Corporate/Securities Law

The Ratliff Law Firm has a well-established and diverse business practice with a long-standing history of representation of public and private companies in all aspects of corporate and securities matters. The Firm enjoys a reputation as one of the leading firms in corporate and securities law in the States of Virginia and Tennessee. The Corporate and Securities Practice of the Firm involves a broad business practice ranging from complex and sophisticated transactional work to institutional practice involving day-to-day corporate counseling and assistance to companies and business owners on legal aspects of business. Our client base is diverse, including small entrepreneurial businesses as well as large publicly held corporations and ranges from well-established companies to new start-up ventures. The Firm serves in the role of general outside counsel to many small and medium-sized companies.

The Ratliff Law Firm's reputation in the corporate and securities field derives from the broad based expertise and responsiveness of its attorneys. Our corporate and securities attorneys are business-oriented and focus on a practical approach to business law. The practice frequently involves a team approach, drawing from tax, real estate, antitrust, commercial, environmental, labor and other practice areas within the Firm as necessary or appropriate.

Exit Planning

Everyone exits their business. It is up to you to decide how you leave and who will be in charge when you leave. Leaving in style means leaving your business to the successor you choose, for the price you want at a time you pick. An exit plan makes all that possible. The Ratliff Law Firm wants to establish a beneficial, trusting relationship with your business so that you can "leave in style." Schedule an appointment with our office for a free PowerPoint presentation on exit planning!

Business Planning

The Ratliff Law Firm assists business clients of all types and sizes in achieving their business objectives in an efficient, practical and expedient manner. The Firm has extensive experience in the formation and operation of all forms of businesses, including limited liability companies, corporations, general and limited partnerships, and joint ventures, matters involving franchising, licensing and technology and changes in control, and negotiating and drafting basic business agreements such as shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, option agreements, employment and consulting contracts. Attorneys counsel businesses, business owners and managers on a wide range of business topics including:

the responsibilities and liabilities of officers and directors corporate governance employment matters general contract law capital structure issues dissolutions and liquidations

ownership transfer matters corporate and partnership reorganizations corporate restructurings and recapitalizations going private transactions exchange offers

Mergers & Acquisitions

The Ratliff Law Firm, PLLC has extensive experience in the acquisitions, disposition and consolidation of businesses, including:

mergers consolidations leveraged buyouts stock and asset purchases sales and divestitures

defensive takeover measures extraordinary corporate transactions structuring, negotiating, drafting and consummating transaction involving the sale or combination of publicly and privately held companies