Practice Areas | Benjamin, Gussin & Associates, A Professional Corporation

Wealth Preservation and Transfer

Estate Planning
Preparation of Wills and Trusts (including Revocable Trusts and Irrevocable Trusts for insurance, gifting and asset protection)
Asset protection issues and strategies
Family partnership and limited liability companies
Income tax planning (both federal and state)
Design of gift programs
Family business succession planning
Generation skipping planning
Estate "freezes"
Family buy-sell agreements
Specialty trusts including QPRTS, GRATS, "Self-Settled Trusts," Insurance Trusts
Insurance planning
Probate and trust administration
Preparation of Federal and State Estate and Gift Tax Returns
Post mortem planning
Charitable foundations – private and public
Charitable giving
Retirement planning

Counsel, documentation and preparation of –

Business governance, structural and operational matters
- Organizations of corporations and limited liability companies
- Shareholder Agreements, General and Limited Partnership Agreements and Operating Agreements
- Management Agreements
- Buy-Sell Agreements and Redemption Agreements
- Employment Agreements
- Independent Contractor Agreements
- Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreements
- Commission Salesperson Agreements
- Supply Agreements
- Customer Agreements (Form and Custom)
- Manufacturing and Distribution Agreements
- Consulting Agreements
Commercial financing transactions
- Asset-based loans
- Structured and leveraged financing
- Commercial lines of credit
- Workouts and debt restructuring
- Private Placements (Offering Memoranda, Subscription Agreements)
- Venture capital arrangements
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Equity and Asset Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Plans of Merger
- Acquisition financing, including bridge debt and preferred equity
- Leveraged and Management buyouts