Houston Business Lawyer
SAFEGUARD YOUR BUSINESS, REALIZE YOUR GOALS
Commercial disputes can be complex to navigate, and Mian & Associates’ strong support in your corner helps mitigate the time, stress, and money involved in your case. We understand the importance of being thorough and thoughtful in growing and maintaining your business. Because of this, our wide range of services include full and part-time legal counsel to small and mid-size businesses in and outside the Houston area.
Business Litigation
With decades of combined experience, our qualified attorneys explore all avenues of conflict resolution and are always prepared to go to trial if a resolution cannot be made negotiating reasonably. We have countless success stories across the board, from healthcare companies to fast food chains and are proud to lead businesses to success and assist in a variety of legal issues. In short, engaging Mian & Associates Law Firm is the right choice for any business looking for legal assistance.
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- Assess Business Risk: Running a business comes with many types of risk, some of which are under your control and others which are unpredictable and uncontrollable. We identify, analyze, and take the necessary steps to reduce or eliminate the exposures that may negatively affect your business. Mian & Associates assists in ensuring compliance with the law and minimizing legal liability.
- Grow Your Business: We strive to help your business grow by identifying opportunities and creating a solid legal foundation while helping to streamline proven successful business processes and practices that can take your business to the next level.
- Protect Your Business: Partnering with Mian & Associates ensures your business is protected from any possible risks or liabilities. We proactively build a system to help you achieve your business goals while building in the legal protections. We safeguard your legal rights and your business’s bottom line.
Your Trusted Legal Advisor
Mian & Associates provides cost-effective legal services because we understand that your success is most important. As your personal legal advisors, we will stay ahead of any and all issues your business may run into.
Our Business Services:
Having an in-house counsel is extremely important in protecting your business. Don’t wait until an issue arises. We offer cost-effective in-house counsel that helps your business maximize profits and minimize the risk of costly litigation and pitfalls.
Commercial Real Estate is an area that Mian & Associates practice often. We represent property owners, homeowner associations, and management companies in and outside the Houston area.
You definitely need a lawyer when it comes to purchase & sale agreements. A purchase and sale agreement is written up and signed after a buyer and seller mutually agree on the price and terms of a real estate transaction. Mian & Associates can assist in reviewing and drafting a purchase and sale agreement (PSA) for your business to ensure you are adequately protected and that any special terms you might require are inserted.
Mian & Associates can assist in reviewing and drafting private placement memorandums (PPM), a legal document provided to prospective investors when selling stock or other securities in a business. It is important to have a qualified lawyer on your side because securities transactions are governed by federal and state securities laws and violating such laws can result in investors ability to sue you.
Mian & Associates can assist in drafting operating agreements in a way that suits your specific needs as a business owner. This document upholds the best interests of the company and ensures that all members’ rights are protected. A qualified attorney is necessary in properly preparing this document, so that it can stand up in court should a dispute occur.
Mian & Associates can assist in reviewing and drafting partnership agreements that outline the management structure of your partnership and the rights, duties, ownership interests and profit shares of any business partners you may have. As your business grows, we understand that you want a reliable and trusted advisor in your corner.
If you are experiencing partnership disputes and need help finding resolution, we can help. Our law firm worked with a business client regarding the termination of a business partnership. A small business decided that they no longer wished to own and operate as a partnership and required an attorney to assist them proceed into closing the partnership. However, the dynamics for closing a partnership can become very complicated down the line. Despite the dilemmas that were placed in the way, we were still able to assist the client in understanding the termination of the partnership.
Mian & Associates understands how important the process is when creating your business entity – whether it be a sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, or corporation. We are available to make it a seamless and positive experience for you.
When forming a franchise, a general business lawyer can cost you. Mian & Associates’ qualified franchise attorneys can help you turn your business into a franchise and properly prepare the necessary standard agreements. This can include the license of a trademark, the payment of a fee, and control over the operations of your business. Other details of the agreement are restrictions on your rights to transfer the business, exclusive or non-exclusive rights to a territory, rights to intellectual property, how disputes will be resolved, rights and remedies in the event of default, and protections for the franchisee suhc as territorial protection, renewal rights and noncompete agreements.
Mian & Associates can assist in securing a business license for you, giving you legal authority to conduct your business activities.
Mian & Associates can assist with keeping transparency in corporations, financial institutions, and markets, to better protect the business and further its development.
Mian & Associates has the knowledge to help you through all of the steps in becoming a 501(c) corporation including creating a plan, forming a corporation, filing paperwork with the IRS, complying with state and local requirements, and maintaining its status.
Due diligence is performed in the interest of discovering any risks before they present a danger to your company. Mian & Associates can assist in any due diligence when it comes to legal requirements for your business to ensure the protection of your interests.
We have worked with clients on due diligence matters as well as project development for EB5 investments.
Mian & Associates provides assistance in employee agreements, which provides rules, rights and responsibilities for both the employer and the employee. Our lawyers have vast experience advising clients on compliance with employment laws, developing best practices and pre-litigation counseling. Also, advising our clients on employment matters related to hiring, terminations, reductions in force, harassment/discrimination claims, internal investigations, employee manuals, compensation and benefits packages, employee training, employment agreements, mergers and acquisitions and more.
Mian & Associates takes only a handful of clients for government contracts due to the tight deadlines and the amount of work that needs to be done to be successful. We have been successful in getting clients awarded in roofing, janitorial, IT service projects, and international projects.
Mian & Associates Law Firm has worked with a corporation in the process of commercial debt collection. Our law firm represented “Company A” in a litigation case dealing with debt collection. Company A provided services for Company B (opposing party), Company B did not make timely payments or payments at all. As a result, Mian & Associates Law Firm stepped in and provided necessary legal services such as drafting a Demand Letter, contacting Company B’s legal counsel, negotiation, filing lawsuits and discovery. At the end of the case the opposing party decided to settle at the price Mian & Associates Law Firm demanded on the client’ behalf. Mian & Associates Law Firm recovered well over $100,000.00 for our client.
What Our Clients Are Saying
Our first priority will always be our clients.
Amazing service and came highly recommend by trusted friends. Thank you so much for helping by making my family dream come true.
Maliha Mian is an excellent attorney. I recommend all of my immigration clients to her firm knowing that she will treat them like the person that they are and not just another file.
Mian & Associates Law Firm stepped in and provided necessary debt collection legal services for our corporation and we were so pleased to have recovered well over $100,000. Highly recommended.
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What our clients are saying
Mian & Associates handles legal issues for international expansion. In this case, a healthcare company needed our in-house counsel services for unemployment and other human resources legal issues. Additionally, our client required our services to identify legal issues in international markets for business expansion. We sourced international vendors and drafted procurement agreements for products.
Mian & Associates manages the daily legal duties for engineering firm. Our firm worked as In-House counsel for an engineering corporation and handled many daily legal duties. For instance, we created employment agreements, employment offers and handled unemployment claims. Aside from drafting contracts and documents, we took careful watch over company operations to avoid any future legal crisis. In addition, our attorney was able to provide business advice according to the corporation’s best interest such as where money should be invested and helped with compliance for government awarded contracts.
Mian & Associates reviews commercial real estate contract and discovers huge risk. In this case, our law firm worked with a client that wanted to purchase commercial real estate and open up her own business. She hired us to review the commercial contract and provide an amount to offer. We then discovered the property had major environmental issues that would potentially be a huge risk and would require our client to spend a great amount of money to fix. Our attorney provided a detailed explanation on this matter to better educate the client in making her decision.
Mian & Associates Law Firm stepped in and provided necessary debt collection legal services for our corporation and we were so pleased to have recovered well over $100,000. Highly recommended.