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Corporations, Partnership and Entity Law Attorneys in the Business Department form corporations, partnerships, and other entities (including new limited liability entities permitted in some states), with advice and counseling on issues such as choice of business entity, entity taxation, ERISA planning, control, securities sales and transactions, buy-outs, and risk management. They represent buyers and sellers in complex merger and acquisition transactions for both private and public companies. They counsel management and boards of directors concerning their risks, obligations, and opportunities. They also represent public, private, and emerging companies in all types of business, including public utilities, health care, biotechnical, industrial, retail, and service. Banking and Financial Institutions Banks, thrifts, and mortgage lenders receive expert representation from the Firm in regulatory matters, uniform commercial code, bankruptcy, creditor's rights and remedies, real property, commercial lending, and general counseling. The Firm's attorneys routinely draft notes, guarantees, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan agreements and other related documents for use in Texas and New Mexico. The regulatory Compliance and Loan Review groups of Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin provide a full range of regulatory compliance and loan review services. These groups keep abreast of all regulatory law changes and additions that affect financial institutions. The Firm is constantly monitoring the regulations by receiving information from the regulatory agencies, as well as from various compliance publications. Securities and Finance The Firm has expertise in federal and state securities law, gained from its lawyers' experience in representing public companies over many years in mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions of public and private companies. The Firm's attorneys assist businesses in planning and making effective initial public offerings, as well as guiding businesses through the difficult process of satisfying federal securities reporting requirements in such areas as restricted stock transactions, "Rule 16," and avoiding liability. The Firm's business lawyers provide assistance to public clients in proxy statement preparation, stock option drafting, disclosure, and required periodic reporting. Companies interested in making offerings exempt from federal or state securities registration receive expert consultation from the Firm's attorneys, who are also experienced in private placements. Bankruptcy Attorneys at Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin have been in the forefront of bankruptcy litigation and counseling for years. They have served as trustees in the largest bankruptcies in New Mexico history and have successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Real Estate, Natural Resources and Water Law The Firm offers skilled real estate and commercial practitioners with experience in New Mexico's water laws and other specialized areas that affect real property transactions in New Mexico and Texas. The Firm has a long history of counseling and transactions work in mining, oil and gas, and water law. Its clients include those in the public sector, such as cities and counties, and quasi-public entities, such as homeowners associations. Private clients represented by the Firm include developers, brokers, and property owners with diverse holding that range from urban office buildings to farm and ranch properties. In addition to preparing various contractual documents, the Firm's business attorneys prepare leases, easements, liens, covenants and restrictions, planning and zoning applications, and subdivision disclosure documents. Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin's attorneys frequently appear before legislative committees, state agencies, and local government land-use planning and zoning authorities in Texas and New Mexico. They are in regular contact with federal and state officials responsible for environmental compliance on private property and with officials having jurisdiction over New Mexico's public lands, including Indian lands. Taxation Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin's attorneys who maintain tax expertise under both federal law and the laws of Texas and New Mexico are available to review the tax consequences of the Firm's transactional work. They assist clients in making tax-wise decisions on such divergent issues as employee compensation, ERISA-qualified benefit plans, timing of income receipt and deductible expense, and management continuity. Trade Regulation Firm attorneys have extensive experience in trade regulation, including preventive antitrust counseling, price discrimination, unfair competition, dealer termination, and franchising. They have experience in dealing with state and federal agencies charged with administration of trade regulation, including the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Justice Department, Antitrust Division. Utility Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin's longtime representation of a large electric utility operating in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas has enabled the Firm to acquire the skills and experience needed for effective representation of clients before the various regulatory commissions in the four states and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. No firm in the Southwest is more experienced in utility regulation than Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin. Service to the Small or Growing Business The Firm's Business attorneys are particularly adept at counseling the small or growing business. Whether the client is a small business, one in a rapid growth stage, or nationally known, the Firm's lawyers are committed to delivering the same high quality, responsive service. Realizing the tension between increasing government regulation and the cost of effective legal service to meet the bureaucratic challenge, attorneys offer strategic planning, efficient use of trained non-lawyer personnel and the latest technological advances in office and communications equipment to meet the needs of businesses of any size at an appropriate cost. General Counsel One of the most significant roles of the Firm's Business Group is as general counsel to many of its clients. When a Firm's lawyer fills that role, he or she has access to the entire range of the Firm's skills and expertise in labor and employment law, environmental law, natural resources, taxation, banking and document drafting. The role of general counsel is one of counselor, advisor, and business friend. Usually only the most experienced and skilled lawyers have the backgrounds to serve in that capacity. Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin has many such qualified people.
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Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin are among the region's most experienced in the areas of practice most in demand by
modern businesses. Their experience runs the gamut from commercial lending and utility rate making to mergers and acquisitions and small business counseling. Business lawyers routinely explore new concepts to better serve their clients. The Firm's operating standards require its lawyers to be responsive, flexible, and wholly dedicated to the client's long-term interests.