Business & Commercial Law
Please contact Christine A. Kubota for more information.
We Provide Full Service Business & Commercial Assistance to International and Domestic Clients, both Large and Small
Damon Key’s Business & Commercial team works with a wide range of industries, such as aviation, food and beverage, retail, wholesale, construction, real estate, travel, hotels, tourism, personal services, accountants, charitable organizations, publishers, Internet businesses, apparel, software, education, financial institutions and trust companies, and advertising.
Our business & commercial services include assisting clients with:
- Administrative Law – filings and applications, and administrative hearings.
- Banking and Finance – loans, mortgages, securitization, and other security interests.
- Business Entities – selecting the type and forming business entities, terminating and converting, assisting foreign clients to register to do business in Hawaii.
- Business Reorganizations and Sales – mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs and split offs, and liquidations.
- Contracts – creating and enforcing written and oral commitments of every nature.
- e-Business – Internet-related legal issues, web site development agreements, cybersquatting.
- Emerging Industries: Renewable Energy – Landowners developing photovoltaic (PV) Solar Farms, Power purchase agreements, Installation of PV systems, Geothermal, Companies seeking to develop renewable friendly facilities
- Employment Law – human resources matters, employment and noncompete agreements, employment discrimination, employee handbooks, and plant closures.
- Foreign Investment – transnational transactions, tax and government reporting requirements and tax consequences (in coordination with our Immigration Law practice group and our Estate Planning practice group).
- Franchises – franchise law requirements, including formation, registration, operation, purchase and sale of a franchise.
- Integration – integrate business concerns with immigration, estate planning and tax considerations.
- Intellectual Property – protection of trademarks, trade names, trade dress, copyrights, and patents.
- Licensing – filings and applications, and administrative hearings.
- Nonprofit Laws – forming nonprofit entities and applying for 501(c)(3) status, nonprofit corporation and fundraising laws.
- Purchase and Sale of Business – drafting agreements, due diligence review, filings, assignments and lease review.
- Tax – planning and compliance.