Corporations

The corporate law attorneys at Structure Law Group, LLP provide comprehensive legal services to both public and private companies. With locations in San Jose, Los Angeles, Austin, TX, and Lake Oswego, OR, a suburb of Portland, we have the reach and resources a Portland startup needs to ensure their business hits the ground running.

Our expansion into emerging tech hubs like Portland and Austin, along with our established presence in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, allows us to offer exceptional representation to businesses in the tech sector and other industries. We strive to provide the resources of a large firm with the personalized service of a small firm. SLG attorneys become closely involved in your business from the start, helping you build a strong foundation and expand into new markets when you're ready.

Our experienced Oregon corporate lawyers work directly with companies to secure funding, draft articles of incorporation, file necessary paperwork with regulatory agencies, and navigate the evolving regulatory landscape.

SLG offers a wide breadth of services to new and established companies. These include:

• Acquisitions
• Equity compensation
• Formation
• NDA agreements
• Raising capital
• Stock option plans
• S-corporation
• Shareholder agreements
• Tax-exempt status
• Benefit corporation
• Buy-sell agreements
• Bylaws
• Business contracts
• Corporate conversion
• C-corporation
• Corporate compliance
• Dispute resolution

The Portland corporate attorneys at SLG help new companies draft articles of incorporation, bylaws, decide on matters related to their corporate structure, and raise funds for their venture. Our attorneys have, for decades, worked closely with tech startups in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles making us uniquely suited to address the corporate concerns of companies in Portland that need to navigate complex legal matters related to disruptive technologies. We are highly skilled at developing corporate structures that insulate companies from liability and meet the needs of investors. By establishing a lifelong rapport with our clients, we can provide them with personalized solutions to complex matters evolving under a changing regulatory landscape.

SLG helps Portland startups secure funding. We work with our clients through every stage of their venture. The first steps can often be the hardest, but having skilled corporate attorneys anticipate any pitfalls can be the best initial investment you make in your company’s future. 

With the resources of a large law firm and the personalized attention of a small law firm, our goal is to help your company meet its goals. Our attorneys take the time to get to know our clients, review their business plans, and provide advise on funding and corporate structure. This process includes helping you decide what type of corporate structure best meets the needs of your business.

SLG will draft and file all incorporation documents with the necessary agencies including the Secretary of State, the Department of Corporations, the IRS, and all of the other government organizations that require paperwork.

SLG helps startups during their post-incorporation ventures as well. Our goal is to structure each of your contracts in a manner that maximizes your corporation’s leverage, meets the immediate needs of your growing company while focusing on your long-term goals as well. 

SLG’s corporation operations services include:

• Drafting confidentiality agreements and NDAs
• Hiring and firing of employees
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Minutes, resolutions, and consent agreements
• Organizing board meetings
• Record analysis and review
• Contract drafting, review, and negotiation
• Corporate litigation
• Dispute resolution
• Dissolution or sales of a corporation

SLG works collaboratively with each of our clients to meet all of their individual goals. This includes protecting your company from damaging liability, drafting contracts, handling executive and employee disputes, and handling shareholder disputes should any emerge.

SLG has worked closely with Silicon Valley startups in the largest tech sector in the world. As these businesses have expanded to emerging tech sectors, such as Portland and Austin, we too have expanded our locations. Having worked with startups in Silicon Valley that have gone on to become major players in the tech industry, SLG can help your Portland startup manage any of the following needs:

• Raising working capital
• Creating multiple classes of stock
• Devising stock option plans and issuing options
• Exploring ICOs as a possible revenue source
• Creating exit strategy options

SLG prides itself on watching our clients’ businesses grow and expand. 

SLG offers comprehensive corporate representation to both new and established companies throughout the major tech hubs of the United States. With outlets now in emerging tech hubs like Portland and Austin, we hope to form relationships with emerging startups that are looking to establish themselves and realize their dreams. However, barriers in the corporate marketplace can be overwhelming and without quality representation, emerging firms can expose themselves to liability or get buried under a mound of red tape. 

SLG has helped hundreds of corporations establish themselves and protect their interests by avoiding the costly pitfalls that many startups face. Call the Portland corporate lawyers at Structure Law Group, LLP today at (503) 388-3000 and we can begin discussing your options immediately.