01. Business Formation

We help clients set up structures and contractual documents with long-term goals in mind so that when the time comes to execute a sale, change leadership, or leave a business to a family member or key employee, those goals are not impeded.

We specialize in providing day-to-day legal advice to business owners, such as reviewing commercial leases, licensing deals, brand partnerships, and insurance contracts; drafting contracts for clients to use with their customers; or advising on next steps when a risk of litigation is present.

02. Contract Drafting & Review

We review, revise and draft any type of contract your business needs to sign or consider. Some examples of the types of contracts we generally work with include contracts with vendors/suppliers, employment contracts, contractor agreements, IP licensing agreements, commercial leases, buy-sell agreements, MOUs on business partnerships, private investment contracts, asset and commodities purchase agreements, employee incentive plans and grants, and phantom equity agreements, to name just a few.

Bassler Law approaches contract review and drafting with the client’s ultimate goal and budget in mind, knowing when to spend time getting each term exactly right and when to focus solely on deal-breaker issues.

03. Strategic Planning

We provide strategic advice on the type of business entity to use for your endeavor, the best state of formation, and the ideal management structure as well as actually forming your business entity, drafting company and partnership agreements, setting up an EIN with the IRS, and obtaining necessary local and state permits and licenses.

We advise on matters including insurance, trademark, copyright, and contractual/business structure protections.

04. Disputes

We represent clients in select complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters and serve as local counsel for clients involved in New Mexico litigation. If your dispute is not the right fit for our expertise, we will help you find the right litigator. We also help clients with whom we have deep relationships manage insurance counsel or local counsel outside of New Mexico, handling much of the client side of document intense and high-stakes litigation matters to control costs and translate legal issues into business-focused takeaways.

We are particularly skilled in pre-litigation disputes, advising clients on resolving disputes prior to suit, including drafting and responding to demand letters, determining whether to pursue litigation, and advising on costs and benefits of litigation as a problem-solving tool. The Bassler Law Firm also has particular expertise in international arbitration proceedings, having appeared before a wide range of arbitral bodies, including the ICDR and the LCIA.  

05. Business Law Counseling

The Bassler Law Firm specializes in providing day-to-day legal advice to business owners, such as reviewing commercial leases, licensing deals, brand partnerships, and insurance contracts; drafting contracts for clients to use with their customers; or advising on next steps when a risk of litigation is present.

06. Business Protection

Protecting your business involves a combination of risk mitigation, business decisions, and legal strategy that touch on insurance law, contract law, and intellectual property law.  Bassler Law help clients protect their businesses and their professions by designing an insurance strategy to mitigate risk, filing trademark applications and monitoring trademarks for possible infringement, advising on issues related to copyright (including music licensing for retail and hospitality clients), and protecting trade secrets through contracts and other business strategies. 

07. Restaurant/Hospitality Business Law

The Bassler Law Firm has particular expertise in the hospitality industry and serves as concierge general counsel for growing restaurant businesses, as well as serving hospitality clients in smaller project-based work.  We work with restaurants on all manner of legal issues that arise in the food, beverage and hospitality industry, including copyright and trademark protection, music licensing, navigating government loan and relief programs, health and safety policies, business structures, franchising, advertising partnerships, digital media regulations, real estate issues, negotiating non-competes and exclusives with talent and landlords, and private investment documentation.  

08. Private Investment Offerings & Transactions

The Bassler Law Firm assists clients in structuring private investment offerings and drafting private placement memoranda and corporate documentation for business with outside investors, including angle investors and smaller ‘friends and family’ offerings. We also work with clients in healthcare, energy, and other industries on transactions involving commodities and finished products domestically and internationally.