Seasoned For Success
The turn of the millennium is quite an era for Western Colorado businesses. The solid Western Colorado economy presents a business environment with real opportunities for those who are prepared to keep pace. However, increasing tax issues, pervasive regulations and new legal concerns lie ahead for every business.
At Younge & Hockensmith, our attorneys understand the intertwined legal and business needs of the entrepreneur. We grasp the laws, regulations, and bureaucratic procedures that affect our clients' ability to do business profitably.
We are proud of our technical legal expertise. When asked, we also afford our clients the benefit of seasoned and "real world" legal judgment. This ability comes only from long experience with many different kinds of enterprises, solving many different kinds of legal problems.
We help foster profitability
A sensible business and tax plan and a solid corporate foundation lessen the risk of business failure. Corporate legal health fosters growth and profitability.
At Younge & Hockensmith, our attorneys understand the intertwined legal and business needs of the entrepreneur.
We regularly assist Western Slope businesses in:
- Handling employee relations and labor disputes. In the past few years, the effects of state and federal legislation, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, have been immense and will only increase.
- Incorporating small businesses with attention at the outset to the important details of stock purchase agreements, corporate governance, and employment agreements.
- Establishing sound business and tax plans.
- Drafting contracts and enforcing receivables.
- Acquiring land and building on it.
- Financing start-ups or expansions. We have expertise in many forms of debt and equity financing, including bank financing, industrial revenue bonds, and equity securities.
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property -- trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, patents and know-how -- has become critically important to many clients in recent years. It's vital for these assets to be protected against theft from within and challenge or infringement from without. We carry on an active practice in creating and protecting client rights in intellectual property of all kinds, and in the transfer and licensing of these rights in a tax-wise manner.
The booming activity in this practice area has led some to predict that intellectual property will surpass real estate as a practice specialty in the coming years. We will be ready for it.
Regulatory Work
Younge & Hockensmith lawyers advise or represent our clients in a wide variety of regulatory matters, local, state and federal. These include securities matters, financial institution regulations, land use matters, employment matters, insurance, and tax. We have had excellent success in advancing and defending the positions of our clients.
We would characterize our relationship toward most regulatory bodies as an "outsider's" one, rather than that of "one of the boys." We are not overly confrontational in our regulatory efforts, but we pursue our clients' interest with the vigor and tenacity that an outsider's approach permits. When our client is confronted with a regulatory problem that seems better suited to handling by an "insider," we promptly refer the matter to the best available firm in that position.
We work hard to keep our clients aware of new legal or regulatory developments that may affect their businesses or personal finances. When we can, we alert clients to trends or fast-breaking changes in the law that hold opportunities for gain or loss.
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