Buy-Sell / Shareholder Agreements

Denise can help you protect your company from an unplanned dissolution by drafting a buy sell agreement between the company owners that will govern the procedures to be followed in case of an owner’s death, divorce, bankruptcy, retirement or disability. By having this agreement in place you can assure the continuity of your company even when unexpected events occur.

Business Entity Formation & Planning.

Attorney Olrich handles all aspects of business formation, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships. Denise can advise you about how to protect your personal assets so that they will not become subject to claims of your business creditors. By operating your business in a limited liability entity such as a corporation or limited liability company you can generally limit your personal liability for business debts as well as tort liability. Denise can review your situation and determine what entity is best suited for your business. Once she has determined the best option for your business, she can form your business entity. She can also review and update your corporate records, thereby helping the company shareholders protect themselves from personal liability.

Business Agreements, Forms & Transactions; Contracts and Commercial Law

Ms. Olrich’s practice focuses on representation of business owners, executives and entrepreneurs. She can handle your business sale or purchase, set up your business entity and draft your business agreements.

Business Entity Formation & Planning; Corporate Formation and Counseling; LLCs’ Corporations and Partnerships
Attorney Olrich handles all aspects of business formation, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships. Denise can advise you about how to protect your personal assets so that they will not become subject to claims of your business creditors. By operating your business in a limited liability entity such as a corporation or limited liability company you can generally limit your personal liability for business debts as well as tort liability. Denise can review your situation and determine what entity is best suited for your business. Once she has determined the best option for your business, she can form your business entity. She can also review and update your corporate records, thereby helping the company shareholders protect themselves from personal liability.

Business Entity Formation & Planning; Corporate Formation and Counseling

Attorney Olrich handles all aspects of business formation, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships. Denise can advise you about how to protect your personal assets so that they will not become subject to claims of your business creditors. By operating your business in a limited liability entity such as a corporation or limited liability company you can generally limit your personal liability for business debts as well as tort liability. Denise can review your situation and determine what entity is best suited for your business. Once she has determined the best option for your business, she can form your business entity. She can also review and update your corporate records, thereby helping the company shareholders protect themselves from personal liability.

Denise can assist you with dissolving your corporation or LLC with the California Secretary of State and advising you about how to completely dissolve your business entity.

Employment Law and Executive Compensation

Ms. Olrich can draft employment agreements and forms for your company, including executive compensation agreements, confidential employee and invention assignment agreements and severance agreements.

Denise can review and draft your employee manuals and standard employee policies. She can counsel business owners and managers concerning employee incentive plans as well as counsel you concerning the implementation of employee discipline, including termination.

By taking appropriate steps during the termination process, Denise can help you avoid unnecessary claims including wrongful termination and discrimination.

Franchises

If you are considering purchasing a franchise business, Denise can review the franchise offering circular and agreement to help you be sure that you fully understand all of the rights and obligations imposed by the franchise agreement, including issues such as what happens when you want to sell the business later. Denise can also help you evaluate and compare different franchise opportunities you may be considering to determine which one will best suit your requirements. Finally, Denise can draft any changes you wish to proposed to the Franchise Agreement and help you through your negotiations with your proposed Franchisor.

General Counsel / Corporate Counsel Services

Denise Olrich serves as outside general outside counsel and corporate counsel to many of her business clients , handing all aspects of their legal needs, including business formation, contracts, leases, mergers and acquisitions, employment law and dispute resolution. Her years of experience as a business attorney provide her with a breadth of experience that enables her to handle the wide variety of legal issues that you may encounter in your business operations.

Cyberspace Law / E-Commerce / Internet & Privacy Law

Denise advises her clients regarding cyberspace, Internet and E-commerce law issues, including advice about operating your website and drafting website policies, such as terms and conditions and privacy policies. Denise can draft the agreements included on your website and help you create a comprehensive E-commerce strategy.

As the author of the Internet Privacy chapter of CEB’s publication entitled, Privacy Compliance and Litigation, a reference book for California lawyers, Denise is well versed in issues concerning your privacy obligations and rights, including issues concerning the handling of your customer or client’s private information. Denise can audit your business operations to insure that you are meeting all of your legal obligations to protect the privacy of your customers and their personal information.

According to the EU GDPR website, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. Denise can update your Privacy Policy and website terms of use to comply with GDPR requirements.

Lease Agreements and Lease Disputes

Your business lease is often your business’s largest contractual obligation and one that deserves careful attention. Denise is experienced in drafting or reviewing your commercial lease, and she can help you in the negotiating process if desired. Having reviewed many leases over the years helps Denise spot issues in your lease agreement so that you can negotiate the best deal possible.

LLCs’ Corporations and Partnerships.

Business Entity Formation & Planning; Corporate Formation and Counseling;
Attorney Olrich handles all aspects of business formation, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships. Denise can advise you about how to protect your personal assets so that they will not become subject to claims of your business creditors. By operating your business in a limited liability entity such as a corporation or limited liability company you can generally limit your personal liability for business debts as well as tort liability. Denise can review your situation and determine what entity is best suited for your business. Once she has determined the best option for your business, she can form your business entity. She can also review and update your corporate records, thereby helping the company shareholders protect themselves from personal liability.

Mergers and Acquisitions, Purchase & Sale of Business

If you wish to buy or sell a business, Ms. Olrich can represent you and guide you through the purchase and sale from start to finish. Ms. Olrich understands how important the sale of your business is, because your ability to sell is often the result of many years of hard work. And if you are the buyer, she can help you look out for problems and implement strategies that can help you avoid surprises after you own the business. She can handle the negotiation with the other side and prepare a letter of intent laying out the basic terms of the deal. Once your letter of intent has been agreed upon she can draft all of the documents necessary to complete your transaction. Ms. Olrich has handled the purchase and sale of a wide variety of businesses. With her years of experience in handling the purchase or sale of businesses she can help you to avoid costly mistakes during this very important transaction.

Intellectual Property / Trademarks

Denise can handle your trademark registration from start to finish. She can advise you and your business about your trademark strategies and intellectual property matters.

Ms. Olrich can represent you with respect to Digital Millennium Copyright Act issues, including issuance of take down notices to ISPs and parties infringing your copyright online.