McCandlish Holton provides services for all areas of business planning and corporate and partnership law. We have in-depth experience with formation and termination of businesses, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations, recapitalizations and other restructuring. We also counsel officers, directors, partners and shareholders.

Bankruptcy
McCandlish Holton represents debtors and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy law. Chapter 11 reorganizations and workouts are among the firm’s areas of specialization.

Business Planning
McCandlish Holton assists businesses in their planning regarding legal and financial needs, to decrease exposure to liability, to minimize disruption to business operations, and to take competitive advantage of laws and regulations.

Employee Benefits
McCandlish Holton has an active practice in tax, securities and other legal aspects of employee benefits and related tax-favored savings vehicles.

Matters covered include qualified retirement plans, employee stock ownership plans, stock options, welfare plans (group health, life, disability, and cafeteria plans), non-qualified deferred compensation and individual retirement accounts.

Our current clientele is comprised of employers providing benefits to their employees or contractors, financial institutions providing products to employers and individuals, administrators and accountants providing administrative services, and individuals with concerns about their benefits.

International Trade and Investment
With the combined experience of the Richmond and Guangzhou offices, McCandlish Holton offers a full range of international services. The firm is experienced in representing foreign firms engaged in investment and other business activities in the United States. Such transactions encompass the full scope of services including advice and counsel on securities, tax, and state regulatory matters. For businesses looking to access international markets we have developed expertise to assist in the area of start-up strategy, business planning, tax planning, import and export controls, and international antitrust dispute resolution, arbitration and litigation.

Mergers and Acquisitions
We have extensive experience in handling all aspects of mergers and acquisitions. We work with our clients in negotiating, drafting and refining the terms of agreements to meet their objectives. From due diligence, to navigating the SEC, to Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, to advance rulings from the IRS, we involve attorneys from all necessary disciplines to close the deal on the client's time table.

Public Finance
McCandlish Holton serves as bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel in connection with the issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds. The firm also serves as counsel to private entities seeking industrial development bond financing.

Real Estate
McCandlish Holton represents a variety of commercial real estate developers, investors, owners and lenders. Our represent negotiations of purchase agreements, leases, easements, loan documents and other acquisition and financing documents as well as interaction with government officials in zoning, land use and environmental matters. Furthermore, we are experienced in the acquisition, development and financing of multi-tenant residential and office projects, as well as large and small scale retail and industrial sites. We have particular expertise with health care and telecommunications facilities. The firm's real estate attorneys work closely with our tax and corporate attorneys in structuring transactions to facilitate operations and maximize favorable tax treatment.

Securities Law
McCandlish Holton offers its clients extensive expertise with respect to federal and state securities laws applicable to corporations, broker/dealers, investment advisers, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies. Lawyers in the firm have structured syndications of apartment projects, hotels, mini-warehouses, and start-up companies for clients, including rendering advice on tax and economic benefits. We negotiate with venture capital firms on behalf of our clients. Additionally, in connection with syndications or venture capital financing of corporate securities, our lawyers advise clients on investments structuring in terms of common stock, preferred stock, debentures, warrants and units composed of a mixture of all or some of these securities. For more established companies, the firm offers securities advice with respect to stock exchange membership requirements, SEC registration requirements and subsequent obligations, public offerings, and sales of restricted securities.