The Business & Transactional practice group has been a cornerstone practice of DBL Law since our firm’s inception. Our attorneys have the experience and expertise to deliver effective and efficient counsel to our clients.

We represent businesses of all sizes, from start-up companies to medium and large businesses, on a wide range of issues that span the life cycle of business including start-up and formation, contract drafting and negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, exit and succession planning in addition to day-to-day legal matters. We work with you to design and execute plans that are tailored to meet your business’s unique needs and goals.

We collaborate with our colleagues in the Labor & Employment, Banking & Commercial, Real Estate, Tax Planning & Compliance and Estate Planning & Probate practice groups, along with your other trusted advisors, to carry out strategies that help your business grow and thrive in a complex world.

Chair: Jim Dressman
Vice-Chair: Colleen Fausz

Capabilities

• Advisory representation at shareholder and director meetings
• Audit preparation and compliance
• Business and non-profit formation
• Business classification assistance, including minority- and women-owned business formation and consultation
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Coordination of public offering of securities with outside counsel
• Corporate governance
• Design and operation of stock options, employee compensation and retirement plans
• Director and officer compliance training and consultation
• Drafting and negotiating contracts
• Legal and regulatory due diligence
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Preparing opinion letters
• Sale agreement negotiations

Clients Served Include

• Entrepreneurs
• Non-profit organizations including religious, educational, charitable, philanthropic and governmental entities
• Small-to-large businesses
• Start-up companies

Affiliated Memberships

• ACG Global
• Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Covington Business Council
• Greater Louisville Inc.
• Jeffersontown Chamber of Commerce
• Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
• National Business Institute
• Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce