BUSINESS CONSULTING
Entity Selection And Business Advisory Services
We provide services to business owners and founders of new enterprises at various ranges of development and we can offer you a full range of start-up business consulting services, including business plans, consultant and independent contractor services, financing (preferred stock, convertible debt or common stock) venture capital financing and contract development and negotiation. Our finance team drafts business plans and creates financial forecasts for start-up companies and entrepreneurs who want to attract seed funding and/or obtain financing from banks and venture capital firms. Our financial analysis team also assists clients with P&L reports, balance sheet and cash flow statement analysis.
Our Services Include
- Business Entity Selection Advisory Services (Corporation, LLC, S-Corp, Sole Proprietorship & Partnerships)
- Partnership Agreement Development and/or Review
- Consulting & Independent Contractor Services
- Business Plan Development
- Business Plan Writing
- Strategy Consultation
- Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash flow statement analysis and forecasting
Partnerships
Our independent legal advisors can assist with general and limited partnership agreements, certificates and amendments of limited partnerships, business certificates, assignments of interest of partnership property, agreements to dissolve partnership and more.
Articles & Amendments
Our independent legal advisors can help with articles of organization and amendments, operating agreements, articles of dissolution and more. We can assist if there is a single owner or multiple owners.
Corporations
Our independent legal advisors can also create Certificates of Incorporation, by-laws and amendments, subscription agreements, shareholders’ agreements, corporate minutes, certificates of dissolution, and other corporate compliance documents. Along with outside independent counsels we provide consulting services to business owners and founders of new enterprises at various ranges of development including investor agreements, business plans, consultant and independent contractor services.
Contract Documents provided by Independent Legal Advisors
- contracts with vendors, suppliers or distributors
- non-disclosure agreements
- non-compete agreements
- employment agreements
- contracts with contractors or service organizations
- a wide range of other situations where an agreement is needed between parties
Globalization And Localization
We assist international business in entering into new markets. Whether it’s an IT company or a chain retail store that wants to have a presence or open branches in a foreign country, we can assist them in every aspect from forming their company to arranging office/retail space, helping with supply chain and logistics and much more. We help foreign clients adapt and transition to a specific locale or market.
Strategic Planning & Consultation
Our Project Management team will prepare an analysis of pertinent issues to define costs, schedules, and a transition strategy if required. The result is reduced operating expenses and personnel costs, increased efficiency and productivity, and operational flexibility.
Tenant Improvement
For tenant improvements, our Project Manager will be your advocate and advisor, charged with coordinating work letters and related lease provisions, managing construction costs, communicating base building definitions, ensuring schedules and commencement dates are met, and identifying landlord obligations and commitments during design and construction.
Construction Management
We will oversee every step of your construction project, including site review, organization and logistics, reporting, design and construction management, change orders, submittal process, project cost management, quality assurance, performance measurement, and billing administration.
Move Management
Our structured project management methodology of organizing, managing, and coordinating the movement of people, equipment, contents, and furnishings between or within physical facilities ensures minimal disruptions to operations. We assume responsibility for the entire process, from coordinating budgets and schedules and managing change communications, right down to the physical move.
Transaction Consulting
By integrating projects into transactions we draw upon all relevant expertise throughout our organization to analyze a real estate opportunity and to deliver a holistic solution that encompasses all characteristics of a client's space occupancy.
Change Management
Using our proprietary change management model, we will diagnose challenges, such as employee resistance, and create a customized plan to transition employees through the change process.
Capital Planning & Execution
From single projects to global portfolios, capital planning and execution are implemented through a methodology of strategic planning, workplace re-engineering, construction management, and relocation management.
Location Decisions Are Valuable
Manhattan Global Consulting Business Incentives Practice implements strategies for the development, expansion, consolidation or relocation of facilities. Your presence in a particular location has tremendous financial implications not only for your company but also for the local municipality and state. We create competition for that residency, unearthing financial opportunities through the procurement of local and state economic incentives. We identify, evaluate, and negotiate cash grants, infrastructure improvements, tax reductions, and job training. We evaluate local labor and area amenities to ensure that your business can be properly scaled. Our experience lives within all industries and sectors, with clients ranging in size from Global 2000 firms to individual owners, occupiers and developers.
Informed Site Selection
The early integration of project management into site selection helps qualify potential location while troubleshooting potential issues before they cause expense or delay.
What We Seek
- Tax abatement, credits, and refunds
- Recruitment and training assistance
- Relocation expense reimbursement
- Favorable utility rates
- Tax increment finance (TIF) funds
- Taxable and tax exempt industrial revenue bonds
- Infrastructure and fixed-asset grants
- Infrastructure and fixed-asset grants
- Low Interest loans
- Forgivable debt