| Corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; |
| Purchases and sales of businesses, corporations and assets; |
| Counseling and representation in raising capital and in financing; |
Assistance in negotiation of loans; analysis and preparation of loan documents;
determination of the most advantageous form of organization - sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or limited liability company; |
| Tax planning in selecting and structuring the form of organization; |
| Preparation of documents required to form the organization and to issue and sell its securities; |
| Advice and guidance in conducting shareholder meetings; |
| Advice to corporate boards of directors and attendance at their meetings; |
| Preparation of corporate minutes; |
| Issuance of stock certificates and maintaining stock records for privately owned companies; |
| Agreements among shareholders, and between shareholders and their corporations, including, for example, restrictions on the transfer of stock and provisions relating to the disposition of stock in the event of certain contingencies; preparation of similar agreements among partners, and between partners and their partnerships; preparation of similar agreements among members of limited liability companies; |
| Formation of general and limited partnerships (including syndications for developers, investors and others); |