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Business Services

In the field of Business Services, we regularly advise public and private companies, private equity firms, investment banks, government entities, middle-market companies, individual entrepreneurs, and other institutions in a broad spectrum of business and financial matters.

Recognized by Chambers USA and U.S. News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms," as a leading law firm in the delivery of sophisticated corporate services, the attorneys of Stites & Harbison regularly counsel clients on a broad range of matters from strategic transactions to the day-to-day operations and success of their business.

We provide dedicated and cost-effective counsel on:

  • Administrative Law
  • Airport Law
  • Business Expansion, Relocation & Government Incentive Programs
  • Charitable & Nonprofits
  • Commercial Finance
  • Contract Drafting
  • Negotiations for Public & Private Partnerships
  • Succession Planning
  • Corporate Finance & Securities Offerings
  • Corporate Governance & Disclosure
  • Employee Benefits
  • Entertainment Law
  • Entrepreneurial Services
  • ESOPs
  • Joint Ventures
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Securities
  • Taxation
  • Trade Association Law

The lawyers of Stites & Harbison work collaboratively, across industries and practices, to provide the most comprehensive and thorough legal representation.

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Events

Data Security and Privacy Symposium

Date: 4/17/24
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

State Bar of Georgia Conference Center, 104 Marietta Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303

Attorneys Shannon Sprinkle and Matt Gass will be moderating and participating on a panel focused on Litigation Trends in Privacy and Data Protection on April 17, 2024 presented by the Atlanta Bar Association.

Matthew A. Gass (Matt) and Shannon M. Sprinkle April 15, 2024
Client Alerts

Key Employee Compensation Alternatives

Many companies struggle with how to best compensate and incentivize their key employees. Salary and short-term bonuses alone may not be sufficient. Many key employees seek to be rewarded for their long-term efforts and to share in any increase in value of the company. Andy Jacobs takes a look at the most common means adopted by companies in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

by Andrew R. Jacobs April 08, 2024
Events

Corporate Transparency Act Impacting Construction Industry: Covered Entities, Reporting Requirements, Exemptions

Date: 4/16/24
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Webinar

Alison Zeitlin will be a speaker at this webinar that will examine the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its impact on construction entities, including who is considered a "reporting company" subject to new beneficial ownership information reporting requirements and the information that must be reported.

Alison M. Zeitlin April 04, 2024
Client Alerts

Retirement Plans: How to Guard Against Fiduciary Liability

In recent years, we have seen more and more ERISA class action claims against retirement plan sponsors and committees for breach of fiduciary duty. In the past, such claims were generally only made against very large plans but we are starting to see claims against smaller plans. The primary allegation is often that the fiduciaries failed to seek the lowest fees available or put another way the fiduciaries were “asleep at the wheel.” By one report, 463 lawsuits have been filed over the last eight years claiming fiduciaries failed to obtain the lowest available fees. Lexington office attorney Andy Jacobs takes a look at the issues in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

by Andrew R. Jacobs March 28, 2024
Client Alerts

Easy Come, Easy Go: Delaware Court Upends Elon Musk’s $56 Billion Equity Incentive Plan

An extraordinary performance-based stock option plan (the “Grant”) awarded by Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) to Elon Musk (“Musk”) was invalidated by the Delaware Court of Chancery last week, despite the fact that over 70% of Tesla’s disinterested stockholders approved it at a 2018 special meeting. Attorney Brian Cromer takes a look at the decision in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.

by Brian A. Cromer February 05, 2024
Press Releases

Kentucky Super Lawyers® Honors 49 Stites & Harbison Attorneys for 2024

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2024 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers® recently honored 49 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 35 attorneys to the Super Lawyers® list and 14 attorneys to the Rising Stars® list.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC January 12, 2024
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Stites & Harbison Promotes Three Attorneys

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC announced today that three attorneys have been promoted to Member (Partner). The promotions are effective January 1, 2024. The new Members (Partners) are Katie M. Glass, Mary Lucille (Mary Lu) Noah, and Drake W. Staples.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC January 04, 2024
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Ten Stites & Harbison Attorneys Honored by 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The 2023 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers recently honored 10 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys. Seven attorneys were named to the Super Lawyers list and three were named to the Rising Stars list.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC December 01, 2023