​Corporate, Business & Transactional
How We Complex Business Cases
Most businesses do not need a hundred-lawyer firm. They need smart attorneys who understand how businesses actually work, give practical advice rather than theoretical answers, and treat client time as valuable. Our attorneys have started companies, run them, sat on boards, and sat across the table from the same decisions their clients face. We know what it is like to be on the other side of the legal conversation, and we believe good legal counsel should help clients make decisions, solve problems, and keep moving forward.
The best business attorneys do more than draft documents. They help business owners make decisions. Sometimes that means negotiating a transaction. Sometimes it means preventing a dispute before it starts. Sometimes it means advising a client not to do a deal at all. Our role is to help clients understand risk, evaluate options, and move forward with confidence.
Entity Formation and Governance
How your business is structured matters from the start. We advise on entity selection and handle formation documents, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and governance structures that define how your company runs and what happens when owners disagree.
A well-drafted operating agreement is the business equivalent of a prenuptial agreement. We have seen what happens when companies skip it, and we have helped untangle the disputes that follow. Those situations are almost always more expensive and more damaging than getting it right at the beginning.
Contracts and Commercial Agreements
​We draft and negotiate the full range of commercial contracts including vendor agreements, service agreements, licensing arrangements, joint development agreements, supply contracts, and more. We also conduct document audits, reviewing existing agreements, identifying outdated language, and updating contracts to reflect current law and current business reality.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Whether you are buying a business, selling one, or acquiring assets, Hassan + Cables manages the legal side from letter of intent through closing. We handle purchase and sale agreements, due diligence, entity structuring, regulatory filings, and post-closing matters. We have worked on transactions across industries including service-oriented businesses, cannabis, construction, natural products, hospitality, and manufacturing.
Outside General Counsel
Many of our strongest client relationships are outside general counsel arrangements. The client does not have in-house counsel and does not want to manage a roster of outside specialists for every question. We become the legal call, handling contracts, employment matters, regulatory issues, disputes, transactions, and strategic business decisions as part of an ongoing relationship.
This model works especially well for growing Colorado companies in the $1 million to $50 million revenue range that are navigating increasing legal complexity. Clients benefit from having legal counsel who already understands the business when opportunities arise, problems surface, or important decisions need to be made.
Representative Matters
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Served as outside general counsel for a manufacturer of industrial conveyance equipment, handling all contracts, employment matters, collections, products liability, and a $14 million commercial property acquisition
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Represented a family-owned restaurant franchise group through the simultaneous acquisition and build-out of four locations, handling real estate, entity structuring, and operational legal work
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Advised a Canadian ski apparel company on a Colorado asset acquisition to streamline U.S. manufacturing operations
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Represented natural and organic food companies and the marketing and service firms that work alongside them through formation, contracts, employment matters, and exit
​Capital and Securities
​We assist with capital raises, investor agreements, securities compliance, and related transactions, with particular depth in deals up to $100 million. We understand how deals get structured and what it takes to get them closed.
Industries We Know Well
Hassan + Cables has particular depth in natural and organic food and beverage, cannabis and other highly regulated industries, construction and real estate development, manufacturing, hospitality and restaurants, and ski and outdoor recreation. We make a point of learning a client's business before giving advice. Generic counsel produces generic results.
If you are starting, acquiring, growing, financing, or selling a business in Colorado, contact Hassan + Cables to discuss your legal needs.
