Practice Areas


	Practice Areas Hansen Seto concentrates its practice in the areas of law described below. By limiting the range of matters, we are able to achieve greater efficiency and cost effective service. In order to provide clients with a more comprehensive range of services, the firm has developed relationships with attorneys specializing in other areas of the law and with firms providing other professional services. We provide viable, cost-effective services to clients who do not have their own legal staff and to clients whose in-house counsel desires the aid of outside law firms for specialized projects. Business & Corporations Business Litigation Succession Planning BUSINESS & CORPORATIONS Hansen Seto acts as counsel to start-up, small and medium sized manufacturing services, high technology, biotechnology, software, health service, commercial and real estate businesses. Our services include: Formation of corporations, partnerships, and LLC's Private Stock offerings Debt and Equity offerings Technology transfer and licensing Mergers and acquisitions Management buyouts Leveraged buyouts Research & development partnerships Joint ventures Dealer and distribution agreements Venture capital formation Dissolutions Sale of assets Real property and equipment leases Employee incentives (stock, stock options, and bonus plans)

	BUSINESS LITIGATION Hansen Seto advises clients and acts as special counsel to other law firms in connection with matters involving corporate aspects of law. Our specific expertise includes: Actions for breach of corporate duties and corporate control disputes. Breach of contract actions Actions for wrongful termination Foreclosures Alter ego litigation Enforcement of shareholder rights

	SUCCESSION PLANNING Hansen Seto counsels many closely held and family owned businesses in the transfer of ownership and control of their established and profitable businesses to the next generation of managers and owners, while assuring the financial security of the current generation who control the enterprise. This field, which has come to be known as "Business Succession Planning," involves an often complex blend of corporation, partnership, securities, tax, trust, and family law. Hansen Seto is able to provide its clients not only the business law services related to Business Succession Planning, but also the following estate planning services: Family limited partnerships Limited liability companies Buy-sell agreements Revocable living trusts Irrevocable trusts Life Insurance trusts Employee stock ownership plans Other transfers related to the ownership and control of business As with other areas of our practice, we work closely with our clients' accountants, financial planners, attorneys, insurance advisors, and other professionals in order to develop a comprehensive plan that best suits the needs of the present and successor generations.