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Delivering Big Security for Smaller Businesses

The Kramer Law Firm provides business management and asset protection services to new and small businesses and individuals in the Bethesda and Rockville, Maryland and Washington, DC metropolitan areas.

We focus exclusively on: 
Most new and smaller businesses seek legal counsel only after problems arise.  By that time, even the best legal services will only minimize liability and loss.  At The Kramer Law Firm, we provide proactive legal solutions.  We focus on shielding assets and anticipating future legal pitfalls, so that our clients can eliminate risk, loss and conflict, instead focusing on growth and stability.


The Kramer Law Firm offers this free book to help you learn more about forming and running a business. 

·     An Ounce of Prevention: 9 Legal Tips for Small Business

Because There is Really No Such Thing as a "Small" Business

All businesses -- from the largest multi-nationals to sole proprietors -- share the same goals, face the same legal issues and experience the same risks. The only significant distinction between the two is the dollar values at stake.


The Kramer Law Firm ensures that our clients receive the legal counsel and risk protection commensurate with their enormous financial and emotional investment.
 

The Delaware Advantage
 

Delaware's renowned business statutes
are the nation's most favorable to owners and firms. Delaware has been the international jurisdiction of choice for the formation of corporations, LLCs and partnerships for over a century.  Forming an LLC in Delaware provides entrepreneurs an unparalleled level of flexibility and security.

The Kramer Law Firm offers the Delaware Advantage to Maryland and Washington DC new and small businesses.  Nearly unique among DC-area business attorneys, Seth Kramer has years of experience practicing business law in Delaware.

Buying or Selling Your Business

         The business lawyers at The Kramer Law Firm can guide you through the process of buying or selling a business, from the letter of intent to the closing statement.  We have decades of experience helping entrepreneurs, prospective business owners, and established businesses achieve their business goals with the purchase or sale of a company or a franchise.

        Once you have chosen to buy or sell a business, we can help negotiate the legal terms of the transaction and can draft your asset purchase agreement or stock purchase agreement.  We also draft such documents as:

  • Letters of Intent;
  • Opinion of counsel;
  • Corporate resolutions, amended corporate bylaws and amended operating agreements;
  • Escrow agreements, promissory notes and security agreements;
  • Representations and warranties; and
  • Non-disclosure agreements for employees with sensitive information and non-compete agreements for key employees

Buying A Franchise

The business lawyers at The Kramer Law Firm provide a broad range of services to franchisee clients in transactional matters. We are able to foresee issues and offer more all-encompassing solutions that bring both short- and long-term benefits.

The firm assists franchisee clients in all matters relating to:

  • The purchase of the franchise from the franchisor (or an existing franchisee), including advice on proper due diligence;
  • Business formation, (beginning with the creation and structuring of the franchisee entity, and including the drafting of shareholder or partnership agreements and the LLC operating agreement as appropriate);
  • Review of disclosure documents and franchise agreements;
  • Negotiations with franchisors (including the negotiation of renewals of existing franchise agreements);
  • Real estate, including the review and negotiation of purchase agreements and leases and resolution of environmental and building code issues; and
  • Third-party agreements, including independent contractor, supplier, employment, confidentiality and non-compete agreements.

Forming Your New Business

        The Kramer Law Firm is exceedingly well qualified to assist with the establishment and operation of businesses.  The Firm's principal, Seth Kramer, has drafted hundreds of LLC and partnership agreements, each requiring specific attention to the unique needs of each company.  We will guide you through all aspects of the formation and management of Maryland, DC, and Delaware LLCs, including the development of governing documents needed to ensure that the future operation of the business is consistent with your distinct preferences and objectives. 

If you are starting a new business, the Kramer Law Firm will help with all of your start-up needs, including:
  • Selecting the proper entity form (LLC, corporation or partnership) for your business depending on both legal and tax considerations;
  • Identifying the most favorable jurisdiction for formation;
  • Drafting comprehensive and personalized formation documents;
  • Addressing employment and regulatory compliance issues; and
  • Creating and implementing appropriate third-party contracts and business plans

Operating Your Small Business

As businesses grow, they inevitably need to reorganize. Sometimes one of your key shareholders wishes to sell his/her shares and leave. Or you may have grown to the point where you need multiple subsidiary corporations. You may already be a large enterprise who has just learned that changing your corporate structure, may result in some tax advantages. Regardless of why you reorganize, you need business lawyers to help you through the process.

We can work closely with your accountants and other professional advisors to ensure that your reorganization risks are minimized, and the process is smooth.


We provide counsel in the areas of: 
  • Mergers;
  • Restructuring;
  • Acquisition and sales of businesses or assets;
  • Franchising;
  • Contract drafting and negotiation;
  • Corporate filings;
  • Downsizing and dissolution; and
  • Federal and state tax matters

Tax and Estate Planning

The Kramer Law Firm help clients manage and protect wealth through personalized estate planning solutions that are carried out as each client intends, maximizing financial benefits while minimizing taxes and balancing fiduciary responsibilities with beneficiaries' needs. Although many plans provide for the distribution of assets after death, we also can create a variety of trusts and lifetime gift arrangements to minimize transfer tax impact and establish independent asset management arrangements that allow clients to retain some measure of control of the assets in the trust.
  • General estate planning and wills;
  • Business succession planning;
  • Revocable and irrevocable trusts;
  • Living wills and advance directives;
  • Powers of attorney; and
  • General tax matters

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The Kramer Law Firm LLC
2275 Research Blvd
Suite 500
Rockville, MD 20850

Maryland Small Business Lawyers
Rockville | Bethesda | Gaithersburg | Germantown | Potomac
Washington, DC




The Kramer Law Firm LLC represents small business clients throughout Washington, D.C. and Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland, including the communities of Bethesda, Bowie, Chevy Chase, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Laurel, Potomac, Rockville and Silver Spring and all of the surrounding areas.


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