Business & Corporate Transactions

  • We provide negotiating, drafting, analysis, and enforcement services related to a range of contract matters.

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  • We assist with drafting and negotiating employment contracts, employee handbooks, and workplace policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws. Our services also cover areas such as compensation and benefits, employee classification, non-compete agreements, and addressing workplace disputes.

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  • We assist with the formation and structuring of businesses, including entity selection, drafting corporate charters, bylaws, and shareholder agreements. Our services extend to corporate governance, advising on board and shareholder matters, corporate compliance, and regulatory issues.

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  • We assist with the registration and protection of trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets, ensuring your intellectual property rights are secured and enforced. We also advise on licensing agreements, IP portfolio management, and commercial transactions involving intellectual property.

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  • We assist with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial leases, including office, retail, industrial, and mixed-use properties. Our services cover key lease terms, such as rent structures, maintenance obligations, renewal options, and dispute resolution mechanisms.

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Contracts

Contract Stages:

  1. Initial Review and/or Draft

  2. Review and Redline

  3. Strategize

  4. Initiate Negotiations

  5. Agree to Terms

  6. Fully Executed

We provide negotiating, drafting, analysis, and enforcement services related to a range of contract matters.  We believe one of the best ways to avoid a costly dispute is to clearly define the parties’ relationship and obligations with a well drafted agreement.  Spending the time, effort, and money to correctly drafting a contract on the front end can save many multiples of each down the line. 

We draft a wide range of contracts and agreements, including asset purchase agreements; contracts with customers (including service contracts, purchase contracts, rental contracts, etc.); corporate formational and amendatory documents (including articles of organization, articles of incorporation (profit and non-profit), articles of amendment, etc.); corporate governance documents (including operating agreements, bylaws, partnership agreements, etc.); employment contracts (including employee contracts, independent contractor agreements, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, etc.); lease documents (including lease agreements, lease assignments, lease amendments, lease guarantees, and subordination agreements); licensing agreements; loan documents (including loan agreements, promissory notes, deeds of trust, guaranty agreements, commercial security agreements, loan modification agreements, forbearance agreements, consents to indebtedness, estoppel certificates, escrow instructions, etc.); settlement agreements; and stock purchase agreements.

Employment & labor

Types of Services

  • Employment Agreements/disputes

  • Independent Contractor Agreements/disputes

  • Non-Compete Agreements/disputes

  • Policy and Procedure compliance

  • Employee Handbook compliance

  • Compliance Program implementation

We will help you achieve value-added resolutions to employment and labor issues.  We recognize the state, federal, and common law guidelines governing the workplace can be confusing and difficult to navigate.  We are equipped to assist employers, employees, and independent contractors with the frequent issues that arise in the course of employment relationships.

We counsel our clients on Arizona’s “at will” employment statutes, and, when a formal written agreement is appropriate, we structure agreements to protect our clients’ interests.  We advise our clients on restrictive covenants and when they appropriate vs. not appropriate. We also routinely advise our clients on the benefits and disadvantages of executing employment versus independent contractor agreements.

Recognizing that claims against employers not only pose potentially significant financial liability, but also serious business and reputational risk, we seek to handle workplace claims with efficiency and a high degree of sensitivity to business and reputational costs.

general corporate

Entrepreneurs often have questions regarding the advantages and drawbacks of certain business entities, corporate governance structures, and other decisions early in a company’s life cycle.  We can provide proper guidance on these, and many other, general corporate topics.  Our services include:

  • Business Name: We analyze whether there are US trademarks that might prevent you from using a desired business name, and whether you need to file a tradename (i.e., a “doing business as” or “DBA” name);

  • Tradename and Trademark: We analyze whether you should apply for one or more trademarks, and if so, what type of mark and in which goods and/or services classes;

  • Legal Structure: We help you understand the differences between different business entities (e.g., LLCs, S-Corporations, C-Corporations, etc.) and choose the right structure for you;

  • File Paperwork: Each business must follow due diligence to establish themselves in their home state.  We help you file the necessary paperwork with the applicable governmental agency(ies) quickly and efficiently, saving you stress, aggravation, and time;

  • Corporate Governance: You will need to create corporate governance documents that established the rules by which you do business with owners, employees, vendors, etc.  We are highly knowledgeable about the applicable statutory and common law rules governing corporate governance matters, and draft and advise on these agreements to mitigate future governance-related risk;

  • Annual Compliance Needs: A business entity may have annual reporting requirements depending on the type of entity and the state(s) in which it is registered to do business.  We help clients meet their administrative compliance goals; and

  • State Agent Services: Many legal matters are time sensitive, and a client’s attorney’s knowledge of a dispute early generally leads to better and less expensive results.  For this reason, Hurley Law Group offers state agent services to its business entity clients.

Intellectual property

It is important to ensure that your business’s intellectual property (IP), which can be one of its most valuable assets, is adequately protected.  We accomplish this through developing a keen knowledge of clients’ business operations and strategically pursuing IP registration, management, licensing, protection, and enforcement.

​Registration of IP

We assist clients in developing and protecting their brands through registration of trademarks, trade names, and service marks at the state and federal levels.  We can efficiently evaluate your business’ intellectual property and identify the most appropriate mediums for its protection.

​IP Right Enforcement

We offer IP enforcement services to help protect your valuable assets from infringement. We work to ensure that your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets are respected and defended.

​Licensing and Assignment of IP Rights

We work with clients to evaluate treatment of intellectual property in transactions, license or transfer our client’s intellectual property, and acquire the established intellectual property of other parties.

LEasing

We recognize the ability to quickly negotiate and execute leases and other deal contracts can mean the difference between success and failure.  We provide services to commercial landlords, restaurants, retailers, office tenants, healthcare entities, and property managers.  Clients choose to work with Hurley Law Group because we strive to negotiate fair leases that add value to their business operations.  Representation of both commercial landlords and tenants gives unique perspectives on the lease negotiation process, as well as insights into the latest issues and trends facing space users and owners.

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