Bay Area and Northern California Business Lawyer
High Quality Legal Services for Businesses
Businesses, whether high-technology, manufacturing, licensed professionals or startup companies share the same goals as large corporations: creating excellent products or services and making money.
What many smaller and newer companies don't have is in-house counsel.
We are the Law Office of Lynnette Ariathurai, a Professional Corporation. We want you to think of us as your "in-house counsel" for all your business law needs.
You want to focus on what you do best: running your business. Legal matters are the last things you want to deal with. However, legal issues arise out of everyday business ventures. With astute legal counsel, you can keep your business successful by anticipating and preventing many problems. Without good legal advice, those problems can swamp you. Preventive law saves time and money.
Internet Filing Services for Corporate Documents Are Not Comprehensive
It is tempting to try and cut legal costs by using Internet filing services to prepare your corporate papers; they're cheap and fast. They file articles of incorporation, provide you with a tax ID and send you a book — and leave you believing you are properly incorporated or have set up a legal LLC.
Unfortunately, Internet filing services are not business lawyers — they cannot advise you on the unique circumstances of your business. They won't represent you in court if there are problems with your business setup. They can't help you maintain your organizational status.
Of course, there is more to quality business counsel than organizational documents. Internet filing services cannot and will not provide guidance on government regulations, annual requirements and filings, employment law, corporate governance, stock issuance, contracts, and other legal issues. Many important legal considerations specific to your business are left unaddressed.
We know, because we are often called upon to clean up the resulting mess. In the long run it is less expensive, both financially and emotionally, to get the job done right the first time.
A Full Service Business and Corporate Law Office
Attorney Lynnette Ariathurai can advise and represent you in all legal areas that affect your business, including initial organizational formation and startup, buying and selling of businesses or assets, and ultimate dissolution.
We see contract negotiations as an opportunity to anticipate and avoid potential problems. We handle independent contractor agreements, service provider agreements, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, commercial leases, franchise agreements, Web site disclaimers, and technology license agreements.
When necessary, we will represent you in dispute resolution involving employment law issues, shareholders, investors, or other businesses. Our firm advises and represents business clients in computer and technology law.
Give us a call. We think that you'll like our approach to the law: focused, efficient and smart.
Contact a business lawyer at the Law Office of Lynnette Ariathurai, a Professional Corporation, today to discuss how we may help you.