Business & Commercial Transactions

For decades, businesses throughout Georgia have counted on Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles as their corporate attorneys. Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles regularly serves as local counsel for large businesses throughout the country. We partner with start-up and emerging businesses as well as established and mature companies in planning and protecting the success of the company.

Our firm has enjoyed long-term relationships with businesses like Tyson Foods, Fieldale Farms, and Georgia Power Company.

Our firm has helped hundreds of new entrepreneurs establish their companies throughout Northeast Georgia, advising them on their options of legal status (partnership, limited liability company, S or C corporation) and about relations with landlords, investors, lenders, partners, suppliers, employees and customers. Relying on the different specialties of our attorneys, we assist clients with real estate purchases, financing, employment concerns, insurance, trademarks and copyrights through licensing and other contractural agreements. In addition, we are well-versed in the key governmental and tax requirements, financial systems for payroll, workers compensation insurance, or other requirements of the law that dramatically impact business success.

We advise clients on:

Their choice of business entity
Capital formation and equity structures
Borrowing arrangements
Governance and management structures
Executive compensation and equity incentive arrangements
Mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations

We assist clients with the preparation of:

Joint venture agreements
Partnership and operating agreements
Shareholder agreements
Employment and non-compete agreements
Agreements for the protection of confidential and proprietary information
Agreements for the licensing of technology and the distribution of goods

We assist clients with:

Shareholder and partnership rights & disputes
Officer and director liability
Insurance issues
Loan workouts
Business reorganizations
Indemnification and warranties
Licensing and leasing of products or services
Trade secrets
Employee and human resource issues
Licensing agreements

For more information on these matters, please contact one of our leading Business & Commercial attorneys: