Family Businesses
Comprehensive Business Law Services for Family Owned Businesses
At the law office of Ciesla & Ciesla we help entrepreneurs start businesses of all types and sizes. Our family business clients include owners of private educational institutions, healthcare companies, medical practices, law firms, automobile dealerships, restaurants, night clubs, liquor stores and wine shops. Whatever your family business dreams, we can help you succeed.
Each of our business lawyers has more than a decade of legal experience guiding business owners in creating, growing, and passing along a business venture. For sound business strategies and legal solutions to help your business grow, contact our Northbrook law office to speak with an attorney.
Starting on the Right Foot
Few people think when they start a new business that it could become a lasting legacy for their children and grandchildren. It's only after the business has become established in an industry and in a community that owners begin to think of the long-term benefits of maintaining the business for future generations.
At Ciesla & Ciesla, we're already planning for the success of your family owned business. From the earliest stages of starting a business, we advise our clients on corporate structures and operating practices that can lay the foundation for later inclusion of family members.
Planning for the Next Generation
We work with family business owners to develop succession plans for the orderly transfer of management or business assets to the next generation. Learn more about how we can assist you with business succession planning through capital restructuring, shareholder agreements, buy/sell agreements and family limited partnerships.
Resolving Business Challenges Caused by Family Disputes
Three of the greatest challenges to the continued success of a family owned business are:
- Family disputes over the management of the business
- The divorce of a family business owner and its affect on the finances of the business
- Lack of ability or interest of family members to take over a family business after the death of the founder
At Ciesla & Ciesla we take our role as legal counselors seriously. We offer family members a number of possible solutions to resolve their legal challenges while still seeking to preserve the viability of the business during the transition.
We can help tailor management agreements or structure buyouts. We can also assist you with the sale of a licensed business, including businesses with liquor licenses (an area of special focus for our firm).
We invite you to learn more about our business law practice and how we can assist you, your business, and your family with starting a family owned business, operating agreements and employment contracts, estate planning and civil litigation. Contact Ciesla & Ciesla to schedule a consultation. We represent clients throughout the greater Chicago area, in DuPage County, Lake County and Cook County.
