Practice Area
Purchase, sale, and operating agreements for closely held businesses, from laundromats and gas stations to franchise restaurants and nationwide distribution deals.
Overview
Every agreement the firm drafts is written by someone who has litigated the clause that failed. That is the firm's approach to transactional work: identify where the deal could break, and write the document so that it does not.
Identify where the deal could break. Then write the document so that it does not.
Brian M. Levine represents buyers and sellers in asset sales and stock purchases, and in the purchase and sale of membership interests in real estate holding companies. The firm has closed transactions involving laundromats, gas stations, hair salons, franchise restaurants, and automotive dealerships, and has negotiated management agreements, licensing agreements for commercial intellectual property, and distribution agreements with nationwide retailers.
For the owner of a closely held business, the sale is often the single largest financial event of a career. We treat it that way: with attention to the representations, the indemnities, the non-competes, and the post-closing obligations that determine whether the price on the contract is the price the client actually keeps.
What we handle
Representative matters
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
All representative matters$205K
For: Seller
Represented the seller of a digital media and podcast production company in an action against the purchaser for breach of the business purchase agreement, and secured a judgment of $205,000.
Trade secret claims dismissed
For: Dealership group and its principals
Defended a group of car dealerships and their principals through the pleading and injunction stages of a federal action in the Eastern District of New York, brought by other dealerships and their owners alleging civil RICO violations, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets. On the firm's motion, the court dismissed with prejudice the federal trade secret claims, along with tortious interference, deceptive practices, veil-piercing, and other claims. On the firm's further motions, the court twice held the plaintiffs in civil contempt of its orders and imposed monetary sanctions, including attorneys' fees.
The matters described on this site are illustrative and do not describe every matter the firm has handled. Each matter turns on its own facts, and the absence of a stated outcome should not be read as a comment on the result. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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