Rawle & Henderson’s Commercial Litigation and Business Transaction Group specializes in assisting clients facing the difficult decisions in today's competitive business environment. We represent clients of all types and forms, including both profit and non-profit organizations, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietorships. When counseling our business clients, we take pride in providing creative and cost efficient solutions and strategies.

Our business transaction attorneys provide assistance in areas such as:

• Formation and operation of business entities
• Buying, selling, merging and consolidating businesses
• Negotiating and drafting significant asset purchase agreements
• Forming strategic alliances and joint ventures;
• Providing Advise on the creation and operation of special purpose entities
• Business financing, including secured and unsecured borrowing
• Contract negotiation and drafting
• Product licensing, distribution and marketing
• Business dispute resolution
• Shareholder and other owner relationships and agreements
• Employment relationships, including devising and enforcing restrictive covenants
• Trademark registration and other intellectual property protection
• Corporate Registration Issues/Revival of Corporations with Revoked Charters

As a result of increased globalization, our clients’ business needs that must be addressed at the local, state, federal and international level. Through alliances with law firms in other states and countries as well as the use of technology, our Commercial Litigation and Business Transaction attorneys have ably represented our business clients in in the far corners of the world in a cost effective and efficient manner.

Rawle & Henderson’s Commercial Litigation Group is comprised of experienced litigators who represent business clients in a variety of matters in state and federal courts, before arbitration tribunals (both domestic and international) and administrative agencies. Our Group represent clients in both small and complex commercial litigation matters.

The following is a list of types of business litigation in which the Group has extensive experience:

• Breach of Contract actions
• Management Contract Disputes
• Real Estate Actions
• Commercial Mortgage Foreclosure Actions
• Complex Commercial Collection Matters
• Employment Contract Disputes
• Actions involving Employee Compensation and Commissions
• Enforcement of Asset Purchase Transactions
• Shareholder and Partnership disputes
• Corporate Opportunity suits
• Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims
• Licensing Agreement Actions
• Replevin Actions
• Attempts to pierce corporate veils
• Enforcement of non-compete agreements
• Breach of warranty actions
• Construction contract disputes
• Anti-trust litigation
• Claims of unfair trade practices
• Class action litigation
• Civil RICO
• Copyright and Trademark Suits

From our extensive involvement in litigation of all types, Rawle & Henderson has developed a broad data base of independent, outside experts to assist in preparing and advocating our clients' cases. Such experts with whom we deal cover areas from forensic accounting to engineering to product safety to economics.

Our Group's mission is to establish a strategic partnership with our clients in order to provide them the most effective representation while bringing about efficient and positive resolutions to their business litigation. Rawle & Henderson’s commercial litigation attorneys have dedicated themselves to providing the highest quality representation in this often complex area of litigation.

To provide our clients with full-service representation, Rawle & Henderson is organized into a broad range of practice areas. In the course of our commercial litigation and transactional law practice, we frequently draw upon the expertise of attorneys in our bankruptcy, construction, employment, environmental and other litigation groups to meet the various needs of our clients.

David Ira Rosenbaum
Department Chair

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