# GMM
## Business & Investment Practice Whether your brief is Incorporation, Joint Ventures & Private Public Partnerships, Mergers & Acquisitions or Corporate Reorganizations & Restructuring, GMM advices on and prepares the requisite operating agreements, shareholder agreements and partnership agreements, independent contractor agreements, the full array of real estate issues the business has to contend with, various permits & licenses and other documentation instrumental to your specific needs and other entity formation documents. While we strive to tailor your structure and advice on compliance to avoid trouble, our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice is placed at your disposal when your business is threatened with law suits or has itself to initiate litigation, or when the business has to be dissolved either voluntarily or involuntarily. GMM also offers general legal advice on an ongoing basis to businesses as outside Counsel or as a regional, local, or special counsel for special matters. In drawing and reviewing draft contracts, GMM shall often recommend appropriate arbitration clauses to minimize and manage litigation risks. ## More on Business & Investment Practice Incorporation & Business Formation Joint Ventures & Private Public Partnerships Mergers & Acquisitions Capital Markets Law Corporate Reorganizations & Restructuring Corporate Governance & Compliance Tax Procurement Immigration Intellectual Property Trade ## ## Incorporation & Business Formation Creating Strong Foundations for Your New Business Incorporation of commercial entities is often simple and straight forward. While that simplicity is essential to encourage the rapid settlement of local and foreign investors, a lot more is required for safely investing sizable stakes and innovative startups. One of the most important decisions you shall make if you want to turn your innovation into a profitable business is to choose the optimum business formation and the appropriate corporate agreements. This choice can have profound implications on shareholder/partnership structure, compliance & corporate reporting requirements, taxation matters, immigration & employment issues, personal liability for the company's debts. We aim to add value to this process by advising on the right legal structure for your proposed business and then incorporating the same. We also offer value addition services for new corporations in the areas of corporate governance & compliance issues, licensing requirements, the tax incidences, the management of intellectual property, employment laws, sourcing of business management resources, immigration and security issues. We place specific emphasis on corporate governance & compliance to help you minimize the legal risks attendant to your particular business and to be compliant with the law. ## Joint Ventures & Private Public Partnerships Comprehensive Legal Services in Business Start-up, Acquisition & Restructuring GMM also offers to assist the business when it needs to go into complex commercial associations and strategic alliances, including joint ventures, private public partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures or going public. The added services include conducting due diligence including corporate review and review of contracts, financial statements, licenses and minute books, reviewing and drawing transaction documentation and helping to quickly resolve disputes in order to efficiently achieve the laid out objectives. ## Mergers & Acquisitions In the buying and selling of going concerns, including mergers & acquisitions, we offer to help our clients deal with structuring the sales and purchases, guarantees & warranties, intellectual property licensing and transfers, general licensing and transfers, and stamping and registration. ## Capital Markets Law GMM offers services in securities law and litigation under our Capital Markets Act and other relevant legislation. We provide creative, practical and cost-efficient securities law advise including analyzing and preparing memorandums, licensing and regulatory issues, compliance and dispute resolution. ## Corporate Reorganizations & Restructuring If your shareholding/director base needs to be changed, we shall advise on and carry out the necessary reconstruction, reorganization and restructuring of the business entity. ## Corporate Governance & Compliance We Educate Our Clients in Proper Business and Corporate Procedure The objectives of this service is to help you minimize the legal risks attendant to your particular business. We offer to assist you to comply with the law. If you have invested in business of any kind or real estate, encountering legal issues and troubles along the way is part of life. Life is easier if you have thought through the risks that may raise legal issues, worked on a strategy to minimize such risks and have in an advance plan to manage the disputes that may arise. It is better to be prepared as it saves you time and expense down the line. ## Tax We shall advise your start up on the likely tax incidences you need to plan for, refer you to appropriate tax advisers and deal with the various challenges your business may require to make to tax assessments. Our advise is targeted at various clients including corporations, partnerships, and individuals with a view to appropriate tax planning required in varied business relationships such as in commercial contracts, shareholder & partnership liabilities, employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, government contracts and foreign trade. ## Procurement When you are dealing with the Government and statutory authorities, we shall advice you on the procurement regime to minimize post procurement challenges and represent you in such challenges. ## Immigration Keeping You Friends with Immigration Authorities Immigration is an inevitable consequence of business in foreign locations. GMM offers to assist you to make the necessary applications for work permits for the business owners/investors, high level managers, technology professionals and high-tech researchers and Dependant passes. The only known route to success is consultative (which we stick with) rather than confrontational. ## Intellectual Property Your Intellectual Property is useful only if you protect it and enforce it GMM provides legal services representation to register, enforce and defend intellectual property rights. Proper registration of patents, copyrights, and trademarks is the first essential for protecting innovation and creative work, logos and business images, mass market retails and specialized products. GMM undertakes to help businesses protect and maximize their intellectual property investment by managing their intellectual property including patents (registration and litigation), trademarks (registration, renewal, and protection), copyrights (investigating and registering copyright assets), preparation of licensing agreements and representation in infringement litigation. ## Trade Look Before You Jump. Trade is Complex & Legal Services are Essential to Successful Completion There is hardly any purely municipal trading left. Corporations must contend with cross border conflicts of laws that arise in daily business. GMM has a good understanding of Trade Law including the requisite international treaties, and assists clients who want to trade in this region to navigate when the waves get rough. E-mail: info@gmmjuris.com