Business Lawyer Practicing Franchise Law, Securities Law, and Corporate / LLC Law

Matt Dickstein, Business Attorney, provides business legal services in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Silicon Valley, California, including San Jose, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Oakland, Hayward, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Pleasanton and Sacramento.

Since 1994, I have been practicing business law, corporations & LLC law, securities law (including private offerings / placements), franchise law, real estate ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and exit and succession planning.  I work with small to mid-size companies in all industries and at all stages of a company’s development, from start-up to IPO or sale. 

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Business Lawyer

• Buy-Sell Agreements

• How to Bring in a New Partner

• Non-Competition Agreements at 100mph

• May a Former Employee Steal Your Clients?

• May a Doctor (Dentist) Compete Against A Former Practice?

• Getting Money - Debt and Equity Financing for Your Business

• Strategies in Negotiation

• Termination of Employment - Fire the Bum

Corporate (LLC) Lawyer

• Legal Compliance Checklist for a Startup Business

• Should You Incorporate Your Business?

• Should You Incorporate Your Medical (Dental) Practice?

• Operating a California Corporation

• Cumulative Voting Explained

Securities Lawyer

• Introduction to Private Offerings and Private Placements of Securities

• Introduction to Federal Securities Exemptions

• Introduction to Federal Regulation D

• How to Find and Solicit Investors for a Private Offering of Securities

• How a Management Company, General Partner or Broker Uses General Advertisements and Solicitations to Get Investors

• Resale of Restricted Securities

• When is a Promissory Note a Security?

• 4 Article Series -- Brokers and Finders in Securities Laws

  1. Overview

  2. Who is a Broker? – Definition

  3. Broker Law for Employees and Directors Who Sell Your Stock

  4. Finders

• 6 Article Series -- Private Real Estate Investment Funds

  1. Overview

  2. Legal Structure of the Fund

  3. Manager Compensation

  4. Side Letters and Preferential Terms

  5. Securities Law

  6. ERISA

• Stock Option Plans - Early Exercise for Your Company's Plan

• 7 Article Series -- Stock Option Plans, Restricted Stock, Phantom Stock and Other Incentive Plans for Closely Held Businesses

  1. Overview

  2. Equity Plans – Stock Options and Restricted Stock

  3. Stock Option Plans

  4. Restricted Stock Plans

  5. Company Buy-Back and Repurchase of Stock Options and Restricted Stock

  6. Cash Plans, Phantom Stock Plans and Stock Appreciation Rights

  7. Summary and Plan of Action

Franchise Lawyer

• Helping Start-up Franchisors 

• Should I Franchise My Business?

• How to Start a Franchise System

• The Franchise Disclosure Document (the UFOC)

• California Franchise Registration

• Franchise Non-Competition Agreements in California

• Helping Existing Franchisors 

• Setting Up an Ongoing Franchise Compliance and Housekeeping System

• Helping Franchisees

• What’s the Difference Between a Franchise and --        Seller Assisted Marketing Plans, Business Opportunities, Multilevel Marketing, Salespersons, Licenses, Distributorships?

• Legal Compliance Checklist for a Startup Franchisee

M&A Lawyer - Business Sales & Exit Planning

• Buying and Selling a Business

• Valuation Issues in Buying and Selling a Business

• Buying and Selling a Medical (Dental) Practice

• Exit & Succession Planning (Long Version)

• Exit & Succession Planning (Short Summary)

Lawyer for Real Estate Investors

• Structuring Real Estate Joint Ventures

• 6 Article Series -- Private Real Estate Investment Funds

  1. Overview

  2. Legal Structure of the Fund

  3. Manager Compensation

  4. Side Letters and Preferential Terms

  5. Securities Law

  6. ERISA

• Evictions & Unlawful Detainers

• Foreclosure Evictions / Unlawful Detainers

• Title Insurance in Real Estate Purchases

• Hiring a Construction Contractor

Legal Articles Library

About Matt

• Listening

• Say No To Spring Cleaning

• Maximizing Your Legal Dollar

• Strategies in Negotiation

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