Galland Kharasch attorneys concentrating in corporate and commercial law offer a full range of legal and business skills to domestic and international clients. The firm represents publicly and privately-held concerns of various sizes, that are engaged in a variety of businesses, both in and outside the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Business clients call on Galland Kharasch attorneys to draft and negotiate various types of contracts such as complex stock and asset acquisition agreements, executive compensation arrangements and financing agreements, including loan facilities. Moreover, because we represent many national and international transportation clients, we often are asked to draft and negotiate asset-based agreements involving secured aviation and ship leases and acquisitions. In addition to providing general corporate services and business advice, such as organizing corporate structures and conducting legal audits, Galland Kharasch attorneys assist start-up and young companies to develope business plans and establish viable capital foundations. We also assist in the strategic planning necessary to accomplish management succession in an orderly fashion for family-owned businesses. Commercial attorneys, as well as members of the firm's intellectual property group, also are versed in drafting and negotiating licensing, manufacturing and distribution agreements, including patent, trademark and copyright licenses.

Galland Kharasch attorneys have experience handling debt and equity financings, public offerings, private placements and related corporate finance matters. The firm's attorneys devise and implement corporate finance business plans, including structuring capital transactions with venture capital groups, drafting private placement memoranda and assisting with staged capital growth plans through the public markets.

Firm attorneys also represent foreign corporations with branch offices and other legal relationships in the United States. Galland Kharasch provides these clients with advice on U.S. law, including labor issues, federal and state tax matters, and general corporate operations. Galland Kharasch has assisted several of its foreign clients in pursuing both friendly and hostile takeovers of U.S. companies.

Through Interlaw, an established, worldwide network of independent correspondent counsel, we have immediate access to the most up-to-date foreign laws, thereby allowing us to help domestic and foreign clients minimize the costs involved in developing markets abroad. Galland Kharasch maintains an affiliated office in Beijing, China staffed with attorneys from both the People's Republic of China and the United States. These associations have facilitated access to local distribution and business networks overseas, at major cost savings to our clients.