Small business owners and start-ups have the same burden of complying with laws and regulations in the same manner as larger and more established businesses. As a small business owner of 3 start-ups, Ms. Singh understands that despite having the same burden as larger businesses, small businesses and start-ups often have more limited resources to ensure legal compliance.
With this in mind, Ms. Singh conceptualized Singh Law Practice, LLC — servicing her clients similar to “in-house” legal counsel, by providing comprehensive legal guidance to businesses in a wide array of transactional practice areas. Ms. Singh prides herself on getting to know her clients and their operations on an intimate level, better able to service her client’s legal needs in a manner that allows them to grow and thrive, while minimizing their legal risks.
SLP provides effective, practical, innovative and affordable advice and legal guidance at each stage of a business’s life cycle including the following:
Start-Up and Small Business
Legal Services
Business Structure/Formation
It is important to start your business right. We provide legal guidance on the different business structures (C-corp, S-corp, LLC, PLLC and partnerships). We also form the legal entity and draft initial organizational/internal documents (bylaws, shareholders’ agreements, operating agreements and partnership agreements).
Intellectual Property, Clearance & Registration,
We provide trademark clearance services ensuring that your brand is clear to use. We also file trademarks and copyrights to protect your intellectual property. We counsel businesses who become aware of infringing intellectual property. We also prepare licenses and assignments of intellectual property.
Employment/ Labor
Prior to hiring your first worker, consult with us. We provide guidance on how to properly classify workers as employees, contractors and exempt/non-exempt employees. We advise businesses on complying with federal and state labor laws including reviewing existing paid/unpaid leave policies to ensure compliance. We also prepare employment-related agreements including employment agreements, employee handbooks/manuals, policies procedures, independent contractor agreements, work-for-hire agreements and severance agreements.
Business Contracts
We prepare invoice terms and conditions and purchase orders as well as service agreements in a wide array of industries. We also draft, review and negotiate strategic partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, collaboration agreements, distribution agreements, manufacturing agreements and franchise agreements.