Business & Tax
McGavick Graves is well-equipped to handle all of the legal needs of the Puget Sound Basin's businesses and business owners. Our Business and Tax Group provides dedicated legal service in the formation, operation, governance, and succession of businesses in various industries, including banking, technology, trucking, construction, real estate, leasing, retail, food and restaurant services, and manufacturing. Specifically, our attorneys have considerable experience in helping clients choose the right entity for their businesses, develop tax efficient succession plans for both family and non-family owned businesses, and understand their duties as directors, officers, and managers. We negotiate and draft shareholder agreements, limited liability company operating agreements, buy-sell agreements, and complex partnership and joint venture agreements. We have significant experience preparing and negotiating contracts in connection with our clients' relations with third parties, including distribution agreements, service agreements, independent contractor agreements, hauling agreements, and production agreements. We also advise businesses and their owners in all stages of selling or acquiring a business, focusing on the tax and non-tax goals of our clients. Our attorneys represent clients in all phases of commercial and corporate litigation, and represent businesses and individuals in all stages of tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and the Washington State Department of Revenue.