Halverson Northwest is built upon a foundation of representing business and commercial enterprises of the region. Our business practice has focused upon agriculture and agribusiness but includes virtually every business type and opportunity. Businesses are faced with increasingly complex transactions and business structure, employment and labor relations, government regulation and litigation. Halverson Northwest is committed to providing prompt, experienced and informed advocacy for business and commercial clients.
Halverson Northwest and our region was built on agriculture and agribusiness. We have served literally every type of agricultural and agribusiness concern, including large vertically integrated agricultural operations, orchard and farming businesses, ranches, wineries, processing facilities and their lenders and investors. Our experience includes entity formation and operation, real estate, regulatory and water issues, and agricultural litigation.
Halverson Northwest attorneys routinely provide advice and representation in the following areas:
Our commercial litigation attorneys are experienced in representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of business and commercial disputes.
Halverson Northwest has particular expertise in the following areas:
Our litigation attorneys have practiced in state and federal courts in Washington, California, and District of Columbia. We are regularly involved in alternate dispute resolution processes, including mediations and commercial arbitrations. Our attorneys have also served as arbitrators and mediators in a variety of business and commercial disputes.
Halverson Northwest provides experienced legal advice to local and regional businesses and their owners, helping clients choose the best form of entity to meet their legal needs. As an important first step, our attorneys can help new and experienced business owners devise and implement ownership and management structures that reflect the client’s business priorities.
Halverson Northwest has helped clients form, manage and operate almost all types of legal entities, including the following:
After a business is formed and a proper entity is chosen, our attorneys will continue to provide business owners and their management teams planning or advice in a variety of areas. A few of the specific areas of law and services we can provide business owners are:
Our firm has substantial experience to provide legal advice clients need when starting and operating a business in today’s complex business environment, from a single-purpose entity for a particular transaction, to the use of one of today’s more complex ownership and management structures needed to run a closely-held business for the long term.
A good business succession plan should provide for family wealth preservation and legacy planning and can help implement the owners’ chosen estate plans. We provide focused estate planning for owners of closely held businesses including family farms and other agricultural businesses. The planning usually involves managing financial resources through the strategic use of trusts, gifts, buy-sell agreements, and other income- and wealth-transfer plans. These plans implement family and charitable goals while minimizing income, gift and estate taxes. Experience is every bit as invaluable in this process as it is in the rest of business. At Halverson Northwest we have the business acumen and legal expertise to ensure that your business continues to thrive long after the reins have been transferred.
At Halverson Northwest, our attorneys have helped employers navigate the ever-changing landscape of the federal, state, and local laws that govern the modern workplace.
Our experience spans from complex class and individual employment litigation for employers to providing advice on day-to-day employment law issues.
Our Employment and Labor attorneys provide advice and litigation representation on a variety of employment contract matters, including disputes involving trade secrets, non-competition agreements, and executive compensation. We also help companies draft and implement personnel policies and procedures that both comply with applicable law and meet the client’s business objectives.
From the board room to the courtroom, we help our clients with issues including employment counseling and litigation, employment and employee benefits litigation, single-employer and industry-wide collective bargaining, Department of Labor matters, L&I concerns, intellectual property disputes, and employee benefits matters.
Halverson Northwest Employment and Labor counseling and litigation practice includes the following:
Agricultural Employment Issues
Department of Labor & Industry Counseling and Litigation
Employment Counseling and Litigation for Employers
Labor Matters
Non-Competition, Confidentiality, and Trade Secret Law
Wage and Hour Counseling and Litigation for Employers
Workplace Safety and Health
A significant part of our business and commercial law practice involves legal advice on how to solve the day-to-day problems faced by our clients in a complex business environment. Experienced attorneys at Halverson Northwest provide professional and timely legal advice on a variety of common business issues including negotiating and documenting contracts, avoiding legal disputes, structuring financings, addressing regulatory issues and compliance, and providing advice on matters of labor and employment.
We serve a broad client base in a significant variety of businesses – both in size and industry. Effective representation of business requires an understanding of the unique characteristics of each business and its industry. We have gained experience in the issues of our region and its businesses. Our primary focus is the client’s business objective and our role in supporting success of the business. This focused approach allows for timely response to both common and unusual or complex issues, using the multi-disciplinary resources of our firm, and helps our clients meet the all important business goal of a quick and timely resolution to the problem or issue.
Halverson Northwest has extensive experience in representation of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and individuals in connection with the structuring, negotiation and documentation of mergers, acquisitions and other business restructurings. Merger and acquisition practice includes assessment, evaluation and implementation of state entity (corporation, limited liability company and partnership), regulation and requirements, federal and state taxation, labor and employment, and real estate considerations.
Halverson Northwest has provided services with respect to the following:
We have provided guidance to clients through all phases of a merger or acquisition transaction, from early evaluation of a transaction, through due diligence, negotiation, documentation and closing. Transactions typically include preparation of letters of intent, confidentiality, standstill and similar agreements; acquisition and merger agreements (with associated documents); financing and security documents; closing statements and documents; and legal opinions. We have provided advice on tax, corporate governance, employment, employee benefits, real estate, environmental, financing and other aspects of transactions.