It all begins with entity formation. PDH has helped clients throughout the U.S. structure, form, operate, and liquidate various types of corporations, joint ventures/partnerships and limited liability companies.

PDH also excels at capitalizing, financing and growing businesses through internal growth or acquisition. We add value by taking the time to learn your industry and management team; we pride ourselves on our understanding of your business and its challenges, culture and infrastructure.

Our clients rely on PDH for legal and business matters relating to governance and internal operations of a variety of commercial entities, including corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships. Among these matters are:

• Meeting requirements
• Securities issuance
• Authorization of actions
• Corporate veil issues
• Tax planning matters
• Contract issues
• Fiduciary duties and liability
• Indemnification and insurance counseling
• Equity holders’ rights

PDH assists its clients in developing strategic initiatives for their businesses. We participate with management in developing business plans, growth strategies, integrated management and employee compensation programs, and governance structures.

We also help our clients access private and institutional equity and debt capital. Our experience in this area covers a broad spectrum:

• Capital Plan Development
• Capital Strategies
• Debt Sourcing Including Conventional Asset-Based and Mezzanine Financing
• Equity Sourcing
• Growth Strategies
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Strategic Plan Development
• Transaction Structuring

For every business that PDH represents, our firm is involved in advising, negotiating and preparing the documentation for a wide range of commercial transactions. Our firm is commonly involved in the following type of commercial transactions:

• Trademark applications and licensing of intellectual property
• Contracting for products and services
• Distribution agreements
• Alliance agreements
• Advising and documentation for hardware, software, telecommunications, Internet, distribution, franchising and employee/consulting contracts
• Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure agreements

Intellectual property (IP) based enterprises represent the largest single sector of the United States’ economy, and one of the largest investments a business can make. Today’s commercial marketplace is more competitive and more technologically advanced, reinforcing the need to protect and leverage every business asset, including IP assets such as patents, trademarks and copyrights. This is exactly what we do for our clients. Furthermore, with our unique knowledge of our clients’ businesses, and the industry sector in which they operate, this allows us to represent clients in the IP arena in a more personalized manner, and tailoring an approach in line with their needs and goals.

We help our clients obtain and protect intellectual property (IP) rights in the United States. From the entrepreneur to emerging companies with technological assets, to well established companies, we offer our clients the following IP legal services:

• Advice, strategies and recommendations with respect to copyrights, patents, trade secrets and trademarks.
• Advice and negotiations with respect to licensing agreements as either licensor or licensee.
• Advice, review and negotiations with respect to technology transfers, manufacturing and supply agreements and research and development agreements.
• IP audits and due diligence, either separately or as part of mergers and acquisitions.
• Practicing before government agencies with respect to trademarks.
• Arbitration, mediation and litigation in state and federal courts with respect to IP matters. alternatives

PDH clients often times find themselves as a creditor, vendor, landlord or tenant, or contracting party with a company that has filed bankruptcy.  We have extensive experience protecting our clients’ interests in bankruptcy or where there is an out-of-court work-out, and in any litigation that may be filed.  When our clients are creditors in bankruptcy proceeding, whether the circumstances call for trial skills or deal-making expertise, we strive to maximize our clients’ debt recovery by identifying available assets and strategies for successful realization of claims. In bankruptcy matters—including many high profile proceedings—our attorneys have successfully represented creditors in connection with complex preference matters, lifting the automatic stay, fraudulent transfer litigation, assumption and rejection of executory contracts, discharge and discharge-ability matters, claims litigation, and plan confirmation issues.