The Corporate Law Group at Norris McLaughlin & Marcus includes almost twenty attorneys who spend all or most of their time in a variety of specialties within the field of corporate law. The range of clients is broad, as are the legal services that we provide to them. The following is a breakdown of many of the corporate services that we provide. Often, these services overlap based on the needs of our client.

General Corporate

• Day-to-day legal counseling
• All aspects of product distribution, including compliance with franchising and other trade regulations, and the negotiation and drafting of distribution and supply agreements
• General contract matters
• Environmental concerns
• Protection of intellectual property and trade secrets
• Pursuit of patent, trademark and copyright applications as well as extensive licensing activities
• Employee matters, including benefits and compensation issues, agreements and contracts, personnel policies, and dispute resolution
• International transactions and representation of foreign companies
• Antitrust and marketing counseling
• Legal compliance and litigation management
• Tax counseling, including business formation, federal and state income tax planning, estate planning, and disputes and appeals with the IRS, NJ Division of Taxation and other agencies
• Arbitration and mediation services
• Shareholder disputes
• Director and officer matters
• Workouts and bankruptcy issues

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Asset and stock sales
• Statutory mergers
• Tender offers
• Leveraged buyouts
• Exchanges of limited partnership interests
• Financing arrangements
• Due diligence investigation
• Governmental approvals and clearance
• Analysis of tax, labor, employee benefits, antitrust, environmental and other issues relevant to the transaction at hand
• Transactions between national or multi-national businesses

Corporate Finance and Securities Law

• Venture capital transactions
• Negotiation with private, industrial and institutional investors
• Public and private offerings of securities, both debt and equity
• Taxable and tax-exempt secured and unsecured debt financing
• Preparation of documentation — commitment letters, loan agreements, indentures and trust agreements, debt instruments, guarantees, and other agreements
• Joint venture formation
• Tax benefit sales
• Real estate and other syndications
• Sale/leaseback of corporate assets
• Preparation of all required filings, annual reports and proxy materials
• Representation before the New Jersey Bureau of Securities
• Advice in connection with SEC matters

Depending on the client’s needs, we often form a team of attorneys who concentrate in different disciplines. For example, a corporate acquisition may implicate environmental, tax, antitrust, employment, intellectual property and real estate issues. We strive to create the right blend of general competence and specialization that will best enable us to address the client’s needs promptly, efficiently and creatively.

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Attorneys

G. Robert Marcus
Peter D. Hutcheon
Joel N. Jacobson
Victor S. Elgort
Kenneth D. Meskin
Kevin T. O'Brien
Ira S. Novak
Stephen M. Offen
James H. Laskey
Burt Allen Solomon
Stuart J. Freedman
Robert C. Gabrielski
Douglas R. Brown
John N. Vanarthos
Frank T. Araps
David C. Roberts
David T. Harmon
Scott M. Baach
David S. Blatteis
Thomas N. Torzewski
Karol S. Robinson
Melinda Fellner Bramwit
Stefanie R. McNamara
Rachel Anna Wingerter
Oren M. Chaplin