Hellmuth & Johnson’s Business Organization & Emerging Business Practice Group provides our early-stage and smaller closely-held clients with lifecycle attention addressing their growth, operation and protection.  Specifically, we represent every aspect of the start-up and management of a small business including:

• Choice of entity, tax planning and practical coaching
• Formation of the business entity
• Capitalization and financing
• Asset acquisition and protection
• Entity governance and management
• Legal and business counseling and crisis management
• General business contracting
• Owner conflict resolution and business split-ups
• Entity liquidation and dissolution

Our attorneys have worked with scores of entrepreneurs operating as sole proprietors, LLC’s, LLP’s, LP’s, partnerships and corporations in a diverse number of industries.  Whether our client is opening a new business or expanding an existing business, we are there to assist them every step of the way.

Our own firm is still young enough to remember and appreciate the unique challenges faced by new and small businesses.  We passionately believe that all business clients deserve sophisticated and responsive legal services; yet we understand their need for prioritization and cost-efficiency of the delivery of such services. 

Our Business Organization & Emerging Business Practice team is committed to achieving our clients' prioritized objectives while consistently exceeding their expectations.  The combination of our passion for excellence, and the inherent flexibility and efficiency of our expanding practice, makes us a contemporary alternative to the traditional "downtown" law firm model.

What does this mean for our clients?  The highest quality legal services delivered in a responsive cost-effective manner by experienced professionals who understand your needs.

Through our new Business Compliance Solutions, we have developed innovative and cost-effective service packages that assist our new and smaller clients with many of their core legal needs, each at an affordable and fixed fee. Currently, our Business Compliance Solutions include the following service packages:

• Minnesota Business Entity Formation Service- Guides our entrepreneurs throught the complex business entity selection and formation process.



• Annual Entity Update Service- Specifically designed to pick up where our Minnesota Business Entity Formation Services leaves off by keeping our client records up-to-date.



• Small Business Finance Toolkit - specifically designed to provide "arm's length" financing structures and documents to business loan and
  financing affangements provided by friends and family.



• Electronic Health Checkup Service- Provides guidance to our clients regarding the way they hold themselves out to the public over the Internet.



• General Counsel Service- Designed to provide the entrepreneur with ongoing access to professional and experienced advice and counsel.

When you come to us for help, you get more than just a “form.”  All Business Compliance Solutions programs are supported by the personal attention of our experienced partners, ensuring that the specific business and legal objectives of each and every client are being met.  The result for our clients is the highest quality services, at prices our new and smaller business clients can still afford.

We also routinely provide additional resources and tools designed to inform and help our small business clients, typically without charge.  These resources include articles on legal and business matters our clients may encounter, as well as educational presentations on specific issues and trends we believe may interest you.   

The delivery of such value-added resources helps us to consistently achieve our clients' objectives while exceeding their expectations in each and every aspect of the services we provide.