Business Formation & Structuring
Choose and establish the entity, ownership and arrangements among related businesses, with your plans for growth in view.
Business Formation & Structuring
Choose and establish the entity, ownership and arrangements among related businesses, with your plans for growth in view.
Business Formation & Structuring
Choose and establish the entity, ownership and arrangements among related businesses, with your plans for growth in view.
An equal split still leaves plenty to decide.
You and your cofounder each own half. Who can bring in an investor? What happens if one of you wants to sell the business or step away?
We help you work through ownership, control, and the decisions ahead while you’re shaping the company. The aim is a structure you understand, with clear terms for the people building it.
An equal split still leaves plenty to decide.
You and your cofounder each own half. Who can bring in an investor? What happens if one of you wants to sell the business or step away?
We help you work through ownership, control, and the decisions ahead while you’re shaping the company. The aim is a structure you understand, with clear terms for the people building it.
An equal split still leaves plenty to decide.
You and your cofounder each own half. Who can bring in an investor? What happens if one of you wants to sell the business or step away?
We help you work through ownership, control, and the decisions ahead while you’re shaping the company. The aim is a structure you understand, with clear terms for the people building it.
The work behind the company
The work behind the company
The work behind the company
Choose the entity with the business model, ownership, tax, and funding plans in view. We advise on corporations and LLCs and prepare the agreed formation documents and filings.
Choose the entity with the business model, ownership, tax, and funding plans in view. We advise on corporations and LLCs and prepare the agreed formation documents and filings.
Choose the entity with the business model, ownership, tax, and funding plans in view. We advise on corporations and LLCs and prepare the agreed formation documents and filings.
Set out each founder’s contribution, ownership, responsibilities, and decision-making rights. Address which decisions need agreement and what happens when someone joins, leaves, or wants to take the business in a different direction.
Set out each founder’s contribution, ownership, responsibilities, and decision-making rights. Address which decisions need agreement and what happens when someone joins, leaves, or wants to take the business in a different direction.
Set out each founder’s contribution, ownership, responsibilities, and decision-making rights. Address which decisions need agreement and what happens when someone joins, leaves, or wants to take the business in a different direction.
Bring the professional practice, its ownership, and any management arrangements into the formation discussion. We work through the structure in light of the services you plan to provide and the people involved.
Bring the professional practice, its ownership, and any management arrangements into the formation discussion. We work through the structure in light of the services you plan to provide and the people involved.
Bring the professional practice, its ownership, and any management arrangements into the formation discussion. We work through the structure in light of the services you plan to provide and the people involved.
Plan how related companies will fit together: what each will own, what each will do, and how money and responsibilities move between them.
Plan how related companies will fit together: what each will own, what each will do, and how money and responsibilities move between them.
Plan how related companies will fit together: what each will own, what each will do, and how money and responsibilities move between them.
When the business changes, review whether its current structure still fits. We help plan changes in entities, ownership, and arrangements among related companies.
When the business changes, review whether its current structure still fits. We help plan changes in entities, ownership, and arrangements among related companies.
When the business changes, review whether its current structure still fits. We help plan changes in entities, ownership, and arrangements among related companies.
From the plan to the paperwork.
From the plan to the paperwork.
From the plan to the paperwork.
We discuss the business, the people involved, existing commitments, and the next decisions you expect to make.
We discuss the business, the people involved, existing commitments, and the next decisions you expect to make.
We discuss the business, the people involved, existing commitments, and the next decisions you expect to make.
We explain the proposed structure, the alternatives that matter, and what each means for ownership, control, tax, and future plans.
We explain the proposed structure, the alternatives that matter, and what each means for ownership, control, tax, and future plans.
We explain the proposed structure, the alternatives that matter, and what each means for ownership, control, tax, and future plans.
Your engagement sets out the documents, filings, and related work we will handle, with a fixed fee agreed before we begin.
Depending on that scope, the work can include formation documents and filings, owner and governing agreements, initial company approvals, and documents for arrangements between related entities.
Your engagement sets out the documents, filings, and related work we will handle, with a fixed fee agreed before we begin.
Depending on that scope, the work can include formation documents and filings, owner and governing agreements, initial company approvals, and documents for arrangements between related entities.
Your engagement sets out the documents, filings, and related work we will handle, with a fixed fee agreed before we begin.
Depending on that scope, the work can include formation documents and filings, owner and governing agreements, initial company approvals, and documents for arrangements between related entities.
Related practices
Related practices
Related practices
FAQ
FAQ
FAQ
Yes. Structuring work can include reviewing an existing arrangement, adding related entities, changing ownership, or planning a reorganization. Share what is in place and what you want to change.
No. Tell us about the business plan, the people involved, and the questions you’re weighing. We can work through the choice as part of the engagement.
We can coordinate with your accountant so the legal structure and tax planning address the same business plans and assumptions. We agree on the responsibilities as part of scoping the work.
Individual matters are always fixed fee. We agree on the scope and fee before starting, including which documents, filings, and related work are part of the engagement.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.