Las Vegas Business Attorneys
Experienced Las Vegas Business Lawyers in Nevada and Beyond
Nevada's tax climate and economic circumstances have spurred rapid development in Kolesar & Leatham’s corporate, business, bankruptcy, and litigation practice groups and created a challenging business environment in which to perform and grow. While many of our clients are Nevada-based, our Las Vegas business attorneys represent clients from across the United States and also from foreign countries operating in Las Vegas and Nevada to take advantage of Nevada's business-friendly environment.
Our Clients
The business attorneys of Kolesar & Leatham work with clients in Las Vegas and throughout the country in many fields including the following:
- Real estate development
- Banking
- Commercial litigation
- Construction litigation
- Mechanic’s liens and priority issues
- Privilege licensing
- Alcoholic beverage licensing and siting work
- Hospitality
- Manufacturing
- Finance
- Insurance/Suretyship
- Agribusiness
- Distribution
- Retailing
- Service businesses and professions
- Public entity representation
Our Services
- Entity selection, organization, and governance
- Counsel in business licensing issues, particularly in matters related to financial institution clients, and hospitality such as gaming and liquor licensing laws in Las Vegas and Nevada,
- Local counsel in connection with financing transactions involving non-Nevada parents or affiliates
- Sophisticated business litigation in Las Vegas and across the United States on an eclectic landscape of subjects and issues
- Asset securitizations and related transactions
- Mergers and acquisitions of businesses or assets
- Executive employment and compensation
- Structuring and negotiation of loans and other credit and commercial transactions
Business Organization Lawyers
Kolesar & Leatham is active in providing counsel with respect to entity formation and legal services to a sophisticated clientele of corporations including national and multi-national corporations, partnerships, and individuals. The firm's business attorneys often work in conjunction with out-of-state clients’ corporate and tax counsel, as well as Las Vegas and Nevada-based service companies, which provide nexus services to the Nevada entity.
After the entity is established, many clients retain our business lawyers as counsel in connection with commercial transactions such as financing, mergers, and property acquisitions. These services frequently include the rendering of legal opinions concerning the application of Nevada law to various aspects of embedded business transactions.
Our attorneys counsel clients on the distinct forms of new business, including the following:
- Corporation
- Partnership
- Limited partnership
- Joint venture
- Proprietorship
- They provide counsel related to the following:
- Drafting organizational documents
- Acquisition of necessary state and local Las Vegas business licenses
- All federal, state and local tax ramifications of engaging in business
Officers, Directors, and Employees
We give advice on duties and exposure of corporate officers, directors and employees, employment contracts, compensation arrangements, shareholder agreements and employee benefit plans.
Stockholder Matters
We handle shareholder meetings and disputes, governance issues, stock issuance and transfer, and shareholder and stock redemption agreements.
Acquisitions
We oversee acquisition and sale of assets or business entities, tax-free reorganizations, and financing of acquisition and sales.
Contact Our Business Lawyers Today
If you have questions for a business attorney or are in need of sophisticated legal representation in one of our other areas of practice, contact Kolesar & Leatham today by calling 702-997-8358 or sending an email to mailto:info@klnevada.com.
