Mackenzie Hughes represented a high-tech start-up company that creates proprietary Internet technology, assisting with its business formation, contract review and business plan implementation. The company is now fully operational and successfully meeting—even exceeding—its business objectives.
Start-up businesses need very different legal services from those required by large, established institutional clients. Our attorneys recognize this and have developed a strong following among entrepreneurs, who rely upon our unique skills to start their businesses off on sound footing. We are also sensitive to the financial constraints of emerging businesses, so we strive to work as partners with them by considering alternative fee arrangements that accommodate their immediate needs. Our services for start-up businesses include:
- Financing and capital
- Private placements
- Business formation and structuring
- Joint ventures
- Contract drafting/negotiation/review
- Employment matters
- Interaction with governmental entities
- Taxation
- Pension
- Intellectual property (particularly copyright and trademark protection)
- Real estate
- Estate and succession planning
Attorneys
Deven D. Desai
Associate (Pending Admission to Bar)
Mary Anne Cody
Partner
Richard C. Engel
Managing Partner
Clayton H. Hale, Jr.
Partner and Co General Counsel
Robert R. Hojnacki
Associate
Edward J. Moses
Partner
James H. Nicoll
Partner
News
Mackenzie Hughes Adds Three Attorneys
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Mackenzie Hughes LLP’s Managing Partner Richard Engel announces the recent addition of attorneys Robb P. Barrett, Rebecca E. Alesi and Robert R. Hojnacki to the team. Robb P. Barrett joined the firm in January as a partner in the Business Department. He focuses on business and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities […]
Mackenzie Hughes Thanks Anne B. Ruffer for her leadership role, Elects Richard C. Engel Managing Partner, Appoints James H. Nicoll Business Department Chair
Attorney Anne B. Ruffer electively stepped down as the firm’s Managing Partner effective December 31, 2023, after serving in that role for six years. During that time, she oversaw the day-to-day firm operations, worked in supporting the firm’s various practice areas, managed its fiscal responsibility, encouraged attorneys’ community involvement, and advanced the firm’s positive culture. […]
Four Mackenzie Hughes attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers
Four attorneys from Mackenzie Hughes LLP were recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Included are Stephen T. Helmer in the fields of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Ami S. Longstreet in Elder Law; Edward J. Moses in Corporate Law; and Gay […]
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Corporate Transparency Act – Deadline Approaching
This is a follow up to our April post regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the New York State equivalent statute, the New York LLC Transparency Act (NYLTA) and the new guidance issued by regulatory authorities governing these statutes. As previously noted, the landscape surrounding these statutes remain in-flux and this update is intended to […]
The Corporate Transparency Act and the New York LLC Transparency Act
There has been much written about the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the lawsuits surrounding it, along with the New York State equivalent statute, the New York LLC Transparency Act (NYLTA). The landscape of the CTA is shifting fast and the following is to give you an overview of the current status of these […]
Congress Passes Trademark Modernization Act
Congress Passes Trademark Modernization Act Here’s What That Means for You, Your Business and Your Business’ Trademarks At the tail-end of 2020, the Trademark Modernization Act (“TMA”) was signed into law. The TMA, which received broad bi-partisan support in Congress, was passed to curb a substantial volume of improperly registered trademark registrations from so-called “bad […]