• Tax planning and general business law for closely-held businesses and nonprofit organizations; often in the role of primary outside counsel, coordinating the prevention and resolution of legal and tax problems of all kinds; often working closely with other attorneys, accountants and trusted advisors• Structuring, negotiating and documenting business deals: start-ups, reorganizations, buying and selling businesses, redemptions, corporate liquidations, partnership transactions and property transfers• Advising attorneys and accountants concerning high-stake tax issues• Business succession planning: income, estate, gift and property tax issues; restructuring businesses and designing incentive plans for management• Obtaining rulings, advisory opinions and determination letters on tax issues, usually for a business transaction or a family transaction involving business assets• See www.staleylaw.comSpecialties: • Selling or buying a business• Buy-sell agreements among owners• Incorporating, reorganizing and dissolving business and nonprofit entities• Incentive compensation and issuing stock to employees• Succession planning – transferring a business to the next generation – legal and tax issues with a special sensitivity to family issues• Tax-exempt nonprofit entities – private foundations, charitable organizations and trade associations – legal and tax issues