Business Law
Every business decision has legal consequences, some clear and others less obvious.
Grabowski & Lipack supports entrepreneurs, family businesses, and established companies at every stage, from choosing the right entity at the beginning to selling the business years later.
We act as a strategic advisor before important decisions like signing a lease or bringing on a partner, guide business formation and entity selection, and help plan for smooth ownership transitions.
We draft, review, and negotiate the contracts your business relies on, set up corporate governance and compliance systems so decisions are made and recorded properly, and prepare employment and independent contractor agreements that set clear expectations and classify workers correctly.
We also protect the trademarks and intellectual property that give your business value, handle mergers and acquisitions from start to finish, and spot legal risks before they become problems.
We believe the law firm should adapt to the client, not the other way around. Before drafting anything, we take time to understand how your business works and where you want it to go.
- Advisory & Strategic Planning
- Business Formation & Entity Selection
- Business Succession Planning
- Contract Drafting & Review
- Corporate Governance & Compliance
- Employment & Independent Contractor Agreements
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Risk Management & Compliance
Healthcare Law
You trained to care for patients, and over time, you also became an employer, a tenant, a borrower, and a business owner.
Grabowski & Lipack works with healthcare providers, especially dental and veterinary practices, on the legal side of practice ownership.
Whether you’re buying your first practice, selling after many years, or navigating a merger or acquisition, we handle practice purchases and sales, mergers and acquisitions, partnership and ownership agreements, office leases, employment matters, and the everyday contracts that keep your practice running.
We understand how these decisions have changed, with rising practice values, more corporate buyers, and new questions at every stage.
We know the issues that come up during dental and veterinary transitions and make sure they are addressed before you sign anything.
We take care of the legal details so you can focus on your patients.
- Dental Practices
- Veterinary Practices
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Franchise Law & Entrepreneurship
Good ideas are common, but lasting businesses are rare. The difference usually comes down to execution and a strong legal foundation.
Grabowski & Lipack enjoy working with founders and growing companies, whether you’re starting your first business, buying a franchise, or turning your own concept into a franchise system.
Early decisions are inexpensive to get right and costly to fix later, so we help new businesses choose the right entity, set up founder agreements, and make their first hires correctly from the start.
For owners ready to expand, we help develop franchise systems and prepare the documents that let a concept grow without losing what made it successful.
We guide franchise buyers through the fees, territory, and renewal terms before they sign, help sellers exit smoothly, and draft and negotiate franchise agreements for both franchisors and franchisees that will govern the relationship for years to come.
- Business Startups
- Franchise Agreements
- Franchise Formation
- Franchise Purchases & Sales
Real Estate
For many clients, real estate is their biggest purchase, asset, or commitment.
Grabowski & Lipack represents buyers, sellers, developers, investors, lenders, landlords, and tenants in both commercial and residential matters, guiding you smoothly from contract to closing.
On the commercial side, we handle acquisitions, dispositions, and development from the first letter of intent through closing.
We draft, review, and negotiate commercial leases and subleases that protect your interests for the entire term, review titles and provide opinions so buyers and lenders know exactly what they’re getting, advise on easements, restrictive covenants, and development agreements that shape a property’s future, and structure joint ventures and entities when a project has more than one owner.
On the residential side, we handle closings from start to finish by reviewing titles, preparing documents, and coordinating with lenders and agents to solve problems before they affect your closing date.
Whether you come to us for a single closing or a long-term relationship, our goal is always to protect your interests.
- Commercial Acquisitions, Dispositions & Development
- Commercial Leasing & Subleasing
- Easements, Covenants & Development Agreements
- Lease Drafting, Review & Negotiation
- Purchase & Sale Transactions
- Real Estate Joint Ventures & Entity Formation
- Residential Closings
- Title Examinations & Opinions
SBA Lending
Whether you’re buying a business, buying the building it operates in, or funding an expansion, an SBA loan comes with its own language, timeline, and stack of documents.
Grabowski & Lipack represents borrowers and lenders in SBA lending and stays with clients from application through closing, so the funding arrives when the deal needs it.
The SBA 7(a) program is the workhorse of small business lending. It is flexible enough to fund working capital, equipment, real estate, or the purchase of a business.
We prepare and review the legal documents, keep the file moving, and help borrowers avoid mistakes that delay closings.
For a business buying its building or investing in major equipment, the SBA 504 program offers long-term financing that is hard to beat. Its two-lender structure and extra paperwork require careful handling, so we make sure the documents fit the deal and the closing stays on schedule.
From SBA-backed business acquisitions to commercial real estate financing, we keep the process on track from the initial application through closing.
- SBA 7(a) Loans
- SBA 504 Loans
- Business Acquisitions
- Commercial Real Estate Financing
Estate Planning
Estate planning is about the people you care about most. It means making sure they are provided for, spared unnecessary cost and confusion, and never left guessing what you would have wanted.
Grabowski & Lipack works with individuals, families, and business owners to build plans around their real lives, their assets, and their wishes that do not fit a template.
We prepare wills that say exactly who gets what and who is in charge, and set up trusts when one is right. Trusts can help avoid probate, provide for a child over time, keep things private, or manage assets for future generations.
We draft durable powers of attorney and advance directives so someone you trust can step in and your medical wishes are known if you are ever unable to speak for yourself.
We guide executors and families through probate step by step when the time comes.
For business owners, we coordinate wills, trusts, and succession documents so both your family and your company are protected.
Through elder law and Medicaid planning, we help you manage the cost of long-term care on your terms, protect your home and savings, and qualify for benefits that help pay for care.
This is some of the most personal work we do, and we treat it that way.
- Wills
- Trusts
- Powers of Attorney
- Advance Directives
- Probate Administration
- Estate Planning for Business Owners
- Elder Law & Medicaid Planning