Business & Commercial Law
Business and commercial law is one of the broadest areas of U.S. legal practice. Together, they encompass everything from business formation and management to trade and contract disputes. They include debt collections and fraudulent dealings. Robert Good Lohman III has spent years honing his legal knowledge within business and commercial law. The Lohman Law Group, LLC deals with the following areas within the realm of business and commercial law:
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Governance
Corporate Formation Law
LLC Formation Law
Business Acquisition & Merger Law
Debt Collections
Breach of Contract
Tortuous Interference
Fraud
Common Law
Banking Law
Insurance Law
Bad Faith
The Lohman Law Group, LLC has been defending Illinois businesses and enterprises to avoid legal issues for over 20 years. The law firm is experienced and equipped to handle cases throughout greater Chicagoland.
Learn more about our interdisciplinary areas of legal knowledge and the experience Lohman Law Group, LLC has to offer below.
Commercial Litigation
Commercial law deals with the rights and relations of individuals engaged in commerce and other business agreements. This can be between individuals within a company, individuals contracted with a company, or between two separate companies.
Commercial litigation handles lawsuits that pertain to commercial law dealings. Facing commercial litigation and disputes can potentially derail a business from its core mission, costing both time and money. The Lohman Law Group, LLC has an outstanding reputation handling shareholder disputes, lender liability, commercial contracts, partnership disputes, securities, employment & labor law, copyright, patent and intellectual property, title insurance, real estate, and more.
Robert Good Lohman III and his team at Lohman Law Group, LLC will provide you the most efficient resolution from commercial litigation, while keeping your business interests at the priority. He has worked extensively in private, federal, and state situations across the state of Illinois, and his team of trial lawyers, appellate advocates, and accomplished litigators can manage even the most complex commercial litigation.
Business Litigation
Business litigation is similarly an expensive and unfortunate aspect of conducting business. Disputes often arise dealing with employment contract disputes, shareholders disputes, partnership disputes, copyright, patent & intellectual property, investor litigation, breach of contract, insurance claim litigation, real estate and commercial lease litigation and so on.
Robert Good Lohman III is well-experienced in the realm of business litigation. He accepts cases regardless of what stage they are in, even including post-trial issues. His emphasis is on efficient solutions that work with your company to make sure that your business and legal rights are completely protected.
Corporate Governance
Corporations are unique in many ways. One way their structure differs from sole proprietors or dual partnerships concerns the ways corporations are governed. There are shareholders, regulators, employees, and upper management all involved within the governing body. As of late, the need for effective and proactive corporate governance has been important.
The corporate governance lawyer can provide crises in the most high-risk and high-profile situations. Hes combine years of legal prowess and careful examination of the law to provide counsel. He can help deal with shareholder communication, regulation, and corporate governance best practices. His emphasis is on both leadership and management.
The team at Lohman Law Group, LLC regularly counsels the board, board members, and other senior management of several large corporations. This includes board composition and structure, upper management succession planning, risk identification and management, compensation policies, and more.
Corporate Formation Law
Robert Good Lohman III has helped both international and domestic clients form and start their businesses within the United States. His business incorporation and formation knowledge allow us to provide legal advice and flexibility to meet your goals. This allows you to enter business and focus on your long-term strategy without any legal headaches.
Too often, companies overlook the rights, options, and formalities of incorporation. The team at Lohman Law Group, LLC help you avoid such issues before they become serious. His services include filing the articles of incorporation, drafting corporate documents, tax registration, business registration, and advising on corporate legal matters.
LLC Formation Law
LLCs are great for those in between sole proprietorship and large corporations. They provide ample protection of personal and company assets while still maintaining a consistent tax burden. Setting up an LLC can be complicated and the team at Lohman Law Group, LLC is equipped to steer you away from legal matters.
At Lohman Law Group, LLC, Robert provides in-depth LLC formation law services to his clients including management, structure, taxation, and regulations. The LLC formation lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC will provide quality assistance on how these factors would affect your company and what legal matters may arise. He would be there from start to finish, ensuring you are ready to launch.
Business Acquisition & merger Law
During the course of business, you may decide to buy out another enterprise, merge with one, or sell your company to a larger business. These business acquisitions and merges can be overly complicated, there are multiple commercial, tax, and federal legal issues that may arise. Most businesses are not equipped to handle them alone.
The acquisition and merger lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC are well equipped to navigate you through your sale, acquisition, or merger. Robert’s team will ensure your assets, business interests, intellectual property, and rights are protected throughout the entire transaction. He has also worked with stock & asset purchases, recapitalizations & refinancing, equity investments, private equity & venture capital financing, and debt financing. He helps review all documents to give you the peace of mind that you are getting the right deal without any complications.
Debt Collections
As a small or growing business, it may be difficult to keep up with all your debt collections. You cannot simply stop providing your product or service to others just because one individual or company has refused to pay. You also need to collect your debts. This can be a serious distraction to any business.
The debt collections services of Lohman Law Group, LLC can improve and streamline your collection process. With his efficient debt collections methods, Robert can increase your profitability index and therefore enhance your cash flow. His debt collections service includes tracking and validation of customer data, debt collections at early or late stages, and dispute management.
Breach of Contract
Another common dispute that may arise concerns breaches of contractual obligations. These may include a debt collection issue as well as a fundamental breach, material breach, minor breach, anticipatory breach, fraud, asset & collection recovery, non-disclosure violations, and service contracts.
Lohman Law Group, LLC would address these issues and would help you recover any and all the related damages. On the other hand, if you are accused of violating a contractual obligation, Robert Good Lohman’s aggressive approach and strong defense tactics can maximize the chance of a favorable outcome.
Tortuous Interference
Tortious interference is closely related to a breach of contract. However, the significant difference concerns the intent of the other party. Tortious interference is also known as intentional interference because it occurs when one party intentionally breaches a contract causing economic harm.
For example, a company or individual may try to blackmail you so that you lose out on a contract or fail to fulfill your obligations. Or, a company may deliberately delay or disrupt their dealings, perhaps delaying a shipment of goods, that therefore leads to lost business on your end.
The tortious interference attorney at Lohman Law Group, LLC has years of experience handling such litigation. Robert works to prevent others from jeopardizing your business and economic interests. He hold the other party accountable and ensure you are duly compensated for any loss.
Fraud
Fraudulent behavior can be disastrous for a company, especially when it occurs between you and a trusted partner. And, most fraudulent schemes are uncovered well after the harm has been done, but that does not mean reparations are in order.
Rob Lohman has dedicated years to recovering stolen or misappropriated funds for his esteemed clients by winning cases against businesses and those responsible for the fraud. His skilled forensic team is able to efficiently analyze old financial records to unearth all the necessary evidence to develop and prosecute fraud cases.
Common Law
Common law is the type of law that is delivered from judicial decisions rather than federal or state statutes. Common law can be confusing because it might only apply in certain jurisdictions and can change every few years when new cases are ruled on.
The lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC can help handle any common law issues that may arise. When new cases are delivered, he can also help you discover how the rulings may or may not affect your business dealings. His experienced common law practice would review all pertinent documents related to your case to give you an absolute peace of mind.
Banking Law
For both large and small businesses, finance and accounting can be a massive headache. There are hundreds of federal, state, and local regulations surrounding proper banking practices. These include guidelines, restrictions, timelines, and specific requirements.
Robert Good Lohman’s law firm thoroughly understands the basic concepts and interrelationships among these complex levels of law. The banking lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC also know how to navigate through them favorably and safely.
He helps formulate viable solutions to any banking law issue you are facing, with their strong knowledge of international, state, and federal regulatory schemes you operate within. He helps file and process de novo charter applications, deposit insurance, fiduciary powers, form bank holding companies. His experience also includes issues with consumer lending, merger & acquisitions, matters related to PATRIOT Act and BSA compliance, art loans and troubled banks. He ensures proper consumer protection, licensing and privacy laws are followed throughout.
Robert Good Lohman III has also counseled banks and other financial institutions as they structure and govern their customers.
Insurance Law
Depending on the size of your business and the type of assets you maintain, insurance may be a major expense for you. There may be life or health insurance for your employees, property insurance for your office or large equipment, auto insurance on your vehicles, accident, casualty, professional liability, or financial insurance as well.
Although you hope to never use your insurance, issues often arise. The insurance lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC are industry leaders when it comes to insurance law. Robert Lohman can help with litigation, claims, disputes, and coverage issues. He also advises transactional, regulatory, and corporate issues as well ranging the most very routine to the trickiest and the most complex.
The insurance lawyer can be there every step of the way. This includes initial formation, drafting policies, licensing, market & financial conduct examinations, regulatory advice for leaders, and other insolvency matters. His other focus areas in the insurance law domain include bankruptcy, appellate, general liability (both primary & excess), liquidation & rehabilitation, and specialty lines. You can count on Lohman Law Group, LLC to protect your rights and ensure you obtain all the benefits you deserve.
Bad Faith
Bad faith dealings with insurance companies arise often, especially when dealing with large insurance payouts. When they do it is important that you deal with them in a legal and precise manner because as a policyholder you should be able to seek your remedy without the complications.
Robert Lohman’s law firm protects policyholders from undervaluation of claims, unfair denial, failure or denial to investigate a claim, unreasonable delay in investigating or processing your claim, non-disclosure of policy limits, agent negligence, issuing fraudulent policy, unreasonable policy interpretation, and refusal to pay the full claim amount.
The attorney at Lohman Law Group, LLC is committed to protecting your rights by aggressively negotiating with insurance company adjusters or even suing them for bad faith dealings. Robert Lohman would offer our services in examples of bad faith dealings that include failure or denial to investigate your claim, unreasonable delay in investigating or processing your claim, non-disclosure of policy limits, agent negligence, issuing fraudulent policy, unreasonable policy interpretation, and refusal to pay the full claim amount.
Contact Lohman Law Group, LLC
With business and commercial law, the first step is always reaching out for help. Robert Good Lohman III and Lohman Law Group, LLC are proud to offer legal assistance with business and commercial matters to residents of Illinois.