OMNI LAW
New York
New York State Business & Corporate Lawyers
Omni Law P.C.’s New York State business lawyers advise founders, business owners, investors and management teams on entity formation, ownership agreements, commercial contracts, financing, acquisitions and ongoing legal needs. We provide business and corporate legal services to companies across the state. Our work connects the documents a company signs today with the decisions its owners expect to make as the business grows.
We serve clients statewide from our New York office at 1740 Broadway, 15th Floor, in Midtown Manhattan. A matter does not have to involve a New York City business to call for New York counsel. We work with companies elsewhere in the state through remote collaboration and matter-specific arrangements for meetings and document exchange.
Our attorney credentials identify the jurisdictions in which individual team members are admitted. For businesses operating across state lines, we consider the relevant jurisdictions when staffing the engagement and coordinating legal work. The scope of representation depends on the matter and the attorneys involved.
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- Operating Agreements Lawyers in New York
- Partnership Agreements Lawyers in New York
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- Venture Capital Lawyers in New York
New York's Distinctive Business Law Environment
New York business planning involves more than selecting an entity name and signing standard forms. Formation requirements, ownership arrangements, employment obligations and transaction procedures need to be considered together. We help business owners identify which rules apply to their company and translate those requirements into workable documents and processes.
LLC Formation and Publication
Most New York domestic LLCs must satisfy a newspaper-publication requirement and file a Certificate of Publication within the applicable 120-day period, as explained in the Department of State’s domestic LLC guidance. An LLC formed elsewhere and authorized in New York follows separate foreign LLC publication requirements.
We consider publication when planning the formation or authorization process, rather than treating it as a task to address after other work is finished. Our formation work can include coordinating the filing sequence, obtaining the information needed for publication and preparing governing documents tailored to the owners’ arrangements.
Governing Documents and Recurring Filings
A New York domestic LLC must adopt a written operating agreement before, at the time of, or within 90 days after filing its Articles of Organization, according to Department of State formation guidance. Domestic and authorized foreign LLCs and business corporations also have a two-year Biennial Statement filing obligation.
We help owners connect these requirements to their internal records: who can sign for the business, how decisions are approved, how ownership changes are documented and who monitors filing dates. An annual LLC tax filing fee is not universal. Whether it is applicable depends on tax classification and New York-source items under the Tax Department’s filing-fee instructions.
Employment and Contractor Relationships
Employment compliance depends on the employer, the people doing the work and the circumstances of the engagement. New York’s pay-transparency law generally covers employers with four or more employees and specified job postings, with further coverage rules in the Department of Labor’s guidance. The Freelance Isn’t Free Act imposes written-contract requirements on covered freelance engagements, subject to monetary thresholds and exclusions.
We review employment agreements, contractor terms, policies and separation documents as parts of the same working relationship. The review can address compensation, confidentiality, ownership of work product, termination and responsibilities that continue after the relationship ends. We also distinguish statewide requirements from additional local obligations that may affect a particular workforce.
Business Transactions and State-Specific Procedures
Acquiring assets, admitting an investor, or selling a business can create obligations beyond the purchase agreement. For a covered New York bulk sale, the purchaser generally must notify the Tax Department at least ten days before taking possession or paying, whichever comes first, and follow applicable withholding and clearance requirements under Form AU-196.10 instructions.
We build transaction checklists around the actual deal, including required approvals, contract assignments, closing deliveries. and obligations that survive closing. Identifying these items while terms are being negotiated can help the parties address them before they become closing obstacles.
Legal Services for New York Companies
Our statewide practice covers the business lifecycle, from organizing a new venture to negotiating an exit or resolving an ownership dispute. The services below describe the work we handle across New York and our city pages provide location-specific information. An engagement can focus on a defined project or an ongoing business need.
Business Formation and Startup Structuring
We help founders evaluate entity structure, ownership, management authority, and plans for financing before preparing formation documents. Our work can include organizational filings, governing agreements, initial approvals, and coordination with tax advisers on classification questions. For an existing company expanding into New York, we assess authorization requirements and the documents needed to support its operations here.
It’s useful to start with the founders’ actual plan. We begin by asking who contributes money or services, who makes decisions, and what happens if those expectations change. We translate those discussions into documents that can be used by the people running the company.
Corporate Governance and Compliance
We prepare board and member resolutions, written consents, meeting records, and documentation of changes in ownership or management. We also assist with capitalization records, corporate cleanup, and recurring state filings within the agreed scope. The goal is a usable record of how the company was formed, who owns it, and how significant decisions were authorized.
Operating, Partnership and Shareholder Agreements
We draft and negotiate agreements addressing contributions, voting rights, distributions, management roles, transfers, buyouts, and dispute procedures. The work starts with the owners’ priorities rather than a standard allocation of rights. For an established business, we review whether the existing agreement still reflects its ownership, financing, and succession plans.
We also help owners work through difficult questions before a disagreement arises: whether a departing owner can sell to an outsider, how a buyout would be funded, and what process applies if decision-makers reach an impasse.
Commercial Contracts and Service Agreements
We prepare and negotiate customer and vendor contracts, master service agreements, technology licenses, distribution arrangements, nondisclosure agreements, and other commercial documents. Our review addresses the business terms alongside liability allocation, payment, performance standards, termination, and dispute provisions. We aim to make responsibilities understandable to the teams that will perform the agreement, not just the people negotiating it.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Business Sales
We represent buyers and sellers in asset and equity transactions involving closely held businesses. Work can include the letter of intent, due diligence, purchase agreement, disclosure schedules, closing documents, and post-closing obligations. We evaluate how price adjustments, earn-outs, indemnification, and transition arrangements interact rather than treating each provision as a separate negotiation.
For owners preparing for a future sale, we can review ownership records and significant contracts before a buyer begins diligence. That work helps identify questions the seller will need to answer about the business and the proposed transaction.
Venture Capital and Startup Financing
We advise founders and companies on investment terms, convertible instruments, equity rounds, capitalization, and related approvals. Financing documents should fit the company’s current ownership and the obligations it is prepared to undertake. We help clients evaluate investor rights, founder arrangements, and how the proposed financing may affect later decisions about control, hiring, or a sale.
Intellectual Property and Brand Protection
We assist with trademark clearance and registration, copyright registration, intellectual property ownership, and licensing arrangements. For businesses working with employees, contractors, or creative partners, we review how agreements address the rights in names, content, software, and other work product. Where a dispute arises, we advise on enforcement options and the practical effect of the available responses.
Employment Agreements and Workforce Documents
We draft and review executive agreements, offer letters, contractor agreements, confidentiality provisions, separation documents, and workplace policies. Our approach considers the employee’s role, the employer’s operations, and the law applicable to the relationship. We review restrictive covenants in context rather than assuming one form can be used for every employee or every jurisdiction.
Entertainment, Media and Creative Businesses
We represent businesses and professionals negotiating production, distribution, licensing, talent, management, and brand-related agreements. These matters often require the parties to address rights, approvals, payment, delivery and ongoing use of creative work together. We help clients identify who is responsible for each part of the arrangement and document the commercial terms before work proceeds.
Outside General Counsel
We provide ongoing legal support for companies that need regular access to business counsel without assigning every question to a separate project. The engagement can address contracts, ownership issues, compliance planning, and coordination with other advisers. We agree on scope and pricing based on the company’s needs and revisit that scope as the work changes.
Business Disputes and Commercial Litigation
We advise businesses facing contract claims, ownership disagreements, and other commercial disputes. Our work includes evaluating the relevant agreements, organizing the factual record, and assessing negotiation and litigation options. We consider the effect of a dispute on continuing operations and business relationships when developing a response with the client.
Where We Serve Across New York
Our New York office is in Manhattan, but our services extend to businesses throughout the state. We work with clients in New York City, Long Island, Westchester and the Hudson Valley, the Capital Region, Western New York, and Central New York. These are service areas, not representations that Omni Law maintains an office in each location.
A company in Buffalo negotiating a supply agreement, founders in Albany organizing ownership, or a Long Island business preparing for a sale can involve us without treating the matter as a New York City engagement. We assess the company’s location, counterparties, and legal needs when planning the work. Remote meetings and document exchange can support collaboration between scheduled discussions and transaction milestones.
For a matter centered in the five boroughs, explore our New York City business law resources. For broader legal questions, our New York insights collection provides statewide information. The location of a business is one part of understanding the legal work it needs.
Industries We Serve Across New York
We provide business-law services to companies with different products, customers, and ownership models. Industry context helps frame the questions we ask about contracts, intellectual property, workforce arrangements, and growth plans. Our work includes the following types of businesses:
- Technology and software businesses addressing development, licensing, subscriptions, and financing.
- Media, entertainment and creative businesses negotiating rights, approvals, distribution, and commercial partnerships.
- Professional services and closely held businesses addressing ownership, client contracts, and succession planning.
- Manufacturers, distributors and consumer businesses managing supply relationships, sales terms, and acquisitions.
- Real estate, investment and other business ventures structuring entities, governance, and transactions.
An industry label does not determine the scope of an engagement. We discuss the company’s particular activities and identify whether a matter also calls for tax, regulatory, or other specialized advisers.
Why New York Companies Work With Omni Law P.C.
Business-Focused Counsel
We connect legal work to the decision the client needs to make: signing a contract, bringing in a co-owner, hiring a key employee, or completing a transaction. We explain the issues and available choices in business terms. The aim is to give owners and management teams a practical basis for deciding how to proceed.
A New York Office and Multi-State Capabilities
Our New York presence supports matters governed by New York law, while our team’s individual admissions can support work involving other jurisdictions. We identify the appropriate attorneys for the engagement and coordinate additional counsel where the matter calls for it. Clients can review our attorney credentials and bar admissions before discussing representation.
Scope and Fees Discussed Before Engagement
We discuss the work, assumptions and pricing before an engagement begins. Depending on the matter, arrangements can include flat fees for defined-scope work, or hourly and other pricing structures described in our fee information. Additional work or a material change in scope may require a revised agreement about services and fees.
Legal Insights for New York
Our New York legal insights provide additional information about business-law questions and developments affecting companies in the state. Use the collection to explore a topic in more detail, then speak with counsel about how it applies to your company. General information does not replace review of your documents, facts, and objectives.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the LLC publication requirement in New York?
Most domestic New York LLCs must publish the required notice for six consecutive weeks in two county-clerk-designated newspapers and file the Certificate of Publication within 120 days after the effective date of their Articles of Organization, subject to applicable exceptions, under the domestic LLC publication rules. For an authorized foreign LLC, the 120-day period runs from filing its application for authority under the foreign LLC rules. Failure to comply can suspend authority to conduct business in New York until the default is cured, as described in LLC Law §206 for domestic LLCs and the foreign LLC guidance above.
Does New York require a biennial statement?
Yes. Domestic and authorized foreign LLCs and business corporations must file a Biennial Statement every two years, during the calendar month of their original formation or authority filing; the Department of State currently charges $9, according to its Biennial Statement guidance. We can help identify the relevant filing date and address state-record updates as part of an agreed compliance engagement.
Are non-compete agreements enforceable in New York?
Some agreements may be enforceable, but the answer depends on the facts and applicable restrictions. The New York Attorney General’s guidance describes a test involving a legitimate business interest, no unnecessary hardship on the employee, no harm to the public and reasonable duration and geographic scope, and identifies industry-specific restrictions. We review the actual provision and employment circumstances rather than assuming a signed restriction will be enforced.
What is the New York LLC Transparency Act?
Under current Department of State guidance, the reporting regime that took effect January 1, 2026 applies to covered LLCs formed under foreign-country law and authorized in New York, not LLCs formed in the United States. Covered entities authorized before 2026 must file by December 31, 2026 and newer covered entities must file within 30 days after their application for authority is filed, with annual disclosure or exemption-attestation requirements explained in the Department’s FAQs. We assess whether an entity is covered before advising on its filing obligations.
Does Omni Law P.C. represent businesses outside New York City?
Yes. We represent businesses throughout New York State from our Manhattan office, including companies on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, Western New York, and Central New York. We discuss the location of the business, the nature of the matter, and the practical arrangements for working together during intake.
How much does it cost to form an LLC in New York?
The Department of State charges $200 to file Articles of Organization and $50 to file a Certificate of Publication, separate from newspaper charges and legal fees, as stated in its formation guidance and publication instructions. Publication charges depend on the county and designated newspapers, while any annual LLC tax filing fee depends on tax classification and New York-source items under the Tax Department’s instructions. We discuss the scope and price of formation assistance before engagement rather than treating state filing fees as the total cost.
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Contact Our New York Business Law Team
Whether you are organizing a company, negotiating an agreement, preparing a transaction, or addressing an ownership issue, we can discuss the legal work your business needs. Call Omni Law P.C. at (646) 736-4184 or schedule a consultation to tell us about your objectives.
This page is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Legal requirements depend on the facts and jurisdiction. Consult an attorney about your specific situation.