Our Practices

Bellinger & DeWolf LLP provides counsel and representation in the following areas of law:

• Commercial and Business Litigation
• Construction and Real Estate Litigation  
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation
• Insurance Coverage and Defense Litigation
• Dispute Resolution and Mediation
• Corporate Officer & Director Litigation
• Civil Rights Litigation
• Antitrust and Unfair Competition
• Post Judgment Collection of Significant Judgments
• Employment Law Litigation
• Professional Liability Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Real Estate and Land Use
• Commercial Real Estate Lending
• Commercial & Residential Real Estate Transactions
• Corporate & Taxation
• Business Disputes
• Directors & Officers Litigation
• General Corporate, Partnership and Business Law
• Securities
• Labor
• General Business and Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Federal and State Taxation
• Private Offerings
• Bank and Commercial Transactions
• Oil and Gas
• Technology Companies
• Insurance Coverage & Defense Litigation
• Estate Planning and Trust

Corporate, Partnership and General Business

Our team of attorneys routinely handles a full spectrum of business transactions for a wide variety of industries, including:
Medical
Legal
Manufacturing
Distribution
Technology
Energy
Food and Beverage
Banking
Security

Specializing in entrepreneurs and emerging companies, we advise our clients on choice of entity selection and design and tailor business structures for maximization of flexibility, optimal tax treatment and limitation of liability. From entity formation to business governance to exit strategies, as well as all related day-to-day and non-routine business activities, our transactional attorneys assist our clients with their issues in the areas of employment, securities, executive compensation and taxes.

We regularly advise Boards of Directors and Managers and principals of General Partners, as well as special committees and executives on matters impacting the governance of business entities. We often make introductions and to and assist with the formation of strategic relationships, development of business plans, attracting and retaining key employees, outsourcing, leasing and non-competition and confidentiality issues.
Mergers and Acquisitions constitute a significant portion of our transactional practice, through which our attorneys guide the acquisition and disposition of equity interests and assets. We advise in all types of change in control transactions, having represented both acquiring and target companies and their equity owners.

Our attorneys are versed in both offensive and defensive techniques. We anticipate needs and provide creative solutions for contested and negotiated transactions, leveraged buy-outs, holding company formation, merger of equals and strategic acquisition in numerous industries.
We take the transaction from negotiation of the Letter of Intent to drafting and negotiating asset purchase and equity purchase and merger documents, through due diligence and closing of the transaction. We routinely counsel Boards of Directors and Boards of Managers in the steps necessary for and in the drafting of documents supporting conversions, recapitalizations, reorganizations, spin-offs and divestitures and related leasing, employment, franchising and tax issues.

Litigation Practice Area

Our experienced trial attorneys have an impressive history of successful results in a broad spectrum of litigation, administrative and alternative disputes resolutions covering a wide range of companies and individuals.  We have a well-earned reputation at the trial and appellate level for aggressively and professionally achieving the most advantageous, creative, practical and efficient solutions for our clients, primarily in the areas of general tort, commercial and contractual disputes. corporate governance and control, intellectual property, labor and employment, and ERISA.  We are particularly adept at the use of broad range of extraordinary remedies, such as injunctions, in crucial, time intensive litigation matters.

Real Estate Practice Area

Our real estate attorneys are actively engaged in the acquisition, sale, development, financing, and leasing of commercial real estate.  We have significant experience in diverse forms of financing vehicles for real estate projects, including private placements of equity, acquisition loans and construction loans.  We have represented a broad range of clients, from closely-held developers to publicly-held REITS and corporations.  We also provide advice to clients on retail and office leases, the subdivision and development of residential communities, loan workouts, like-kind exchanges, and complex legal structures to minimize liabilities and taxes.

Tax Practice Area

Our tax practice addresses the tax implications of formations, reorganizations, spin-offs, mergers, acquisitions, and business combinations of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other entities, as well as the following:
• structuring and implementing like-kind exchanges, and planning for leaseholds;
• intercompany transfer pricing matters;
• complex estate planning; and
• formation and operation of nonprofit entities.

Corporate and Securities Practice Area

Our attorneys have the capacity to draft or assist in the drafting of private placement memoranda in connection with filing for registration or exemption from state and Federal securities laws, as well as preparation for initial public offerings and securities-related compliance matters.
Lending
Our attorneys serve as counsel to both borrower and lender in all types of private financing, including structuring, negotiation and documenting term loans, revolving loans and letters of credit.

Estate Planning and Trust Practice Area

Whether we are working with individuals or advising family businesses, our attorneys manage the tax impact of the wealth transfer, including income, gift, estate and generation-skipping transfers. Throughout the process of advising our estate planning clients, we review assets, evaluate and define goals and recommend solutions. In addition, our attorneys focus on asset protection, business succession planning, Texas property rights and charitable gift planning. We utilize a wide variety of estate planning tools, vehicles and techniques to achieve the Client's goals for the transfer of their wealth in the most tax-efficient and asset-protected manner.