Business Law

The century-old law firm of Gawthrop Greenwood invites prospective clients to contact us to schedule an initial consultation with one of our attorneys about your legal questions. The Gawthrop Greenwood business law practice is the mainstay of our firm. We provide a full line of services to our business clientele in Chester County and other parts of Pennsylvania. We advise and assist with a full range of issues, from entity selection to capital investment and financing. We help our clients in the formation of a variety of entities including partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies. We also prepare all manner of organizational documents including joint venture agreements, partnership agreements, shareholder buy/sell agreements and limited liability company operating agreements. We work with our clients on financing issues and are fully familiar with commercial and private lending and loan documentation. We also participate in mergers and acquisitions, including both stock and asset purchases and sales.

We have continuing relationships with many of the businesses we work with, assisting them with different issues through the years, from start-up to dissolution. We participate actively in a full range of corporate governance issues and provide advice and assistance with corporate minutes, resolutions, Board of Director and shareholder meetings. We also provide advice and guidance on matters involving fiduciary duties, minority-majority shareholder relations and employment issues, including restrictive covenants. We also work with our clients in the preparation, negotiation and interpretation of a full range of commercial contracts. Supporting our business law practice when necessary, is our commercial litigation group which is well experienced in all aspects of corporate and commercial litigation, including damage claims, breach of fiduciary duty claims, equity actions and injunctions.

When it comes to planning for business succession, and tax issues, the attorneys at Gawthrop Greenwood are second to none.

We also have a significant practice in the area of not-for-profit organizations. The laws surrounding not-for-profit organizations are very specific and are not the same as for other business entities. It takes the expertise of a dedicated group of attorneys to properly advise not-for-profit groups on the legal intricacies involved in setting up and running a not-for-profit group.

Attorneys:
Roger N. Huggins
John M. Erdek
Vera Parenti-Ancone

The law firm of Gawthrop Greenwood serves West Chester, Pennsylvania, and surrounding communities, including Downingtown, Exton, Kennett Square, Main Line Philadelphia, Coatesville, and Paoli, and the counties of Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Berks and Bucks.