Krieg DeVault LLP

Privately and Closely-Held Businesses

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Established and emerging privately and closely-held companies throughout Indiana rely on Krieg DeVault for guidance to assist and protect their respective business and personal interests and concerns. Our firm advises a wide range of business owners, helping them navigate effectively through the issues associated with privately and closely-held companies, and steering them through the transitions that growth and opportunity bring. We counsel businesses owned and/or operated by unrelated partners, single or multiple generation families, or a mix of outside and family interests. Most importantly, we recognize each company’s unique dynamics, learn the owners’ personal and business plans and aspirations, help refine their ultimate objectives and work to achieve them, and institute strategies to protect the business and its assets against anticipated and unanticipated risks. We serve as value advisors to protect our clients' financial assets, interests, and opportunities by establishing effective tax and estate planning strategies to further enhance the benefits to their business and personal interests. As a key element in those strategies, our business succession planning helps private company owners develop the right strategies to maintain or effectively dispose of business interests, as their personal needs and professional circumstances dictate. We also help to further enhance or our clients' wealth and portfolio of interests through negotiated transactions involving strategic or financial alliances, as well as acquisitions or dispositions of assets or business interests.

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Practice Contacts
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Brian M. Heaton

Brian M. Heaton

Partner
bheaton@kdlegal.com
p: 317-238-6354
f: 317-636-1507

Amy L. VonDielingen

Amy L. VonDielingen

Partner
avondielingen@kdlegal.com
p: 317-238-6213
f: 317-636-1507

Focus Areas
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Business acquisition transactions
Choice of entity selection
Capital raising activities and financing transactions
Private placement negotiation and documentation of financing arrangements
Contract negotiation and documentation
Procurement and protection of intellectual property
Dispute resolution
Executive compensation
Business planning services
Tax planning and defense for individuals and corporate entities
Analysis and enforcement of rights arising from fiduciary duties
Estate planning services
Employee relations
Employment-related agreements
Employment counseling labor relations
Succession planning
Business exit strategies
Corporate restructuring
MBE and/or WBE certification
Buy-sell arrangements
Franchising
Creditors’ rights enforcements and protection
Shareholder/Investor protection services
Business litigation services
Business reorganization services
Securities law services
Facilities financing, sales and leasing services
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Firm News and Events

July 31, 2023
Frank A. Hoffman Joins Krieg DeVault’s Public Finance and Municipal Practice

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June 30, 2022
Three Minute Update – Doing a Deal: Stacking the Deck - the Law and Best Practices for Building Your Board

Firm News and Events

September 15, 2021
Travis D. Lovett Joins Krieg DeVault’s Business, Acquisitions, and Securities Practice

Firm News and Events

January 8, 2020
David E. Corbitt Named Chair of Krieg DeVault's Public Finance and Municipal Practice Group

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Established and emerging privately and closely-held companies throughout Indiana rely on Krieg DeVault for guidance to assist and protect their respective business and personal interests and concerns. Our firm advises a wide range of business owners, helping them navigate effectively through the issues associated with privately and closely-held companies, and steering them through the transitions that growth and opportunity bring. We counsel businesses owned and/or operated by unrelated partners, single or multiple generation families, or a mix of outside and family interests. Most importantly, we recognize each company’s unique dynamics, learn the owners’ personal and business plans and aspirations, help refine their ultimate objectives and work to achieve them, and institute strategies to protect the business and its assets against anticipated and unanticipated risks. We serve as value advisors to protect our clients' financial assets, interests, and opportunities by establishing effective tax and estate planning strategies to further enhance the benefits to their business and personal interests. As a key element in those strategies, our business succession planning helps private company owners develop the right strategies to maintain or effectively dispose of business interests, as their personal needs and professional circumstances dictate. We also help to further enhance or our clients' wealth and portfolio of interests through negotiated transactions involving strategic or financial alliances, as well as acquisitions or dispositions of assets or business interests.

Practice Contacts

Brian M. Heaton

Brian M. Heaton

Partner
bheaton@kdlegal.com
p: 317-238-6354
f: 317-636-1507

Amy L. VonDielingen

Amy L. VonDielingen

Partner
avondielingen@kdlegal.com
p: 317-238-6213
f: 317-636-1507

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