Practice Areas

Clerc & Associates, P.C. offers a wide range of legal services to individuals and small and large private businesses.

We provide high quality personal attention to our clients in the following practice areas:

Buying and Selling Businesses

We can guide business owners throughout the process of buying or selling a business including drafting, reviewing and negotiating the extensive documentation including:

• Asset Purchase Agreements
• Stock Purchase Agreements
• Letters of Intent
• Offers to Purchase
• Promissory Notes
• Personal Guarantees
• Security Agreements
• Bills of Sale
• Employment Agreements
• Confidentiality Agreements / Non-compete Agreements

Business Formation

We will assist you in the formation of your company or limited liability company. We will help you:

• Draft Articles of Organization / Certificate of Organization
• Draft corporate by-laws
• Negotiate and prepare partnership, shareholder or operating agreements
• Obtain your Employer Identification Number
• File the necessary documentation with the Department of Revenue, Internal Revenue Service and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Formation of Non-profit Organizations

Business Contracts

We will draft and negotiate contracts related to various business matters including:

• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Releases and Waivers
• Shareholder Agreements
• Operating Agreements
• Commercial Lease Agreements
• Professional Service Agreements

Real Estate

We assist clients with the purchase or sale of their commercial real estate (and / or residential homes or condominiums) including drafting and negotiating real estate documents such as:

• Offers to Purchase
• Purchase and Sale Agreements
• Addendums and Riders to the Purchase and Sale Agreement
• Quitclaim Deeds
• Declarations of Homestead