Deal Structure
Deal architecture for asset and equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, including tax-driven structuring, allocation of economics and risk, and integration with financing, ownership, and exit/succession.
Deal structure requires more than getting documents signed. BLG advises on asset and equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and related business combinations where tax treatment, allocation of economics, financing terms, ownership alignment, and succession implications all matter at the same time.
Litigation & Appeals
Business litigation, ownership and governance disputes, tax controversies, and trust and estate litigation, including trial and appellate matters where strategy is directed at managing risk and driving outcome.
Litigation and appeals often sit inside a larger business or fiduciary problem. BLG handles business litigation, ownership and governance disputes, tax controversies, and trust and estate litigation with attention to the business consequences of each move as well as the courtroom posture.
Estate Planning & Probate
Estate planning for business owners, including trust structures, tax-efficient wealth transfer, and probate and fiduciary administration focused on preserving ownership, control, and succession.
Estate planning and probate for business owners cannot be separated from control, governance, and succession. BLG advises on trust structures, tax-efficient wealth transfer, probate, and fiduciary administration with attention to preserving ownership continuity and decision-making authority.
Contracts
Contract drafting, negotiation, and enforcement for commercial agreements structured to perform under real business conditions and when disputes arise.
Contracts need to work both in ordinary business operations and when relationships become strained. BLG drafts, negotiates, and enforces commercial agreements with attention to business performance, leverage, and dispute posture.
Federal Tax
Federal tax matters, including tax controversy, IRS audits and examinations, appeals, and related matters, focused on planning, exposure, and resolution in matters before the Internal Revenue Service.
Federal tax matters require disciplined attention to planning, exposure, and resolution. BLG advises on tax controversy, IRS audits and examinations, appeals, and related matters before the Internal Revenue Service with focus on the legal, procedural, and business consequences of each step.
State & Local Tax
State and local tax (SALT) matters, including sales and use tax, property tax, nexus, audits, and multi-state exposure, addressing compliance, reporting, and resolution across jurisdictions.
State and local tax matters often surface after growth, operational change, transactions, or multi-state activity. BLG advises on sales and use tax, property tax, nexus, audits, and multi-state exposure with attention to compliance, reporting, and resolution across jurisdictions.
Business Law
Business counsel on entity governance, restructuring, operations, and ownership matters where legal, tax, and risk considerations drive decision-making.
Business law work for BLG is centered on governance, restructuring, operations, and ownership matters where decision-making is shaped by legal, tax, and risk considerations at the same time. The focus is on practical business counsel rather than isolated issue spotting.
Real Estate
Commercial and residential real estate matters, including acquisitions, leasing, financing, development, ownership structure, and related tax and investment considerations.
Real estate work at BLG includes commercial and residential matters involving acquisitions, leasing, financing, development, ownership structure, and the tax and investment considerations that shape the transaction. The focus is on real estate as part of a broader business and ownership picture.
Exit & Succession
Business succession and exit planning, including ownership transitions, buy-sell arrangements, transaction structuring, and governance continuity for closely held companies.
Exit and succession planning requires ownership transitions, governance continuity, transaction structure, and practical timing to work together. BLG advises closely held companies on buy-sell arrangements, ownership transfers, exit planning, and continuity issues with close attention to structure and execution.
Outsourced General Counsel
Ongoing legal support for companies requiring experienced counsel across transactions, disputes, governance, risk management, and contract oversight—providing strategic guidance and day-to-day advice without a full in-house legal department.
Outsourced general counsel work is for companies that need experienced legal support across transactions, disputes, governance, risk management, and contract oversight without building a full in-house department. BLG provides ongoing strategic guidance alongside practical day-to-day advice.
