Limited partnership or limited liability partnership (LLP) and partnership agreements
• S corporation or traditional C corporation bylaws and shareholder agreements
• Limited liability company (LLC) operating agreements and member agreements

Business Operations—Our business law attorneys offer decades of combined experience in transactional law. Broude, Smith & Jennings, P.C., has handled complex, multimillion-dollar business deals on behalf of its business clients, but we understand that our clients’ work does not stop when the “big deal” closes, so our assistance extends to the day-to-day issues of running any company. Without limitation, we can help your business with:

• Stock-based and asset-based sales and acquisitions
• Mergers
• Financing for start-up, operations, or expansion
• Commercial lease agreements
• Real estate transactions
• Non-compete agreements and client confidentiality agreements
• Construction contracts
• Contracts for goods and services
• Equipment leasing or purchase

Consulting and Litigation—As general counsel to a variety of North Texas companies, we strive to keep clients out of legal trouble and to protect their interests. Our resident tax law adviser and business lawyers counsel clients with respect to:

• Proposed agreements mandated by suppliers or customers
• Employment agreements, option and benefit plans, company policies and separation agreements
• Due diligence in transactions
• Regulatory compliance
• Protection intellectual property through trademarks and copyrights

If disputes arise, our accomplished trial lawyers are aggressive advocates in commercial litigation, whether pursuing your claim or defending against legal action.

Contact our Fort Worth office to arrange a consultation today at (817) 335-1615.