Business Services

Skilled attorneys providing a full range of business services

To help businesses compete, the attorneys of Gallop provide advice and representation for transactional and other business matters. We have been serving business clients for more than 30 years by understanding how business works and the legal risks faced every day by our clients. Our extensive experience allows us to enhance our clients' abilities to operate effectively and efficiently in today's rapidly changing business environment.

From offices in St. Louis and Washington, D.C., we serve business clients locally, nationally and internationally. Because we understand the needs of businesses and their owners, we are able to provide the level of services our business clients expect. Contact us today to discuss business law concerns with one of our experienced lawyers. Effective representation for all business matters

We advise clients of all aspects of business formation, operation and development. Our clients come from a wide range of industries - from banking to health care - and we assist them with a wide range of legal matters, from contract disputes to corporate restructuring.

For example, to support business growth we guide clients as they add investment partners or set the stage for private or public equity infusions. We provide counsel to small businesses, covering such critical issues and needs as growth strategies, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution, marketing plans and contractual relationships, and planning business succession to next-generation owners.

For more information about our business services, please visit our specific practice pages:

Banking and Financial

• Commercial Lending and Borrowing
• Asset-based Lending and Borrowing
• Project Finance
• Sincdicated Lending
• Bank Regulatory Matters
• Lender Liability Claims
• Priority Disputes

Mergers and Acquistions

• Stock and Asset Sales and Purchases
• Joint Ventures
• Tender Offers, Proxy Contests and Hostile Takeovers
• Spin-Offs and Restructurings

Securities and Corporate Finance

• Initial and Secondary Public Offerings
• Private Placements of Debt and Equity
• Fund Formations and Financings
• Fund Asset Management
• SEC Periodic Reporting
• PIPE Transactions
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Stock Exchange Listing Issues
• Investment Advisor Act Counseling
• Going Private Transactions
• Securities Litigation and Enforcemen

Business Formation and Development

• Business Formation and Development
• Director and Officer Liability
• Business Succession Planning
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Commercial Contracts
• Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements
• International Trade and Transactions

Franchising

Corporate Governance

Tax

• Tax Planning
• Tax Controversies
• Transaction Structuring
• Non-Profit Companies