Category: CORPORATE

On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas lifted the only remaining injunction against the Federal government enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act. (See MLLP’s prior Client Alerts on this topic at www.martinllp.net.) This ruling put the beneficial ownership information (BOI)...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Corporate Group Mergers and Acquisitions Equity & Growth Capital Banking & Debt Finance General CorporateLitigation GroupReal Estate GroupM&A to Z Podcast SeriesPro Bono and Charitable EffortsWe are pleased to highlight a few of the many significant representations and transactions which we were honored to undertake during...

Martin LLP Partner Ken Zinghini has been representing GoAERO since it launched its competition over a year ago. Ken recently presented a webinar during which he discussed the legal hurdles to founding, operating, and financing a start-up business, including choice of business entity, management structures,...

On December 3, 2024, a federal district court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining the government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the Treasury Department regulations implementing the CTA. As we outlined in previous Client Alerts, the CTA requires most  business entities...

Martin LLP is pleased to announce its role as legal advisor to BNP Associates, Inc., a leading air transportation design and engineering firm, in connection with a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management LP, a private equity firm focused on the Defense & Government services...

In January of this year, we published a Client Alert advising readers that the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) had gone effective, requiring many companies and other entities (such as investment vehicles) to file an initial beneficial ownership report (BOR) with the U.S. government. We...

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 (along party lines) to adopt a final rule (Final Rule) that prohibits the imposition of non-compete agreements in the employment context, with very limited exceptions, stating that such agreements are an “unfair method...

We are pleased to highlight a few of the representations and transactions which we were honored to undertake during 2023 and to update our clients and friends on some other firm developments from the year, including pro bono and other civic endeavors. As we complete...

Starting January 1, 2024, many companies will be required to report beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) to the U.S. government. Enacted into law on January 1, 2021 (see MLLP’s prior client alert here) and implemented primarily through a rule published by the U.S. Department of the...

On March 29, 2023, Congress enacted an exemption (the “Exemption”) from registration as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) for certain qualifying brokers effecting securities transactions involving transfers of ownership or control of certain privately held companies. The Exemption...