Business Law

Houston Business Lawyers – Protecting Texas Businesses

Business Law, Corporate Formations, Contracts, & Transactions for Texas Businesses

At The Spencer Law Firm, our mission is to safeguard businesses from costly legal disputes. With over 32 years of experience handling business litigation, we understand the risks that can arise in professional relationships. Our team of Houston business attorneys helps business owners and executives identify and mitigate potential legal exposures.

How Our Houston Business Lawyers Can Assist You

Business Formation: We provide guidance on entity selection, entity formation, and drafting essential agreements such as buy/sell agreements, employment agreements, compliance plans, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, and intellectual property and trade secret protection.
Business Transactions: Our services cover corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, key asset purchases, real estate transactions, independent contractor agreements, and more.
IP and Trade Secret Protection: We help businesses secure their intellectual property through licensing agreements, technology development contracts, non-compete clauses, non-solicitation agreements, confidentiality agreements (NDAs), trademarks, copyrights, and work-for-hire agreements.
Business Litigation: Our firm represents businesses in contract disputes, partnership and shareholder disagreements, shareholder oppression claims, trade secret theft, fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, business dissolution, hostile takeovers, buyouts, temporary restraining orders, injunctions, patent infringement defense, and deceptive trade practices defense.
General Counsel Services: We provide ongoing legal support for business formation, contracts, transactions, and regulatory compliance. Our Houston, TX business lawyers help small businesses anticipate and prevent legal risks that could lead to disputes or litigation.
Construction Law and Arbitration: Our legal team assists with construction contracts, subcontractor agreements, joint bid agreements, architect and supply contracts, breach of contract claims, OSHA claims, liquidated damages, and mechanic’s lien disputes.
Oil and Gas Law: We provide legal support for exploration agreements, production agreements, participation agreements, farm-out agreements, oil field service contracts, equipment and manufacturing contracts, work-over contracts, and various oil and gas law matters.
Administrative Law: Our attorneys help businesses navigate healthcare compliance, licensure defense, and healthcare fraud protection and defense.

Why Choose The Spencer Law Firm for Business Law?

With over 32 years of experience, our Houston business attorneys help protect businesses from legal disputes and liabilities.

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Business Formation & Corporate Structuring

Choice of entity & formation
Buy/sell agreements
Employment contracts
Compliance plans
Partnership & shareholder agreements

Business Transactions & Contracts

Corporate restructuring
Mergers & acquisitions
Key asset & real estate transactions
Independent contractor agreements

Intellectual Property (IP) & Trade Secret Protection

Licensing & technology development agreements
Non-compete & non-solicitation agreements
Confidentiality agreements (NDAs)
Trademarks, copyrights & work-for-hire agreements

Business Litigation & Legal Disputes

Contract disputes & breach of fiduciary duty
Partnership & shareholder disagreements
Fraud, misrepresentation & trade secret theft
Hostile takeovers, buyouts & dissolution
Patent infringement & deceptive trade practices defense

General Counsel Services

Our Houston business lawyers provide ongoing legal support, helping businesses with contracts, transactions, and regulatory compliance.

Construction Law & Arbitration

Legal support for construction contracts, subcontractor agreements, architect contracts, and breach of contract claims.

Oil & Gas Law

Assistance with exploration, production, participation, farm-out, and oil field service agreements.

Administrative & Healthcare Law

Support for healthcare compliance, licensure defense, and fraud protection.

Contact Our Houston Business Lawyers Today

Need legal guidance? Call The Spencer Law Firm at (713)-961-7770 or contact us online to schedule a consultation.

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Are Investors Causing You Stress? Here’s What You Need to Know to Protect Your Business

Securing investors for your company, partnership, or project is an exciting milestone, bringing you closer to achieving your goals—whether it's real estate, launching a start-up, or selling products. But with investor involvement comes responsibility, pressure, and sometimes, unexpected challenges.

Investors expect results, and when things don’t go as planned—such as delayed profitability or unforeseen expenses—they can become frustrated. In some cases, investors may take aggressive actions, including filing complaints with the Texas Securities Board or seeking legal remedies.

Got Investors?

Well you probably have more headaches than you bargained for. Having Investors in your project, company or partnership means that you have lots of people to please, and keep track of! If you have raised money for your company, partnership or project, you have made great strides towards your commercial goal, whether that is buying real estate, selling products, or investing in that new start up company that is going to be the hottest thing since APPLE!

Raising money is fun and most Investors are enthusiastically giving their funds so that they can be on the ground floor of an exciting project or company. However, once you get down to brass tacks sometimes it becomes clear that you might have bitten off more than you can chew. Especially when the project starts to get bogged down in red tape, there are more expenses than you anticipated and more cash seems to be hemorrhaging out of the company than you predicted. It is very hard to become profitable in one year, or even two years with start-ups.

It is that start-up phase which may turn your enthusiastic Investors grumpy. And then the complaining starts.

Sometimes, even though you give them all of the information as to what is happening, these grumpy Investors start to get aggressive and demanding. Some of them even might complain to the Texas Securities Board, or the Texas Attorney General alleging that they were defrauded or wronged and they want their money back. You could even get a “demand” letter from a lawyer representing these Investors.

So what to do?

This is a very bad situation to be in and we want you to call us BEFORE you do anything to respond. An angry group of Investors is perhaps the worst thing that can happen to you and your new company or partnership. In fact, few people realize that it is actually a felony for money to be raised without strict compliance with federal and state securities laws. These laws are complex and are indeed, a trap for the unwary. In fact, we encourage everyone to seek competent legal advice BEFORE taking any cash into your start up company or for your pet project. We want our clients to be successful but raising funds in the wrong way can derail you for years and in ways you never expected.

📞 Call me, Bonnie Spencer and we can discuss your issues.

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.

info@spencer-law.com

713-961-7770