Foster Swift attorneys have a wide range of experience in virtually all areas of business law, and members of this practice group want to guide your business to become successful. Our attorneys can assist with your start-up business, further business growth, minimize risks and maximize opportunities. Our attorneys' experience includes business formation, succession planning, corporate governance, contract review, dispute resolution and taxation. Members of this practice group also have expertise in the full range of transactional work, including public and private offerings of securities, purchase and sale of businesses, joint ventures and dissolutions.
Recent Blog Posts
- Women Owned Small Business Certification Program - Part One: Requirements
- I Want Out: Dealing with Contracts in the Time of Corornavirus
- Minimizing Cybersecurity Risks for Remote Workers
- The Impact of PPP Loans on Mergers & Acquisitions
- Recent Questions Regarding PPP Forgiveness Applications
- What’s in a Name? Protecting Your Business’s Name from a Look-Alike
- A Guide to the Employee Retention Tax Credit: An Alternative to the PPP
- Latest Trend in Executive Compensation: To Include Diversity & Inclusion or Not?
- Cyber Insurance: Is it right for you?
- Three Steps to Forming an LLC
Publications & Alerts
- MDHHS Extends Emergency Order Prohibiting In-Person Public Meetings & Requiring Work from Home, Foster Swift Municipal Law News E-blast, January 13, 2021
- How to Think About Succession Planning, Foster Swift Business & Tax Law E-blast, December 9, 2020
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States: A Brief Review of the Recent Changes to CFIUS, Foster Swift Business & Tax Law News, November 30, 2020
- MDHHS Issues New Emergency Order Prohibiting In-Person Public Meetings & Requiring Work from Home, Foster Swift Municipal Law News E-blast, November 16, 2020
- In Crisis Lies Opportunity: Growth Through M&A During COVID-19, MiBiz, October 26, 2020
- Municipalities May Now Establish “Social Districts” Allowing for On-Site Sale and Off-Site Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages, Foster Swift Municipal Law News E-blast, September 17, 2020
Events
- COVID Stimulus Options for Businesses, Foster Swift, February 10, 2021
- Round 2: Recent Changes to the Payroll Protection Program, Foster Swift, January 26, 2021
- The Current Status of COVID Orders in Michigan, Foster Swift, November 11, 2020
- How to Mitigate International Contract Problems During and After the Global Crisis, U.S. Commercial Service-Michigan & the State Bar of Michigan (SBM), International Law Section, June 12, 2020
- Employer Guidance for a Lawful and Safe Re-Opening, Foster Swift, May 27, 2020
- The PPP Loan Forgiveness Form is Out: Next Steps to Ensure Forgiveness for your PPP Loan, Foster Swift, May 21, 2020
- Bad Faith in Commercial Agribusiness, Agricultural Claims National Conference: Kansas City, Missouri, March 18, 2019
News
- Tjapkes Joins Grand Rapids Office of Foster Swift, January 26, 2021
- Virtual Event: Minimizing Cybersecurity Risks for Remote Working, Foster Swift Business & Tax Law News, December 1, 2020
- Two Michigan Businesses Honored with Prestigious President’s “E” Awards, mConnexions, November 18, 2020
- Foster Swift Listed in "Best Law Firms" 2021, Best Lawyers, November 5, 2020
- The Benefits of Chapter 11 During Pandemic under Small Business Reorganization Act, MiBiz, November 2, 2020
- SBA Will Issue Questionnaires to Borrowers of $2 Million or More in PPP Loans, Foster Swift Legal Update E-blast, October 30, 2020
- The Impact of PPP Loans on Mergers & Acquisitions, October 16, 2020
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