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Castaneda, Ming & Kojikian, P.L.C., offers our clients exceptional service in a variety of areas dedicated to the success of your business including:
Business Litigation
Sometimes, business does not run smoothly and the company’s best interests mandate pursuing a claim for things like unpaid invoices, breached contractual duties, or faulty merchandise. Having a business lawyer able to assess the validity of your claim from a legal standpoint, as well as analyzing the variables from a business perspective, can be invaluable.
Working with an attorney having this type of dual point of view is even more imperative when facing a claim made or a lawsuit filed against your company. Even the most cautious enterprise sometimes faces controversies of wrongful termination, collection efforts, allegations of contract breach, etc.
At Castaneda, Ming & Kojikian, experienced trial attorneys and commercial litigators represent businesses successful in all sorts of industries through alternative dispute resolution, informal settlement, mediation, arbitration, trials and appeals at all levels of the state and federal courts.
To discuss a business litigation matter with an attorney, please call: (213) 488-3341.
Business and Corporate Law
The commercial attorneys at Castaneda, Ming & Kojikian work daily with sophisticated business professionals involved in a wide variety of commercial enterprises and industries. The law firm’s culture focuses upon all aspects of California business and the U.S. economy, and its business lawyers are immersed not only in the latest developments in commercial law, but also in the current economic events and how these two arenas correlate.
Accordingly, our business attorneys are adept at working with corporate clientele in a multifaceted practice – sometimes on a daily basis -- that includes strategic business formation and organization; long-range advice and strategic planning; contract preparation; corporate formalities; transactions; financing; tax issues; employment matters; risk management; code compliance; corporate governance; corporate valuation; licensing; franchising; business succession strategies and planning; as well as the practicalities buying and selling of business entities.
To discuss a business / corporate law matter with a lawyer, call: (213) 488-3341.
International Operations
The law firm's strategic location in downtown Los Angeles allows its attorneys the ability to help clients dealing with international trade matters as they transact business with companies in Mexico, Central America, South America, as well as a variety of Pacific Ocean nations taking advantage of the trade opportunities offered by the internationally recognized Port of Los Angeles the busiest container port in the country.
The law firm's international trade attorneys work with foreign and domestic clients in matters that include trade issues, contracts, business formation and representation strategic business formation and organization or manufacturing operations – including advice, planning, and contract preparation.
To discuss an international trade matter with an attorney, please call: (213) 488-3341.
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (copyright, and trademark) is one of the fastest growing and ever-changing areas of the law today, from both a federal level as well as a California law viewpoint. Working with businesses in a wide variety of industries, as well as entrepreneurs, inventors, creative artists, and celebrities, LA law firm Castaneda, Ming & Kojikian works with clients in all intellectual property (IP) – copyright, and trademark -- matters.
To discuss an intellectual property matter with a lawyer, please call: (213) 488-3341.
Real Estate
From its downtown Los Angeles offices, lawyers at Castaneda, Ming & Kojikian work with clients across the state of California, the continental United States, and internationally, that are involved in real estate matters as developers, owners, property managers, investors, sureties, and lenders, in both real estate transactions and real estate litigation matters, such as advising on acquisitions, construction contracts, and formation of real estate investment limited liability companies, and the litigation of real estate matters, including foreclosures, liens, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, boundary disputes, and environmental remediation.
To discuss a real estate matter with an attorney, please call: (213) 488-3341.
Insurance Defense
Castaneda, Ming & Kojikian, P.L.C., offer cost-effective legal representation to insurance companies, recognizing that successfully defending against claims and lawsuits is a major factor of any insurance carrier's profitability.
To discuss an insurance defense matter with an attorney, please call: (213) 488-3341.
Negotiating Transactions
In all areas of business, shrewd negotiation has never been as important as it is today in the present volatile economy. Our business attorneys work daily with sophisticated commercial enterprises and business executives in an ongoing effort to maximize their competitive place in the market while minimizing losses and costs. These endeavors run the gamut of complex business activity and in size from the minor daily decision to the most major of corporate determinations, involving all type of commercial matters, such as employment issues, contract duties, real estate transactions, offers received and made, claims by and against the company, and international trade concerns.
To discuss transactional negotiations with an attorney, please call: (213) 488-3341.