Business Planning & Business Law - Top Atlanta Law Firm

We assist clients in achieving their business and personal objectives by coordinating their tax planning with the development of short and long-term business plans intended to maximize profit and minimize liability.

Clients who are entrepreneurs seek our help to establish their businesses as legal entities, to deal with legal issues as they arise during the operation of their businesses, and to assist them in buying, selling or merging their businesses. From corporations to LLCs, LLPs and other entities, we help our clients choose the proper entity and prepare all the legal and tax documents for their businesses.

We advise clients regarding buy-sell arrangements, governance and compliance issues, transactions with third parties, and protection of business assets. We recommend proactive business practices that reduce the potential for lawsuits. We work with individual and family-owned businesses to develop succession planning strategies that are consistent with their individual and company tax planning strategies. Family Limited Partnerships are one option to consider. Clients who are executives involve us in their stock option planning, employee benefits planning, employment agreements and severance agreements.

C. Murray Saylor, Jr. has a BS in Economics and an MS in Accounting from the Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania. He is a CPA who was head of the Tax Department of Touche Ross in Atlanta and was a Founding Partner of Deloitte & Touche. While there he gained extensive experience advising business clients on a variety of issues. He has continued to advise business owners, executives and entrepreneurs at The Saylor Law Firm and his previous law firm. Murray and Jackie Saylor co-wrote the chapter on “Starting Your Own Business” in Women & The Law: A Guide to Legal Rights in Georgia. Murray Saylor has also written articles for the American Association of Attorney/CPA magazine and The Atlanta Lawyer.Additionally, he has written about “Required Retirement Plan Distributions Depend on Beneficiary Designations” for Medical Practice Management.

Linda Muir has received Georgia’s Top Rated Lawyers in Business chosen by a Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system and GeorgiaTrend‘s Legal Elite Best Lawyers in Georgia in the Business Law Category. She gained extensive experience in Business Law when working at King & Spalding and Muir Law and as Corporate Counsel and General Counsel with various companies. She was the author of “When It’s Time to Create A Contract… Negotiate! How to Craft Everyday Agreements,” in Paisley Magazine. Jackie Saylor and Linda Muir have both received the Georgia Women’s Institute Leadership in Business and Law Award.

Ed Rappaport, who has a BBA in accounting from the University of Texas Austin, McCombs School of Business and a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Florida College of Law, is a seasoned tax attorney advising a broad array of clients on various tax and legal issues. He has extensive experience representing high net worth individuals, including NFL and NBA athletes, corporate executives with some of Atlanta’s largest firms, and closely-held private businesses. He has spoken on “Tax Considerations for Athletes and Entertainers” and written on “Principles of Asset Protection Planning,” in Financial Planning for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals. He is the co-author of “The Impact of Valuation Discounts on Estate and Income Tax Basis” in Estate Planning magazine.

James Killough, who has a Master of Laws in Taxation from Emory University School of Law, practices Business Law and Business Disputes. Kasey Libby also helps clients involved in Business Disputes.