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Twomey Latham provides legal assistance to all manner of business clients, whether they’re entrepreneurs just starting a business or established executives running large companies.
The firm’s experience covers a wide spectrum of legal issues that span the entire life-cycle of a business including entity business selection and formation; negotiation and preparation of joint venture, partnership, shareholder, and operating agreements; employment and consulting agreements; corporate governance; mergers and acquisitions; business succession planning; and entity dissolution, whether voluntary or judicial.
Many clients use Twomey Latham as their corporate counsel for their day-to-day business and commercial law needs. Advice regarding employment law issues, commercial collections, mechanic’s liens, and contract preparation and negotiation are just some of the matters that the firm routinely handles for its clients.
The firm is also adept at helping business clients protect their intellectual property, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights. The firm assists with the drafting and negotiation of, among other things, non-disclosure agreements, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, and confidentiality agreements.
Twomey Latham also has vast experience litigating contract disputes and business torts including misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, interference with contractual relations, and business defamation. For more on our commercial litigation experience, please see our Civil Litigation practice area page.
Business Succession Planning
Twomey Latham has the necessary experience and tax and estate planning expertise to develop and implement successful business succession plans for owners of closely held businesses who wish to reach their retirement goals. For more on our experience in this regard, please see our Taxation and Wills, Trusts & Estates practice area pages.
Mergers & Acquisitions
The law firm also assists clients with mergers and acquisitions transactions including stock and asset sales. Whether a small sale or acquisition of a local business or a large multimillion-dollar transaction involving entities in one or more states, Twomey Latham’s attorneys are adept at helping clients successfully achieve their goals while also providing guidance with related tax considerations and other relevant issues that arise in a merger and acquisition context.
Our Long Island civil litigation attorneys focus on providing clients in-depth knowledge of our diverse range of practice areas.
In a landmark decision from the Appellate Division Second Department, Partner, Christopher Kelley achieved a winning result for our client establishing in a case of first impression who really is a “stranger” when considering the “Stranger To The Deed rule.” The “stranger to the deed rule” holds that when a grantor executes a deed that […]
John Shea is a Senior Partner with the firm practicing in the areas of commercial litigation, corporate counseling, real estate transactions and development, environmental law, construction contracts and litigation, and estate planning for high net worth individuals. He has Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for attorneys (AV Preeminent), and has been recognized by Martindale as one of […]
Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP has announced that Martha Reichert has joined the Firm as an Associate. Ms. Reichert concentrates her practice in real estate and land use. She has extensive experience appearing before municipal and regulatory boards throughout eastern Long Island. Prior to joining the Firm, she had her own practice, […]
“The Retreat’s LPGA Pro-Am held each fall is the only tournament on Long Island that includes LPGA Pros, NFL Players, and amateurs on one field,” explains Golf Chair & Retreat Board Member Steve Latham. “The generosity of these sports figures and willingness to take a stand against violence is admirable. Over the past few years […]
The Supreme Court, State of New York has adopted new Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) Rules for civil cases, forming a new ADR Part with the express goals of fostering negotiation to help settle disputes, narrowing the issues to be adjudicated, and/or assisting the parties to understand each other’s positions and interests. The new ADR Part […]
General contractors often provide their subcontractors with a standard form contract providing little opportunity for the subcontractor to negotiate a change of any of the terms. Sometimes, the standard form agreement includes a “pay if paid” or “pay when paid” provision. Even though subcontractors may be accustomed to seeing these provisions, it might not be […]
A man from Silver Creek, New York had his conviction under the SAFE Act overturned by the Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department. The Appellate Court unanimously ruled that the indictment against Benjamin Wassell is dismissed and the judgement against him reversed. Mr. Wassell had been convicted in Chautauqua County Court in May 2014 of third-degree […]
It is not uncommon for one or more unmarried individuals to acquire real property together. Sometimes, the property is acquired through inheritance, or perhaps the parties purchased the property for investment purposes. Either way, what happens when the co-owners can no longer agree on how the property should be kept, maintained or managed? What rights do […]
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