Corporate Transactions

Corporate transactions require experienced, pragmatic guidance that aligns legal strategy with business objectives across the organization’s lifecycle—from initial formation through restructuring or dissolution. Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith corporate transactional attorneys regularly advise corporations and businesses of all sizes on formation, mergers and acquisitions, equity transactions, and commercial arrangements, with an emphasis on clear risk allocation and efficient execution.

Galloway’s Approach to Corporate Transactions

• Business-focused counsel: Our transactional attorneys provide realistic, reasonable support informed by their business acumen, deep understanding of local operating environments, and the challenges that affect corporate stakeholders and regional markets.
• Cohesive collaboration: Galloway works alongside in-house counsel to effectively streamline decision making, align documentation with operational realities, and maintain operational momentum across negotiations and approvals.
• Focused discipline: Matter management is focused and calibrated for predictability and documentation quality, with attention to critical timelines and governance requirements.

Geographic Coverage and Coordination

With offices across the Gulf South and Midwest, Galloway supports corporate transactional matters consistently throughout Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Missouri. We adeptly coordinate timelines and operations across jurisdiction and state lines, providing regional reach for multi-state corporations.

Contracts and Agreements

Galloway partners with our clients across the contract lifecycle, from issue spotting and drafting to review and negotiation, for recurring and strategic agreements. Our attorneys have experience in:

• Master Service Agreements: Structuring scope, service levels, risk allocation, and remedies in scalable templates and matter-specific statements of work.
• Maritime and Logistics Agreements: Bareboat, time, voyage, and other charter agreements, aligned to operational needs and risk management frameworks for vessel use and commercial schedules.
• Equity and Corporate Instruments: Stock repurchase documentation and related corporate approvals and disclosures.

Entity Formation, Governance, and Structural Transitions

Galloway transactional attorneys support the corporate lifecycle end to end, from selecting and forming the appropriate entity (corporations, LLCs, and other forms) to maintaining governance aligned with ownership and management needs through by-laws, articles of organization, and operating agreements. When structural changes need to be pursued, we prepare plans of merger and conversion, coordinate required approvals and filings, and manage closing deliverables so statutory steps and internal controls remain aligned. We strive for a cohesive framework in which formation, governance, and reorganizations are handled through consistent documentation and processes that support ongoing operations and future transactions.

Operational Support for In-House Counsel

• Contract Templates: Development or refinement of standard forms for recurring transactions, aligned with risk tolerances and approval matrices.
• Transaction Readiness: Checklists, closing sets, and governance materials to support timely approvals and execution.
• Issue Spotting and Risk Allocation: Focus on indemnity, limitations of liability, insurance, confidentiality, IP, termination, and dispute resolution consistent with business priorities.
• Collaboration Across Practice Groups: Comprehensive collaboration among Galloway practice groups including litigation, employment law, and professional liability.