Insights from BNJ Legal.
Practical updates on the work that determines whether closely held businesses grow cleanly, transfer cleanly, and pass cleanly to the next generation. Our first articles are publishing soon — subscribe below and we'll send them as they're released.
Six lines of work. Three on the business side, three on the family side.
M&A and transactions
Deal structuring, working capital, R&W insurance, earnouts, middle-market dynamics, tax-aware buy-side and sell-side mechanics.
Estate planning
Wills, trusts, beneficiary designations, marital deduction planning, portability, and the planning vehicles that make the next generation’s transitions cleaner.
Tax planning & controversy
Partnership tax, executive compensation, IRS audits, Texas Comptroller controversy, and pre-transaction tax structuring.
Multigenerational wealth transfer
Lifetime gifting, generation-skipping transfer tax, dynasty trusts, family limited partnerships, and the strategies that move wealth across generations efficiently.
Outside general counsel
Governance, commercial contracts, employment matters, vendor agreements, and the day-to-day legal operations of privately held companies.
Business succession
When a family owns operating companies, the business succession plan and the personal estate plan are designed together. Buy-sell agreements, GST-aware ownership structures, transition timing.
Firm updates.
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