Legal Aspects for Small Business

Description:

Learn about the key legal decisions that need to be made when formi

ng a new business or acquiring an existing business. This includes liability, insurance, compliance, legal entities, record keeping, and intellectual property – trademarks and copyright.

Speaker Biography

Jonathan W. Anderson (Jon) is an attorney in private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is the managing member of his law practice, City of Oaks Law, with offices on Fairview Road in the Five Points District. He is a magna cum laude graduate of the Wake Forest School of Law. Before Wake, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduating with honors in 2005. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Italian after studying abroad in Florence at the Lorenzo de' Medici Institute. He is currently enrolled in the executive LLM program on taxation at the New York University School of Law. Jon has experience working with clients large and small. He began his career working at a large law firm that represented a national retailer in its acquisition of property. He also worked at the North Carolina Real Estate Commission, as a law clerk, assisting in the regulation of real estate brokerage. Now, he represents entrepreneurs, small business owners, and investors in their endeavors. His experience from multiple perspectives provides him a wide array of tools for solving legal problems.