Hinkle Law Firm is ALFA International’s member firm in Wichita, Kansas. From complex business and commercial disputes to the inevitable disputes that come with running a business, Hinkle Law Firm’s team has the experience to handle these cases, focusing on providing its clients with qualified litigation counsel to strategize and focus on reaching the best outcome to meet their business needs.
Types of corporate transactions in which our firm has particular expertise
Hinkle Law Firm represents a wide range of corporate clients ranging from start-ups to billion-dollar companies. Its corporate attorneys work with a variety of individuals, including in-house counsel, family members of family-owned businesses, C-suite executives and HR managers. Attorneys practicing corporate transactions at Hinkle Law Firm have extensive experience in general corporate representation; formation and organization of business entities; real estate and commercial development; agriculture and oil and gas transactions; debt and equity capitalization of business entities; commercial transactions; mergers, acquisitions and other business reorganizations; corporate, tax, and succession planning matters for businesses; shareholder rights issues; transactions involving healthcare compliance, hospitals, and medical practices; and general contract drafting and negotiation. Attorneys at Hinkle Law Firm also represents clients in private securities offerings, SEC compliance matters and “blue sky” compliance matters.
The size of our firm’s corporate transactions team
Hinkle Law Firm’s corporate transactions team currently consists of 10 lawyers, including 9 partners, and 4 paralegals/legal assistants with decades of experience in corporate transactions and general business matters. Hinkle’s corporate transactions team is supported by additional partners specializing in employee benefit plans, employment law issues, intellectual property, privacy and cybersecurity, immigration, and estate planning depending on the circumstances of the transaction.
Examples of transactions our firm has undertaken
- Assisted business client in private offering to raise capital and asset purchase of five franchise restaurants in three cities. Transaction included a variety of closing items such as assumption of leases, seller carry-back financing, trade name and trademark usage assignments and government permitting and licensing.
- Represented client during sale of medical practice from retiring physician owner to new physician and sale of real estate from affiliated holding company.
- Represented seller in multi-million dollar stock purchase sale of family-owned trucking company to purchaser.
- Assisted broadband internet services provider with conducting private offering for expanding business operations in rural areas.
- Represented client with purchase of farm ground for reverse 1031 exchange and subsequent sale of cell tower easement to tower company.
- Representation of multi-specialty medical group in connection with merger with other medical group.
- Representation of purchaser of software application and associated intellectual property rights.
- Represented client in sale of fireworks business with seller carry-back financing and negotiation of consulting agreements for transition period with purchaser.
- Represent owner and developer of storage facilities in both development and refinance phases throughout the United States.