M.E. Mims, Esq. approaches business transaction engagements with the understanding that in today’s fast-paced business environment opportunities must be seized expeditiously.
To meet time-condensed demands M.E. Mims, Esq. maintains long-standing business relationships with competent professionals that are available to assist with transactions that are time-sensitive or that merit additional resources due to deal size or complexity.
Typical Transactions that M.E. Mims Esq. offers advisory and representative services include:

• Acquisitions and Divestitures (including asset sales) – M. E. Mims, Esq. assists clients with due diligence required to vet buy and sell side transactions, and engages as buyer or seller counsel performing duties that include drafting, reviewing and negotiating purchase/sell agreements, guarantees, holdback and escrow agreements, non-compete agreements, and all other ancillary agreements necessary to execute the transaction.
• Buy-Sell Agreements – M. E Mims, Esq. prepares and reviews agreements between shareholders, LLC members, and partners that establish what will happen if/when such equity owner transfers his or her ownership interest in the company due to death, retirement, divorce, bankruptcy, un-involvement, conflict, or other reason; along with the methods of valuing the ownership interest; source of payment; and other relevant conditions and limitations.
• Recapitalization – M. E. Mims ,Esq. can help your company develop a strategy to improve its financial stability and position the firm for growth by pursuing equity and quasi-equity investments.
• Reorganizations and Restructuring Plans/Agreements – M. E Mims, Esq advises ownership and director-level executives with business reorganizations that enable companies to become more integrated and profitable, including creating and modifying shareholder agreements, buy-ins, capitalization table development and updates; ownership changes and/or control shifting; board reorganizations; revisions to the corporate mission, governance & strategic plan revisions; and similar organizational and operational changes.
• Shareholder, Partnership and Joint Venture Agreements – M. E Mims, Esq drafts shareholder agreements that include terms that define roles, responsibilities and authority of majority and minority shareholders, including the process of removing and replacing company officers, voting rules, methods for resolving shareholder disputes, the protection and privileges of the shareholders, admissions and withdrawals, contributions and distributions, ownership responsibilities, decision making rules and authority, dispute resolution, governing rules for buyouts and transfers and factors concerning equity owners.
• Buyouts & Succession Plans – M. E. Mims, Esq. drafts and reviews buyout documents (stock purchase, buy-sell and related) that facilitate the transfer of shares/interest in private entities without a readily available market for selling or transferring ownership interest or shares.