Business Law

Trusted Legal Counsel Based in Irvine, California

George & Shields, LLP provides legal counsel to small, mid-sized, and large businesses throughout California, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs), limited liability partnerships (LLPs), and other business entities. Recognizing that the best way to protect our clients’ legal rights is often through proactive business planning, we offer cost-effective solutions for your business, from start-up to dissolution and everything in between.

Business Formation Services

Our attorneys provide legal advice and counsel for the formation of new business ventures, including:

  • business incorporation
  • business governance
  • application for tax-exempt status (i.e. forming a non-profit organization)
  • partnership agreements
  • buy-sell agreements
  • limited liability companies (LLCs)
  • limited liability partnerships (LLPs)
  • shareholder agreements

Business Planning and Transactions

We also assist established businesses with legal and financial matters including:

  • purchase and sale agreements
  • business financing
  • business restructuring
  • succession planning
  • debt and capital acquisition
  • employee relations, such as the preparation and revision of employee handbooks
  • protection of intellectual property
  • risk evaluation
  • negotiating and drafting contracts and business agreements

General Counsel

Our attorneys are retained as general counsel, handling day-to-day legal needs for our business clients.

Trusted Business Advisors

When you hire the attorneys at George & Shields, LLP, you gain trusted legal advisors who will provide sophisticated, high-caliber legal representation tailored to your unique business needs.

For more information, contact George & Shields, LLP.

News & Updates

Jun
18
As we’ve discussed before, California’s new “paid sick leave” law takes effect July 1st. The new law contains several traps for unwary employers. In addition to providing paid time off benefits, there are other important requirements: Workpla… Read More
May
19
Effective July 1, 2015, under the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014; all California employers must provide their California employees with at least three days or 24 hours of paid sick leave per year. COVERED EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES The… Read More
Oct
13
California’s overtime rules are very specific that employers shall be responsible for overtime compensation and define “hours worked” as “the time during which an employee is subject to the control of an employer, and includes all the time th… Read More