We work with individual business owners and small companies as well as firms doing millions of dollars of business throughout the Bay Area. Our business and corporate law practice includes the following areas...
Mergers and Acquisitions
As a Stanford Law School graduate with over 35 years of legal experience, business attorney Alan Nopar has the legal knowledge, business acumen and professionalism to provide extremely effective representation to small- and medium-sized businesses and to entrepreneurs. Alan is one of only is one of only five Bay Area attorneys selected for 2020, 2021 and 2022 to the list of Northern California Super Lawyers for Mergers & Acquisitions.
Business Formation
The Palo Alto business formation lawyers at Nopar & Associates help new businesses get off on the right foot. Our AV Preeminent-rated law firm* knows business; our attorneys have experience in business and corporate law, real estate law, franchise law, and litigation.
Business Disputes
The business and corporate lawyers at Nopar & Associates provide transactional services, as well as litigation, mediation and arbitration services to resolve business disputes in California. Whether providing legal counsel to a start-up firm or a visionary entrepreneur, or taking a case to court to protect a business from unfair competition, the attorneys at Nopar & Associates are prepared to help your business maintain its competitive edge.
Business Transactions
We work with individuals and businesses in connection with business transactions and disputes. The use of the Internet or this form for communication with the firm or any individual member of the firm does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent through this form.
Limited Liability Companies
Corporations, including S Corporations and C Corporations, LLCs (Limited Liability Companies) and LLPs (Limited Liability Partnerships): By forming any of these entities, owners can limit their personal liability for the debts and risks of the business.
Construction Contracts
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property
Unfair Competition
At Nopar & Associates we represent franchisees in connection with both transactional and litigation-related matters. Our transactional experience includes the representation of franchisees in connection with buying and selling franchised businesses, lease review and negotiation, entity formation, contracts with vendors and others, and mutual terminations and modifications of franchise agreements. We also have represented franchisees in matters such as fraud claims, earnings misrepresentations, franchise termination issues, claims based on breach of the franchise agreement (including encroachment, unfair competition and unfair dealings), and post-termination issues. Our dispute resolution capabilities include negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. Services for Franchisors
Our business and commercial law practice includes licensing agreements (including trademark, trade name, software and other intellectual property rights), executive compensation and employment contracts, stock option plans and stock purchase plans, joint venture agreements, trade secrets, technology licensing, commercial and industrial lease agreements, purchases and sales of commercial real estate, entity formation, venture financing, mergers and acquisitions, and purchases and sales of businesses.
In a landscape of innovative, often explosive business growth, the business and real estate attorneys at Nopar & Associates have been providing business and real estate law services for over 35 years to our clients. Our Silicon Valley business lawyers and real estate lawyers have served clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Woodside and Atherton on the Peninsula, and South Bay areas such as San Jose, Los Altos, Saratoga and Los Gatos. We also regularly represent clients in the Central Coast, including Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel and Pebble Beach.
Construction Litigation
The firm’s real estate practice includes both litigation and transactional matters. Our real estate attorneys have expertise in handling a broad range of transactions, including purchases and sales, entity formation, private lending and financing transactions, transfers of title, leases, 1031 exchanges and construction contracts. The firm’s managing attorney, Alan Nopar, is a licensed California real estate broker and has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting commercial leases, commercial real estate purchase and sale agreements, and residential purchase and sale agreements. We understand that real estate transactions are time-sensitive, and we know how to get real estate transactions closed expeditiously while minimizing risk.
Real Estate Transactions
The firm’s managing attorney, Alan S. Nopar, is a licensed California real estate broker and is highly experienced in negotiating and drafting commercial leases as well as commercial real estate purchase and sale agreements. Alan is a Northern California Super Lawyer, is rated 10.0 on both Avvo and Justia, and has been rated AV Preeminent for over 25 consecutive years. Residential Real Estate Transactions
At Nopar & Associates we are committed to providing superior and cost-effective litigation services to our clients. We handle both commercial and residential real estate matters, and we represent a broad array of clients, including commercial landlords; residential landlords; commercial tenants; investors; lenders; borrowers; homeowners; buyers and sellers; real estate brokers and agents; corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, LLCs and individuals. Our real estate litigation practice encompasses the following areas...
Transaction structure – whether it is to be a sale and purchase of the target company’s assets or its capital stock. A variety of factors will enter into this decision, including tax issues, liability issues, customer relationship issues and personnel issues.