Business Formation
A filing with the Texas Secretary of State creates an entity. It does not determine whether that entity is the right one, how multiple entities should relate to one another, or how the owners will manage the business, contribute capital, transfer interests, resolve deadlock, or eventually exit.
The firm forms and represents businesses using the entity type and structure suited to the venture rather than defaulting every client into a single form. That work includes limited liability companies, professional limited liability companies and professional associations, corporations, limited partnerships and their general-partner entities, holding companies, management companies, operating subsidiaries, special-purpose entities, and other multi-entity arrangements. Ownership, tax classification, liability separation, governance, financing requirements, and anticipated transactions are considered together before the filings are made.
For a new venture, that may mean one properly documented entity. For a business involving several owners, properties, operating lines, intellectual property, investors, or lender requirements, it may mean a coordinated group of entities with defined ownership, control, and intercompany relationships. The formation engagement includes both the organizational filings and the governing documents needed to make the selected structure functional from the outset.
Services
- Entity selection and tax-classification analysis for LLCs, PLLCs, professional associations, corporations, limited partnerships, and other Texas entities
- Formation of limited partnerships and related general-partner entities
- Holding-company, management-company, operating-company, subsidiary, and special-purpose entity structures
- Multi-entity structure planning for operating businesses, investment ventures, professional practices, real estate holdings, and intellectual-property ownership
- Certificates of formation, partnership filings, organizational consents, and initial authority documents
- Company agreements, partnership agreements, bylaws, shareholder documents, and other governing instruments
- Founder, partner, investor, contribution, and initial-capitalization arrangements
- EIN, registered-agent, ownership-record, and organizational-book setup
- Coordination with CPAs, lenders, and other advisors where tax treatment, financing, licensing, or regulatory requirements affect the structure
Representative Experience
Formed and structured LLCs, corporations, professional entities, limited partnerships, general-partner entities, holding companies, management companies, operating companies, and special-purpose entities for operating businesses, investment ventures, real estate owners, and professional practices.
Designed multi-entity structures separating ownership, operations, management, intellectual property, and investment interests, with the governing and intercompany documents prepared as a coordinated set.
Formed limited-partnership and LLC structures for family investment, private investment, and real estate ventures, including related governance, transfer, and capital arrangements.
Served as formation counsel to technology and platform companies whose initial structures included holding entities, operating subsidiaries, and intercompany intellectual-property licensing.
Representative matters. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Process
Business and ownership review
The venture, owners, assets, capital, risk, financing plans, and anticipated growth.
Structure recommendation
The proposed entity or multi-entity framework, tax-classification considerations, ownership path, and reasons for the recommendation.
Formation and documentation
Organizational filings and the complete governing-document package for each entity in the structure.
Implementation
Initial contributions, ownership records, intercompany agreements where needed, and an organized company record book.
FAQs
Do I need more than the Secretary of State filing?
The filing creates the entity; it does not govern it. Without a company agreement, Texas default rules supply the ownership, management, capital, transfer, voting, and exit terms, and they rarely match what the owners would have chosen. Those terms belong in the governing documents prepared with the formation.
LLC or corporation?
For most closely held Texas businesses, an LLC with a deliberate tax election. Venture-track companies, professional practices, and multi-owner ventures each break that default, and the analysis comes first, before the filing.
Do you form entities other than LLCs?
Yes. The firm forms and advises on LLCs, PLLCs, professional associations and other professional entities, corporations, limited partnerships, general-partner entities, holding companies, operating subsidiaries, and special-purpose entities. The recommendation depends on ownership, liability, tax treatment, financing, and the business’s actual operations.
When does a new business need more than one entity?
A multi-entity structure may be appropriate when different assets or operations carry different risks, when intellectual property or real estate should be held separately, when management and ownership functions differ, when investors participate at different levels, or when a lender requires a special-purpose borrower. Complexity should solve a defined problem; it should not be added for appearance.
What is the difference between this page and Entity Structuring & Reorganizations?
This page addresses the selection and formation of the original entity or entity group. Entity Structuring & Reorganizations addresses businesses that already exist and need to add entities, move assets or ownership, convert entity types, reorganize operations, or implement a new structure.
Can you fix an entity that was formed without the right structure or documents?
Yes. Depending on the issue, the work may involve new governing documents, amendments, additional entities, conversions, ownership transfers, or a broader reorganization. See Entity Structuring & Reorganizations.
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