Business Law & Commercial Transactions
Corporate Formations
OVERVIEW
As the market changes, businesses require legal expertise from attorneys who understand how to respond with business solutions. Centre's attorneys provide sound and practical legal advice in an easy to understand format for its clients.
EXPERIENCE
- Establishment of joint venture to bid on government contracts.
- Advise on affiliation rules in connection with the spin-off of 8(a) eligible entity.
- Change in ownership of limited liability company and novation of government contracts with the U.S. General Services Administration.
- Creation of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York and Washington, DC corporate entities.
- Maintain corporate stock ledgers.
- Draft board resolutions and advise board of directors in connection with mergers and acquisitions, as well as sale of substantially all assets.
Employment & Third Party Agreements
OVERVIEW
Companies are open to unprecedented liability in connection with employee law suits in the current business environment. Centre takes a proactive approach to working with clients to identify risk areas and address them in advance of litigation.
EXPERIENCE
- Develop non-compete agreements for staffing companies operating in the federal sector.
- Advise on corporate compliance policies addressing employee complaints and anonymous hotline information.
- Review and revise non-disclosure agreements.
Intellectual Property & Software Licensing Transactions
OVERVIEW
A company's intellectual property is the crown jewels, and contracting mistakes can render this valuable asset meaningless. Centre's clients trust Centre to protect their intellectual property.
EXPERIENCE
- Revise software license agreement used in Europe for use in the United States.
- Negotiate protections for copyrights and patents in federal government sales transactions.
Leasing & Financing Arrangements
OVERVIEW
Centre assists clients with their course of business financing arrangements, and has developed an expertise in leasing arrangements with the federal government.
EXPERIENCE
- Review and negotiate master purchase agreements with leasing companies.
- Negotiate progress payments and advanced payments where the federal government is the buyer.
- Negotiate loan documents for receivables financing.
- Negotiate terms and conditions for lease of software license and hardware for federal government purchaser.
Teaming & Partnering Transactions
OVERVIEW
Teaming and partnering relationships are the key to fully leveraging government contracts such as your GSA schedule. Centre has developed expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating teaming agreements, participating dealer agreements, reseller agreements and subcontractor agreements.
EXPERIENCE
- Work with business executives to define goals in teaming agreements for commercial and federal sector sales.
- Draft, review and negotiate participating dealer agreements.
- Negotiate federal government reseller agreements.
- Draft, review and negotiate subcontract agreements.
