Business Transactions & ownership
Structure. Ownership. Governance.
Ezra advises business owners and investors on how to put deals together, how to structure ownership, and how to build in the protections that matter when things get complicated. His focus is on the mechanics beneath the transaction, making sure the deal you close is the deal you actually intended.
Areas of Representation
- Business acquisitions and sales, including asset purchases, stock purchases, and membership interest transfers
- Letters of intent and term sheets
- Operating agreements and limited liability company governance
- Joint ventures and strategic business arrangements
- Ownership structures, equity participation, and profit-sharing arrangements
- Ownership transfers and restructurings
- Buy-sell provisions, deadlock mechanisms, and succession planning among owners
- Indemnification, representations and warranties, and other risk-allocation provisions
- Commercial agreements related to the operation and growth of the business
Ezra works with clients from the early stages of a transaction through negotiation, documentation, due diligence, closing, and post-closing matters.