Baton Rouge Business Law Attorneys

The Baringer Law Firm, L.L.C., in Baton Rouge, represents business clients and individuals in a variety of practice areas ranging from business organizations in start-up mode, legal and compliance issues encountered in the operations of a business such as employment law and contract disputes, corporate transactions such as asset sales, stock sales, mergers and acquisitions, and tax law to personal injury matters. Due to our experience and reputation for quality service, we are trusted counsel for some of the largest corporations in Louisiana. Combining the knowledge and resources of a large firm with the attentive service of a small local firm, our clients trust us to protect their interests.

Business And Commercial Law

Our Baton Rouge business law attorneys handle a broad range of business and commercial law matters for our clients throughout Louisiana, including:

• Sales and purchases of businesses, whether by asset sale or stock sale
• Business transactions, including leases and contracts
• Counseling officers and boards of directors with respect to their obligations
• Business entity formation, including closely held as well as diversely held businesses
• Disputes involving shareholders & corporations, partners and partnerships, and members and limited liability companies
• Breaches of fiduciary duty
• Failure to pay promissory notes
• Foreclosures on personal and immovable property
• Loan Closings, including negotiation of complex commercial loan agreements for both lenders and borrowers in transactions up to $30 million
• Business torts
• Misrepresentation or concealment of facts
• Director and officer liability claims
• Commercial real estate lease disputes
• TV & Radio broadcasting matters
• Employment law matters
• Distributorship Agreements
• Trade Secret litigation
• Non-Competition covenant litigation
• Representation of creditors in bankruptcy matters
• Acquisitions of businesses through bankruptcy sales

Real Estate Law | New Orleans Real Estate Attorneys

With a professional working relationship with several of Baton Rouge’s largest real estate developers, we frequently advise clients in commercial real estate negotiations on leases, purchase agreements for major properties such as subdivisions and shopping centers, and 1031 like-kind exchanges. We have assisted clients in both straight-up deferred exchanges and in reverse exchange transactions. In one representative case, we served as the exchange accommodation titleholder for a $10 million exchange of operating oil and gas properties between oil and gas operating companies; and in another, we represented the exchange accommodation titleholder for a $35 million office building.

Our real estate law practice also includes real estate closings and real estate litigation.

Our Litigation Experience

Litigation makes up a significant portion of the issues we handle for our clients. We are skilled trial lawyers, and our litigation experience includes representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in matters such as:

• Commercial litigation
• Shareholder litigation
• Partnership litigation
• LLC Member litigation
• Construction disputes litigation
• Eminent domain litigation
• General Civil litigation
• Banking litigation
• Bankruptcy litigation
• ERISA litigation
• Securities litigation
• Appeals
• Class action complex litigation
• Oil and gas litigation
• Trade secret litigation
• Non-Competition covenant litigation
• Litigation of tax disputes
• Privacy litigation, including defamation
• Products liability and personal injury litigation
• Life, Health and Accident Insurance litigation
• Litigation of real estate transaction disputes

A Full Service Firm For The Needs Of Businesses And Individuals

Our firm offers representation in a broad array of practice areas. While we are most known for the services we offer business clients, we offer skilled representation to individuals in the areas of personal injury, products liability, construction law claims, employment law – including employment discrimination, tax law, estate planning, probate law, defense of non-competition covenant claims, family law and criminal law. To learn more about our additional services, see:

• Mediation and arbitration
• Construction litigation
• Securities law
• Tax law and planning
• 1031 like-kind exchanges
• Wills, trusts and estate planning
• Succession and probate litigation
• Bankruptcy — creditors rights

Contact Us

We offer quality service focused on protecting the interests of our clients in Louisiana. To learn more, contact us today to discuss your legal needs with a knowledgeable lawyer.