Business

Business Advice for Startups and Ongoing Businesses

Jay A. Slutzky, Attorney at Law has been providing sound legal and business advice to businesses in the Chicago metropolitan area for over 30 years.

I believe that clients are best served by the prevention of legal problems through careful and thorough advice given prior to their entering into transactions and business arrangements.

From Startups

I have over 30 years of experience helping people get their businesses up and running. You have a profession, trade or skill, and that is your area of expertise. My job is to provide you with peace of mind by handling all the legal and business structure details.

There are varieties of business entities to consider. Among them are:

  • Sole proprietorships
  • General partnerships
  • Joint ventures
  • Limited partnerships
  • C Corporations
  • S Corporations
  • Limited liability companies

Each form of entity has advantages and disadvantages. If you're going into business with one or more associates, everyone needs to agree on such issues as percentage of ownership and stock rights. I'll help you select the entity that best meets your goals, and that puts you in the best tax position.

Before you start your business, you need to have many legal matters in place. Here are just a few:

  • Drafting and reviewing employment, stock-option, bonus and profit-sharing agreements; employee nondisclosure, non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements
  • Compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations
  • Business succession planning
  • Contract review and complex negotiations related to commercial lending, real estate and equipment leasing, the purchase and sale of businesses and other contractual arrangements

To Ongoing Businesses

My clients come to me with a wide variety of questions both business and legal. For example, I work with accountants to get tax advantages. I help clients solve problems in business operations. When it comes time to sell the business, or to buy another business, I advise clients regarding stock and asset purchases, sales, management, and mergers.

Please call me regarding your business law needs.

Jay A. Slutzky, Attorney at Law
7749 North Milwaukee Avenue
Niles, IL 60714

Phone: 847-967-7979 • Fax: 847-967-7984

Attorney Jay A. Slutzky represents clients in Chicago, Niles, Skokie, Des Plaines, Morton Grove, Park Ridge, Lincolnwood, Glenview, Northbrook, Wilmette, Cook County, DuPage County and Lake County, Illinois.