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Commercial & Corporate Law

Business decisions often come at moments when clarity matters more than speed.

Owners and entrepreneurs turn to corporate counsel when they are buying or selling a business, restructuring ownership, raising capital, or navigating relationships that will shape the future of the enterprise. These moments carry financial, operational, and personal stakes, and missteps can surface years later as disputes, regulatory exposure, financial exposure, or lost leverage. We help clients evaluate options, understand tradeoffs, and move forward with structures that support both immediate goals and long-term realities.

We support executive management and decision-makers through high-impact corporate moments.

Structuring & Transactions

  • Advise on purchases, sales, and buyouts of closely held businesses
  • Structure ownership, governance, and control arrangements aligned with long-term objectives
  • Negotiate financing, refinancing, and debt restructuring under business-critical timelines
  • Guide joint ventures and strategic partnerships from formation through execution

Governance & Risk

  • Align stakeholders through clear operating, shareholder, and partnership agreements
  • Negotiate commercial contracts that allocate risk without stalling momentum
  • Address executive and commercial employment issues intersecting with ownership and control
  • Anticipate dispute and regulatory risk before it hardens into conflict
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KTAP advises closely held businesses, institutions, and entrepreneurial enterprises on transactions and governance decisions that carry lasting consequences. Our work spans acquisitions and divestitures, ownership restructurings, financings, and complex contractual relationships across domestic and cross-border contexts. We regularly guide clients through business-critical decisions where legal structure, financial exposure, and human dynamics intersect. Our experience includes navigating regulated environments, multi-entity organizations, and transactions that demand both precision and pragmatism, helping clients move forward with confidence in the durability of their decisions.

Speak With An Attorney

  • If you are buying or selling a business and need to understand risk before committing
  • When ownership, control, or governance questions threaten alignment among partners
  • If financing, restructuring, or leverage decisions will shape future flexibility
  • When growth introduces complexity that existing structures can no longer support

Who We Represent:

Founders and owners of closely held businesses.

Entrepreneurs preparing for growth, sale, or transition.

Executives navigating ownership, control, or capital decisions.

Businesses operating across multiple entities or jurisdictions.

Lenders and other financial institutions.

Clients seeking durable structures, not short-term fixes.

KEY Practice Contact

Paul H.Aloe

Barry A. Posner

Stuart R. Kudman

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