Professional Services Lawyers | Villasenor Law Offices

Our Approach

Decades of Experience Serving Professional Services Firms

A professional services firm has a particular set of legal needs. Its value walks out the door every evening, so employment and associate agreements matter. Its revenue lives in client contracts, so engagement terms matter. And when a founder is ready to step back, the sale of the practice is the payoff for decades of work, so the deal documents matter most of all.

Villasenor Law Offices has served as counsel to professional services firms across San Diego County for over two decades, in several cases through the full life of the business, from formation through growth and eventual sale.

Where the firm has deep industry experience, that counsel extends beyond San Diego. In publishing and author services, for example, the firm has served for nearly a decade as counsel to a publishing services company operating nationally, with offices in San Diego and New York and leadership overseas: service agreements, multi-state registrations, contract disputes, and the day-to-day questions of a business serving authors across the country.

Our Services

How We Help Firms Like Yours

Client engagement agreements and service contracts

Partner, shareholder, and associate agreements

Entity structure, governance, and annual compliance

Purchase, sale, and merger of practices

Fee disputes and contract claims

Ongoing outside general counsel relationships

Representative Matters

Results That Speak for Themselves

A sample of the outcomes we've secured for business clients across San Diego County.

In-House Counsel for a Public Technology Company

In-house general counsel for public technology company assisting with professional service agreements.

Purchase and Merger of an Accountancy Practice

Represented two CPAs in the $800,000 purchase and merger of an accountancy practice in San Diego, from stock purchase through the employment agreements that followed.

Outside General Counsel to a CPA Firm

Outside General Counsel for San Diego CPA firm handling real estate lease issues and final buyout provision on stock redemption agreement including transfer of clients.

Sale of a CPA Practice

Prepared an asset purchase agreement for a San Diego CPA selling his practice to another accountant.

Outside General Counsel to a National Marketing Company

Outside General Counsel since 2013 to a national real estate marketing and web design company: entity formations, online service agreements, and corporate governance.

Outside General Counsel to a National Publisher

Outside General Counsel since 2016 to a national publishing services company with offices in San Diego and New York, including its service agreements, multi-state registrations, contract disputes, and a prevailing party arbitration result.

Corporate Counsel Through a Company Sale

Corporate counsel to a San Diego based trade show production company for 15 years, through its $2.8 million stock sale.

Contract Counsel for an Engineering Firm

Outside counsel to engineering company, assisting with professional service agreements and vendor contracts.

Corporate Counsel Through an Asset Sale

Corporate counsel to San Diego based marketing company through its asset sale.

FAQs

Questions Clients Often Ask

Answers to the questions business owners raise most often about this work.

Professional services firms often depend on client engagement agreements, service contracts, employment and associate agreements, and partner or shareholder agreements. Clear terms are especially important when the firm’s revenue depends on client relationships and its value depends heavily on the people delivering the work.

Yes. Villasenor Law Offices has handled purchases, sales, and mergers involving professional practices, including accountancy practices and other service businesses. The work can include purchase agreements, redemption documents, employment agreements, lease issues, corporate records, and the other documents needed to move the transaction toward closing.

Outside general counsel can provide continuity when a professional services firm has recurring contract, governance, registration, dispute, or transaction needs. Instead of starting from scratch on each issue, the business has counsel who already understands its client relationships, operating structure, and history.

When Your Business Needs Answers

A deal with a deadline, a demand letter, a partner or vendor dispute. Tell us what’s happening, and we’ll help you understand your options and your next move.

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Legal Counsel for Professional Services Firms