Chris M. Goodrich

Wills; trusts; marital deduction planning; irrevocable insurance trusts; estate "freeze" transactions; special use valuation; installment sales; generation-skipping tax planning; intentionally defective grantor trusts; grantor retained annuity trusts; family limited partnerships; deferred payment of estate taxes; charitable split-interest trusts; durable powers of attorney; "living" wills.

Corporate: tax-free formations; liquidations; reorganizations; Subchapter S; franchise tax planning; shareholder/employee compensation planning; mergers; spin-offs. Partnership: tax-free formation; section 83 planning for service partners; special allocations and capital account compliance; distribution planning; partnership termination; partner retirement; guaranteed payments. Real Estate: real estate development; real estate finance; like-kind exchanges; capital gain planning.

Asset purchase agreements for both small and large businesses; stock purchase agreements; Hart-Scott-Radino filings; merger agreements and documents (by publicly and privately held corporations); recapitalization transactions; "earnout" agreements; "piggyback" and demand registration agreements; warrants; confidentiality agreements; "standstill" agreements; letters of intent.

Promissory notes; security agreements; loan agreements; guaranties; participation agreements; loan servicing agreements; releases; settlement agreements; indemnity agreements; management agreements.