Clients & industries
Selected matters handled over the past 18 months, including ongoing representations. These matters cover transactions, governance, and business disputes, from company formation and investment to ownership transitions and litigation.
Featured matter / Business Disputes
Counseled a major renewable energy company in a business divorce with a major publicly traded wind turbine manufacturer. The partnership entity was unwound, and the matter was successfully resolved without litigation.
Represented a software developer in a $30 million transaction with a private equity buyer.
Advising the founder of a New York City food startup on a business acquisition.
Represented lenders and equity investors in a series of New York real estate transactions.
Drafted and negotiated loan and collateral documents for a hard money lender in a real estate transaction.
Represented investors in a private equity fund investment, including due diligence, negotiation, and documentation, with ongoing monitoring of the investment.
Representing a Delaware business in a sale transaction.
Drafting agreements for an international software development and services company and advising on their implementation.
Represented a beauty brand startup in LLC formation, business agreements, and investor onboarding.
Advised a senior executive on a negotiated departure, including the treatment of equity interests, non-compete obligations, settlement terms, and separation documents.
Advised founders on their roles and ownership rights and prepared shareholder and related agreements.
Represented a company’s founder and seller in a minority shareholder dispute involving an ownership exit and share valuation under Delaware law. The company was sold to private equity.
Represented investors in New York fraud litigation against the founders of a purported business venture. The representation proceeded through trial, verdict, and judgment.
Represented a Ukrainian software developer in a business divorce with a major U.S. bank, achieving a successful outcome.
Represented a Delaware company in a business divorce with a minority shareholder arising from an unsuccessful investment.
Represented an international jewelry business in a founder separation, with related matters involving entity dissolution and trademark infringement.
Representing a renewable energy company in litigation involving fraud and breach of contract claims in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Representing an automobile dealer and a leasing company in a dispute between partners and a business divorce.
Successfully represented a wind turbine service company in a contract dispute with a manufacturer.
Represented a company in enforcing a loan, taking control of pledged securities, and selling that collateral. The work also involved establishing a new business combination.
Settled a breach of contract dispute between a service provider and its client.
Represented a greenfield renewable energy developer in a breach of contract dispute relating to a project sold to a major energy company.
Advised a founder and majority owner in a contested business divorce and separation of assets.
Advised a client on pursuing claims against a U.S. banking institution arising from alleged fraudulent activity.
Advising a minority owner of a Delaware business on a freeze-out and disputed equity buyout. The matter involves allegations of fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and conversion.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Industry perspective
The firm’s experience includes financial services, private equity, secured lending, real estate, professional services, and software development.
Manufacturing and consumer-sector work includes beauty and cosmetics, food and agriculture, beverages, cannabis, and jewelry. The firm also advises import and export businesses and outsourcing providers.
Energy and materials work includes businesses in solar and wind energy, oil and gas, iron ore, coal, and gold.
Contact Finkel Associates to discuss a transaction, a business dispute, or your company’s ongoing legal needs.