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- Mergers and AcquisitionsBayard’s approach to business taxation focuses on implementing the most advantageous structural decisions in every business transaction, whether creating a new business entity, engaging in mergers and acquisitions, reorganizing a business, or winding down.
- Business Disputes®, a global network of business law firms with representation in most major markets in the United States and 93 other countries, enables the firm to partner with attorneys having the geographic presence or substantive expertise required by our clients.
- Business TransactionsBayard provides third party closing opinions and reasoned legal opinions in a variety of transactional contexts to aid clients in accomplishing their goals. Bayard lawyers have deep experience providing legal opinions addressing a comprehensive variety of business-related issues, both ancillary to Bayard’s Corporate and Alternative Entities Transactions or Commercial Transactions practices and as special Delaware counsel to supplement opinions being given by non-Delaware counsel in a transaction in which Bayard is not otherwise involved.
- Limited Liability CompaniesAs one of Delaware’s most trusted law firms, Bayard provides experienced, reliable, and cost-effective counsel in the planning and execution of a comprehensive range of transactions covering the full life cycle of Delaware corporate and alternative entities -- namely, corporations, partnerships (general and limited, including limited liability partnerships and limited liability limited partnerships), limited liability companies, and statutory trusts.
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- Intellectual PropertyBayard’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group are trial lawyers with extensive experience serving as Delaware counsel in legally and technically complex litigation pending in the District of Delaware, one of the busiest venues for patent litigation in the U.S. Bayard attorneys have served as Delaware counsel in “bet-the-company” patent, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, trade secret, Lanham Act, and contract matters. Bayard’s experience representing both branded and generic pharmaceutical companies in cases involving the Hatch-Waxman Act, provides a unique perspective to its clients.
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- Estate PlanningAt Bayard, we recognize that clients seeking our estate planning and asset preservation services come from different financial circumstances. Our approach to estate planning includes a commitment to explore creative solutions that meet each client’s specific business and family needs, always with an eye toward maximizing asset protection from tax liability and threats from ever-changing laws and government policies. We are sensitive to the competing emotions and financial interests that sometimes exist among the parties involved, and our seasoned practitioners work to achieve our clients’ goals while also reducing the risk of conflict and litigation.
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- TrustsIntegrating estate planning and trust administration services into business ownership transition plans for the owner’s eventual exit from their company’s ongoing operations
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- Tax LawFor more than 60 years, high-net worth individuals and families have trusted Bayard’s tax expertise for their personal tax law needs. Whether planning for the efficient transfer of wealth to successive generations, or protecting our clients’ interests during IRS audits, collection actions, abatements of tax penalties, and other tax matters or litigation, Bayard provides the highest quality tax law representation.