Business Planning

The firm offers business planning services to both domestic and international clients.

Corporate | LLC and LLP | Partnerships and Joint Ventures
International Business Organizations | Employee Benefits | Contracts

Corporate

Clients are advised on matters such as organization, finance, distributions, acquisitions, liquidations, dispositions and reorganizations relevant to their venture. Specific corporate tax issues, such as advantages and disadvantages of S corporation election, depreciation, leasing, accounting methods and compensation, are also addressed. The firm also prepares incorporation documents for corporations and limited liability companies and provides the on-going maintenance of these organizations under state and federal law.

LLC and LLP

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AND LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS: The firm advises clients on the advantages and disadvantages of establishing an LLC or an LLP, both within and outside Massachusetts. The firm prepares the initial documents necessary to establish an LLC or LLP, as well as the operating agreements or contracts necessary to govern the relationship between the LLC members or LLP partners.

Partnerships and Joint Ventures

Vacovec Mayotte & Singer has organized partnerships, both general and limited, to provide flexible structures for clients' tax, estate planning and legal needs. The firm's solid experience in special structuring of partnerships provides the most advantageous tax posture for clients in these arrangements.

International Business Organizations

The firm represents United States subsidiaries and affiliates of foreign business entities doing business in the United States. Through coordination with the firm's worldwide network of overseas lawyers and accountants, firm attorneys assist business clients establishing operating entities in foreign locations.

Employee Benefits

The firm provides a full range of services to corporations and self-employed professionals who wish to establish retirement plans. The firm prepares all documents necessary to implement the retirement program as well as obtaining approval by the Internal Revenue Service. Firm attorneys also advise clients on non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements and assist in drafting and implementing such plans.

Contracts

Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer advises business clients establishing direct or indirect sales and marketing operations as well as those beginning manufacturing and licensing ventures. Firm attorneys prepare technology transfer agreements, software licensing agreements and distribution agreements and advise clients on related US tax implications of such arrangements. The firm also advises clients on the methods of protecting valuable technology by assisting in the preparation of appropriate employment and independent contractor agreements, and nondisclosure, non-compete and trade secret agreements, as well as providing corporate representation in employment law matters. The firm assists both individual and corporate clients in resolving disputes related to such agreements and advises clients on the tax implications of settlement payments.