Business Law and Corporate Law

For New Jersey business owners who have built closely held companies through decades of work and investment, succession planning through trusts offers a strategic path to protect value and ensure smooth transitions. This approach addresses critical concerns around management continuity, tax exposure, and family dynamics while preserving the long-term viability of the business across generations.

Investing in a company that already has a priced round? The standard Y Combinator SAFE agreement may be costing you money and rights you didn't realize you were giving up. This analysis identifies five critical provisions in post-seed SAFEs where investors should push back to protect their interests, from valuation cap calculations to liquidation waterfalls and tax treatment considerations.

Colorado's accessible business filing system, while efficient and cost-effective, has created an unexpected vulnerability that allows fraudulent actors to hijack legitimate business entities by submitting unauthorized changes to corporate records. This emerging threat can result in credit fraud, operational disruption, and loss of state compliance, prompting Colorado to implement new enforcement measures and protective programs for business owners.