Ancona Law

Ancona Law Business Transactions & Corporate Law

Business transactions & corporate law. Performing such duties as formation and representation with regards to corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. Representation for buying or selling a business, stock and asset sales/acquisitions, and mergers. Preparation and negotiation of commercial contracts, shareholder agreements and operating agreements.

At Ancona associates, we understand business. Clients do not have to spend time explaining business concepts or practices to us. We use our knowledge of business and business law to help our clients achieve their goals.

Over the past decade, our business law attorneys have built a reputation for excellence in business transactions, from business formation to contract law to selling a business. And also when the need arises for business, corporate and commercial litigation. We effectively resolve a wide range of business disputes, including shareholder/partnership disputes, disputes over real estate and, of course, contract disputes. Whether you need help launching a business start up, assistance franchising your successful business concept or resolving a business dispute, you can count on us for effective legal representation and personal service.

American Bar Association

Managing Partner Shares Perspective on the New Normal
K&L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter J. Kalis spoke with ABA Journal reporter Rachel M. Zahorsky on the future course of the legal profession and the broader legal industry in the context of the New Normal. On the New Normal in general, Kalis said that what the legal profession is seeing now "is a much overdue debate on the future course of the profession and the broader legal industry. A lot of us have sharply defined views on that subject, and it is a privilege to be able to share them." Below, Kalis shares his perspective as he draws on his experience from the…

Want to Delete Web History Before Google Gathering Takes Effect? EFF Shows How
If you’d like to thwart Google’s plans to combine your online browsing history with data gathered from the company’s other products, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is offering some help. Google plans to begin combining your data into a single cauldron on March 1. On that date, the search engine will combine your Web history with information gathered from products such as YouTube and Google Plus to create advertising and targeted reminders. The information can reveal sensitive information such as your interests, sexual orientation, religion and health concerns, EFF says. EFF is offering step-by-step instructions…

Corporate Clients Should Ask Specific Questions About Law Firm Computer Security, Experts Say
We live in a world in which computer attacks via the Internet are routine, and many law firms are both particularly inviting targets and especially vulnerable. So determining whether outside counsel has sufficient computer safeguards is a question business clients should routinely ask, according to Corporate Counsel. One expert says 80 major law firms were hacked last year, Bloomberg reports. And in a recent Forbes column, another expert tells a chilling tale of two partners from an unidentified law firm who visit him for advice after discovering that all of their client files have been obtained by China-based hackers. The conversation with the…

Is Lateral Hiring Frenzy by BigLaw Creating a Bubble?
Lateral hiring at large law firms is expected to continue at a frenetic pace this year, a phenomenon that has created ever larger income gaps between equity partners at the top and bottom. At some firms, the pay spread is as large as 10 to one and even 12 to one, according to an Am Law Daily story by former Kirkland & Ellis partner Steven Harper. One law firm, DLA Piper, reportedly paid $5 million a year to Jamie Wareham after luring him from Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Harper questions whether…