Business, Contract & Corporate Law

Counsel for Every Stage of Business

At DPS Law, we bring two decades of business and corporate legal experience to entrepreneurs, investors, and companies navigating growth. As Chief Counsel, David Sheehan’s background as both a legal advocate and an entrepreneur means you get counsel that understands both the legal roadmap and the business reality of building a company.

Whether you are a founder launching your first company, a business owner navigating a partnership dispute, or an owner preparing to sell after decades of work, DPS Law provides the clear, actionable guidance you need to operate and grow with confidence.

Launching, scaling, or exiting a business without the right legal foundation exposes owners to disputes, lost equity, and costly restructuring. DPS Law delivers proactive, business-minded strategy — not just reactive legal advice.

Contract Law

The intersection of contracts, corporate structure, and growth strategy represents one of the most consequential decisions a business owner will make. Rules governing entity formation, ownership, and commercial agreements are dense and unforgiving — a misstep in structure or documentation can jeopardize a founder’s equity, a partnership’s stability, and a company’s future.

We assist clients in all facets of Contract Law — from drafting and negotiating operating agreements and loan documents to structuring leases, licensing terms, and settlement agreements that protect your interests.

One Bad Contract Can Cost Everything

Verbal agreements and boilerplate templates rarely hold up when a deal turns contentious. Without a properly drafted contract or entity structure, business owners risk lost equity, unenforceable terms, and disputes that could have been prevented on day one. The right legal foundation protects your business from the start.

Precision Drafted

From vendor terms to partnership commitments, DPS Law drafts and reviews the agreements that define your business relationships — built to hold up under pressure, not just at signing.

Services Include

• Non-Disclosure Agreements, NDA’s
• Non-Circumvent Agreements
• Power of Attorney
• LLP Incorporation and consulting
• Employment Agreements
• Operating Agreements
• Partnership Agreements
• Shareholder Agreements
• Stock Purchase Agreements
• Loan Agreements
• Service Agreements
• Licensing Agreements
• Commercial and Agricultural Lease Agreements
• Franchise Agreements
• Non-Complete Agreements
• Sales Agreements
• Joint Venture Agreements
• Master Service Agreements
• Settlement Agreements

Business Formation & Structuring

LLC & LLP Incorporations

The entity you choose — and how it’s structured — is the legal backbone of your business. DPS Law forms, documents, and continuously advises your company to keep it compliant and positioned to grow. We acknowledge the necessity for some clients to go one step deeper and hold business interests within Business and Family Trusts to offer additional layers of protection and minimize taxes.

Services Include

• LLC, corporation & partnership formation
• Operating agreements & bylaws
• Holding company & multi-entity structuring
• Corporate governance documentation

Also Included

• Registered agent & compliance calendar setup
• Founder & ownership structuring
• Ongoing entity maintenance & advisory retainers
• Structure review as your business scales

Growth & Transactions

The Architecture of a Deal

Buying, selling, or merging a business requires more than paperwork — it requires a strategy that protects value on both sides of the table.

Business Valuations: We provide assistance in obtaining the proper business evaluation for your entity, focusing on the primary purpose you are seeking your businesses evaluation. Many times this process is outsourced without counsel’s oversight, causing future problems for clients during future sales of shares, equity, or taxable events.

Mergers and Acquisitions: We navigate the complex M&A market to assist clients during rollups, purchases, or positioning your business Pre-IPO.

Business Sales: When selling assets or enterprises, our firm not only assists with the sale of your business, we consult with our network of professional tax consultants to protect your hard-earned capital so you may avoid unforeseen or unexpected future taxable burdens.

Services Include

• Mergers, acquisitions & business sales
• Asset & stock purchase agreements
• Due diligence & letter of intent review
• Business valuation coordination & exit planning

Also Included

• Buy-sell & succession agreements
• Corporate restructuring
• Post-close integration guidance
• Distressed asset & wind-down counsel

Startup & Investment

Counsel Built for Complexity

Founders and investors need counsel fluent in both the legal requirements and the business realities of building a company from the ground up.

Services Include

• Founder & co-founder agreements
• Capital raising & term sheet review
• SAFE notes, convertible notes & subscription agreements
• Cap table & equity structuring

Also Included

• Founder equity split & vesting
• Stock option & equity incentive plans
• Investor-ready document preparation
• Fractional & outside general counsel services

Disputes & Protection

Where Strategy Meets Statute

When a partnership sours or a contract is breached, you need an advocate who can resolve it efficiently — or take it as far as it needs to go.

Mediation, Arbitration, Litigation: We assist clients with Mediations, Binding and Non-Binding Arbitration, and understand that Litigation should only be utilized as a final tool for clients as litigation is an expensive tool that rarely results in one side truly winning.

Services Include

• Partnership & shareholder disputes
• Breach of contract claims
• Business mediation & arbitration
• Risk mitigation & compliance review

Also Included

• LLC member disputes
• Founder & investor disputes
• Non-compete & non-solicitation review
• Pre-litigation dispute strategy

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