Business Lawyer

“MBM Law has helped us grow for over 15 years. When we were only a small startup, MBM Law drafted our contract terms and conditions and employee agreements to protect our new business. Most recently, Lawrence Maiello walked our company through a change of ownership and customized a comprehensive shareholder agreement to meet the needs of our new partnership. Always available to provide legal advice, MBM Law continues to add value to our business everyday.”

-Devon McCrossin, Partner
Boomtown Internet Group

NAVIGATE COMPLEX BUSINESS STRATEGY TO MAXIMIZE PROFITABILITY

Business Lawyer in Pittsburgh

Services:

Startup & Early Stage Representation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Commercial Transactions
Corporate Governance & Counseling
Business Disputes
Preventative Measures
Causes of Corporate Conflict
Dispute Resolution

The experienced and knowledgeable business attorneys at Maiello Brungo & Maiello work diligently to handle your business law matters in Pittsburgh and Wexford so that you can focus on building, operating, and managing your business.

We are a full-service business law firm with experienced business lawyers in Pittsburgh and Wexford that will provide you with thorough and professional legal guidance with an emphasis on responsive, personalized service.

No matter the industry, the Pittsburgh business attorneys of MBM’s Business Law team are well-equipped to serve the needs of your business. From complex mergers, acquisitions, and transactions to corporate governance and counseling, our business attorneys can help. We offer customized corporate legal solutions and provide outstanding service, all without interrupting your business operations. Our team will develop a strong relationship with you and gain an intimate understanding of your business in order to help you achieve your objectives in an efficient and timely manner.

Business Attorney Testimonial From Pittsburgh Client

MBM has worked with Mary Crawford of Crawford Consulting from the start; when she opened her construction consulting business in 1993. While she works on projects of a global scale, she relies upon our corproate legal team in Pittsburgh.

MBM has been a trusted partner and personal advisor to me and my company for 29 years. Their ability to present both advantages and disadvantages during our decision-making process has been invaluable during our rapid growth. They get our business because they understand our business.”

-Mary Crawford, Founder and President

Crawford Consulting

Business Startup & Early Stage Representation

MBM Law from the beginning of our business relationship demonstrated their expertise and guidance in business law and helped assist CHEMWAY’s transition to a Women Owned Small Business Enterprise and a second-generation family business. Their responsiveness and attention to detail was terrific! We will continue to work on future business projects together.”

-Laura Belejchak Ryan President/CEO

CHEMWAY

MBM represents many business start-ups, early-stage, and emerging growth companies across a broad range of industries, advising them through the various stages of strategic planning and challenges as young companies.

For start-up clients, selecting a business structure raises critical issues early in the process, and our Pittsburgh-based business attorney carefully analyze and balance various issues, such as liability protection and control issues, when helping clients build their start-up. Drawing on our experience with a diverse group of industries, MBM is able to provide practical and economically sensible advice to startups and emerging growth companies.

Women-Owned Business Certification

MBM’s business attorneys are longstanding supporters of Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) and are prepared to help guide our clients through the unique obstacles that women confront in the formation, certification, and operation of their businesses.

Our business attorneys work closely every day advising WBEs in matters ranging from start-up to governance. We guide our clients through the WBE certification processes, helping to structure them in a way that will maximize their likelihood of certification. Then, after our clients are certified, we continue to work with them daily to support their ongoing legal needs. The unique legal needs of a WBE does not end with certification. Certification is just the beginning.

Contact the Business Lawyers of MBM Law

Business Mergers & Acquisitions

MBM’s skilled team of business attorneys has experience representing companies of all sizes in acquiring, selling, licensing, and developing products, systems, and services.

With an understanding of industry-specific issues essential to the success of any transaction, we guide our clients through every stage of the deal, from due diligence matters to negotiation and preparation of the transaction documents, to post-transaction transitions and integration. Merger and acquisitions unavoidably involve other areas of law, such as employment, and corporate governance. In working with a team approach, we are able to address all aspects of a deal with our significant practical experience and knowledge in the various areas of the law.

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Commercial Transactions

MBM business attorneys have been instrumental in navigating the growth of Stories Like Me from a start-up into a business with a brick-and-mortar location. Working with John Prorok has helped protect our business and let me focus on other areas, resting easy that we are making the best decisions around purchasing property, navigating tenant agreements, and creating the appropriate business structures. This is one area of the business that I don’t lie awake worrying about! As with any small business, it’s so important to focus on what you are good at and build a team of experts to support you.”

-Helen Campbell, Founder and CEO

Stories Like Me LLC

MBM’s business lawyers work with our clients on complex transactional matters including corporate finance and refinance arrangements, commercial real estate transactions, asset-based term loans, revolving and non-revolving lines of credit, equipment leases, development loans and recapitalization aspects of private equity offerings.

Our business attorneys have significant experience advising entities of all types in the negotiation, documentation, and completion of transactions critical to meeting their strategic objectives. Our Business Law Team gains an intimate understanding of our clients’ business operations and goals so that we can offer practical legal solutions aimed at successfully closing various transactions.

Corporate Governance & Counseling

Our Business attorneys take a proactive, preventative approach to corporate governance by helping our clients identify legal issues and offer solutions before problems arise.

The Business Law Team serves as “general counsel” for our clients, taking responsibility for entity organization and governance, legal compliance and oversight relative to the day-to-day operations of our client’s businesses. Our business attorneys work to stay ahead of the ever-changing regulatory landscape and navigate our clients accordingly to achieve their business objectives. No matter the industry, MBM’s Pittsburgh-based business attorneys are well-equipped to counsel business owners and management on a range of corporate governance issues, including shareholder and multi-owner relations, risk management procedures, fiduciary duties of directors and officers and regulatory compliance.