What We Do
HWA is Advisory-Client Focused, always looking for ways to be true partners to our clients. Our practices are interconnected, which we believe provides the greatest opportunities and solves the most challenging obstacles for our diverse clientele of entrepreneurs, financial institutions and business leaders.
Acquisitions, Dispositions & Mergers
- Asset Acquisitions and Sales
- Confidentiality, Nondisclosure and Non-circumvention Agreements
- Due Diligence Services
- Equity (Stock) Purchases and Sales
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Letters of Intent and Memoranda of Understanding
- Reorganization, Restructuring and Recapitalization
Banking and Finance
- Asset Based/Borrowing Base Lending
- Commercial Lending
- Construction Lending
- Development Lending
- Mezzanine Lending
- Real Estate Lending
- Structured and Project Finance
- Workouts and Restructuring
Business
Bankruptcy
- Asset Sales and Purchases
- Chapter 7 Liquidations
- Chapter 11 Reorganization
- Chapter 15 Cross Border Insolvency
- Creditor Representation
- Preferences and Fraudulent Transfers
- Pre-Bankruptcy Planning and Restructuring
- Litigation and Adversary Proceedings
- Trustee, Examiner, and Committee Representation
Commercial
Litigation
- Home Equity/Subprime Lending
- Consumer Litigation Defense
- Commercial Litigation Defense
- Class Action Defense
- Trials
- Appellate
- Arbitration
- Credit Unions
- Creditors' Rights and Default Servicing
Corporate and Business Law
- Business Formation
- Business Planning & Strategy
- Buyouts, Conflicts and Dissolutions
- Buy-Sell
- Capital Formation and Private Placement
- Corporate Governance
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Startups and Emerging Companies
- Franchisees
- Investments - Venture Capital and Private Equity
- Majority/Minority Shareholder Rights and Minority Oppression
Credit Union Law
- Account, Membership and Financial Institution Issues
- Employment Issues
- Consumer and Business Lending
- Contract and Lease Negotiation and Drafting
- CUSOs
- Regulatory Compliance
- Bankruptcy
- Collections and Foreclosures Law
- Creditor's Rights in Probate
- Garnishments--defending and pursuing
- Sequestrations, Receiverships, and Post-Judgement
- Litigation: Offensive and Defensive in state and federal court
Creditors' Rights
- Bankruptcy
- Collections, Receiverships and Judgement Enforcement
- Contracts and Leases, Credit and Lending Issues
- Foreclosure, Real and Personal Property
- Litigation: Offensive and Defensive
- Loan Restructuring and Workouts
- Probate: Creditors' Rights
- Regulatory Compliance
- Sequestrations
- Evictions
Default
Servicing
- Bankruptcy
- Commercial UCC, Forward, Home Equity, Reverse Mortgages, Judicial and Non-Judicial Foreclosures
- Equipment, Manufactured Homes and Vehicles
- Evictions
- Guarantor and Deficiency Suits
- Litigated and Contested Matters
- Loss Mitigation and Loan Workouts
- Probate/Creditor Rights
- Regulatory Compliance
- REO
- Title Curative
Labor &
Employment
- Counseling and Training
- Employment Contracts
- Non-Competition Agreements
- Workers' Compensation Retaliation
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Outside General Counsel
- Commercial Contracts and Licensing Agreements
- Corporate Governance
- Board and Shareholder/Member Resolutions
- Capital Raises
- Data Privacy, Cyber Security & Breach Response
- Directors Meetings, Shareholder Meetings and Minutes
- Employment Matters
- Enforcement of Non-Competition Agreements and Protection of Trade Secrets
- Executive Compensation, including Stock Options, Restricted Stock Agreements and Incentive Compensation
- (Legal) Crisis Management
- Litigation, Arbitration and Risk Management
- Real Estate and Asset Purchases, Sales and Leasing
- Supply Chain & International Trade
- Service Level Agreements
- Strategic Transactions
- Technology Agreements
- Trademark and Other Intellectual Property Protection
Probate
- Wills
- Living Wills
- Irrevocable Trusts
- Marital Trusts
- Medical Powers of Attorney
- Financial and General Powers of Attorney
- Estate Trusts
- Life Insurance Trusts
- Family Partnerships
- Wealth Transfer and Succession Planning Services
Real Estate
- Acquisition and Sales Transactions
- CMBS Loans and Capital Market Transactions
- Construction and Development Transactions
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Economic Development and Incentives
- Evictions
- Foreclosures
- Investing
- Land Use Incentives and Restrictions
- Leasing (Tenant and Landlord Representation)
- Lease Disputes
- Permitting
- Planning and Zoning
- Platting
- Purchase Money and Refinancing Loans
- Title Curative Work
- Structured Finance
- Workouts and Restructuring of Nonperforming Loans
- Types of Properties Include: Farm and Ranch, Healthcare and Hospitals, Hotels and Motels, Industrial, Multifamily, Office and Retail
Technology & Intellectual Property
- Agency Contract Review
- Blockchain & Cryptoassets
- Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreements
- Copyrights, Trademark and Tradename Registration and Searches
- Customs and International Registrations
- Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Breach Response
- Infringements and Opinion Letters
- Intellectual Property and Technology Transfers
- Intellectual Property and Technology Licensing
- IoT (Internet of Things)
- License and Software/Firmware Development Agreements
- Master Services Agreements
- Offensive and Defensive Litigation
- Trade Secrets