Stephen R. Urbinato
Partner
- Represents purchasers and sellers in numerous business acquisitions, sales and mergers ranging in value from several hundred thousand dollars to greater than $30,000,000
- Represents commercial lenders and borrowers in commercial mortgage and asset-based loan facilities ranging in amount from a few hundred thousand dollars to greater than $20,000,000
- Represents and counseled business entities throughout the entire duration of their business cycle - from start-up, through initial financing, through equity financing, through expansion and through sale, merger or other exit strategy
- Successfully drafted, reviewed and negotiated numerous commercial contracts including employment agreements, consulting agreements, distributorship and franchise agreements, license agreements, joint venture agreements, stockholders agreements, operating agreements, and buy/sell agreements
- Represents commercial landlords and tenants in numerous commercial leasing transactions ranging in size from 2500 square feet to greater than 300,000 square feet
- Formerly associated with Wolff & Samson, Roseland, New Jersey,1989-1994
Areas of Practice
- Business Acquisitions
- Sales and Mergers
- Commercial Contracts
- Commercial Real Estate
- Acquisitions
- Sales
- Leasing
- Financing
- Banking/Commercial Lending
- Business Formations
- Corporations
- Partnerships
- Limited Liability Companies
- Business Counseling
- Estate Planning
- Wills and Administration
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1989
- Pennsylvania, 1989
- Federal District Court of New Jersey, 1989
Education
- George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
- J.D. - 1989
- Honors: With Honors
- Union College, Schenectady, New York
- B.A. - 1986
- Honors: With Honors
- Major: Managerial Economics
Published Works
- Author, "Valuation Methods for the Closely Held Business,", New Jersey State Bar Association, Business Law Section Newsletter, 2007
- Author, "Planning for the Generational Succession of a Family Business,", New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, 2006
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer, "Organization and Sale of Business,", Institute of Continuing Legal Education at Seton Hall University, 2009
- Lecturer, "When Business Partners Separate: Strategies for Negotiated and Litigated Solutions,", New Jersey State Bar Association, 2008
- Lecturer, "Organization and Operation of a Closely Held Business,", New Jersey State Bar Association, 2007
- Lecturer, "Planning for Closely Held Family Businesses", Institute of Continuing Legal Education at New Brunswick Law Center, 2005
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Business Law Section, Board of Director, 2006 - Present
- Family and Small Business Committee, Chairman, 2004 - Present
- Transactional Inn of Court, Member, 2003 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- Wolff & Samson, Roseland, New Jersey, Associate, 1989 - 1994
