Practice Areas

San Antonio Asset Protection and Estate Planning Lawyer

At The Law Office of Patrick Reed, I provide asset protection and estate planning for individual and business clients throughout Texas. These services can help businesses avoid disputes and unnecessary litigation in the future.

Call my San Antonio law office at 210.403.0904 or contact me online.

Areas of Practice

Business Organizations: Formation and Planning — I help clients file their businesses under the right business entity:

  • Limited liability companies (LLC)
  • Limited liability partnerships (LLP)
  • Limited partnerships
  • Corporations
  • Professional associations
  • Joint ventures

Business Law and Transactions — I handle a multitude of business transactions for clients, including:

  • Buy-sell agreements
  • Business sales and acquisitions
  • Franchising
  • Conversions
  • Mergers
  • Dissolutions
  • Liquidations
  • Employment agreements
  • Non-compete and confidentiality agreements
  • General business consulting

Business Succession Planning — I design plans to sell or gift control of a business from one generation of family members to the next, with an emphasis on minimizing taxes. I also design plans for selling or transferring a business to non-family members, or a combination of both family and non-family members.

Domestic Asset Protection Planning — Domestic asset protection includes protecting both your business interests and your personal interests:

  • Protecting your business interests begins with choosing the right business entity and continues with a multitude of tools, devices, and techniques that strengthen and further protect your business.
  • Protecting your personal interests can also mean the utilization of limited liability companies and limited partnerships to protect assets, but may also include a variety of trusts, life insurance, IRAs, annuities, and other "exempt" assets.

Foreign Asset Protection Planning — Utilizing foreign business entities and trusts is the right strategy for some clients. I consult with clients regarding whether foreign asset protection is the right strategy to choose and, if so, what jurisdictions or countries have the most favorable laws for each client's particular situation.

Estate Planning — I help clients decide which estate planning tools are right for them:

  • Wills
  • Living wills
  • Powers of attorney
  • Premarital agreements
  • Separate property (post-marital) agreements
  • Family limited partnerships
  • Trusts — Living trusts, life insurance trusts, children's and grandchildren's trusts, land trusts, and other specialized trusts

Buying and Selling a Business — I represent clients who are buying or selling a business, whether as an asset purchase or stock purchase.

Franchising, Licensing, Distributorship — I provide legal representation to clients who are purchasing franchises or operating a business in a less complex manner via a license or distribution agreement. My services include reviewing and drafting franchise agreements, license agreements, and a variety of other documents.

Marital Property Agreements — Marital property agreements — whether premarital or post-marital — are one of the most powerful, but underutilized, asset protection devices. They can be extremely effective in protection during divorce, personal injury and business lawsuits, and bankruptcy of one spouse.

Contact My Law Office

Contact my law office in San Antonio today. I serve businesses, individuals, families, and professionals throughout Texas and the United States. I also represent foreign clients and businesses with their domestic and offshore asset protection needs.