- MisdemeanorsIndividual acting on behalf of a corporation that was required to qualify but didn’t. For instance, California statute provides that any person who transacts business on behalf of an unqualified foreign corporation that was required to qualify, knowing that it wasn’t qualified, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
- Corporate LawProfessionals who work in professional service firms have special needs. They must take into account the special regulations and professional standards that govern their profession at many stages of their business: when forming their businesses, acquiring or selling professional practices, entering into shareholder agreements, admitting partners, and planning succession to the next generation of owners. We’ve worked for decades with professional service firms to meet those needs.
- Business FormationOnce the entity choice is determined, we prepare and file all necessary business formation documents and we assist owners in preparing the documentation required to contribute assets and intellectual property to the business in a way that owners, investors, and customers can rely on.
- Business Disputes
- Business TransactionsWe help companies and entrepreneurs buy or sell a business, whether it’s a large merger or acquisition or the purchase of a local business that will employ the family now and in the future. In our business transactions practice we begin by helping our clients define their goals. With those goals firmly in mind, we develop and implement an efficient strategy for achieving them by...
- Limited Liability CompaniesWe assist developers in structuring their limited liability companies and other entities, agreements with owners, investors and contractors, financing, and lease-up. We can help manage the neighbors, obtaining temporary and permanent easements and other agreements to facilitate development and construction. Our clients range from family-owned development companies to mid-sized developers.
- Trade SecretsWe provide advice and counsel concerning best practices for trade secret protection and licensing, and by drafting the appropriate NDAs and employment policies related to trade secrets.
- Intellectual Property
- Employment Contract
- Employment LitigationWe provide experienced, pragmatic, objective-focused legal counsel aimed at furthering business goals in a timely, cost-effective manner. We help clients create, grow, buy, and sell businesses and real estate, and complete transactions that are key to business advancement. We also assist businesses in a wide variety of legal matters that arise, from shareholder and employment issues to intellectual property protection.
- Non-compete AgreementWhat are your most valuable assets? They are your people, but also your identity, ideas, brand, methods, procedures and knowledge that give you that competitive edge. We help clients protect their intellectual property through registration, NDAs, non-compete agreements and enforcement. We also help clients to license trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
- Real Estate LitigationIn 2004, two experienced Seattle business attorneys, Danferd Henke, and Dirk Bartram, opened a business and real estate law firm focused entirely on their clients’ needs. Their boutique practice allows them to serve people in business and real estate without the administrative and financial burdens and frustrations experienced by their clients in the large-firm setting. Together, Dan and Dirk bring their large-firm experience to bear in their law firm in providing creative, proactive, high caliber legal work in business and real estate.
- Real Estate TransactionsHenke Bartram PLLC helps its clients buy, sell, create, and reorganize businesses and to manage them on a day-to-day basis. It also helps them complete commercial and real estate transactions and leases that are key to advancement. Our clients range from entrepreneurial individuals and partners just starting up, to established regional and local businesses and family enterprises, to multi-national corporations with local issues. We tailor our work to our clients’ needs and expectations.
- Easement
- Estate PlanningYou’ve worked hard for decades growing your business. Now it’s time to transfer your business to the next generation, and your succession needs are unique. We can help. Our business succession practice is focused on working with you and your tax and estate-planning advisors to structure that transfer in an efficient, tax-favored manner.