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WELOME TO MURPHY BOVA LLP

Legal and Business Counselors

 
 
 
 

Our sole mission is to empower our clients.

Murphy Bova LLP provides sophisticated outside general counsel and strategic legal advice to growth companies, technology businesses, entrepreneurs and established organizations.

We work alongside executives and management teams on complex commercial transactions, corporate matters, strategic initiatives and the day-to-day legal issues that arise as businesses grow.

Our lawyers combine sophisticated legal counsel with practical business judgment—helping clients manage risk, close deals and move their businesses forward.

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Think of us as trusted advisors and members of the team.

SERVICES

OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL & STRATEGIC CORPORATE COUNSEL

Counsel That Understands Your Business.

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COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS

Sophisticated Deals. Practical Execution.

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CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS

Uncover the Facts. Protect the Business.

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Client Perspectives

“...take[s] the necessary time to learn your business and help you make the best decisions, both legally and for business success.”
— Field Garthwaite | Founder and CEO
“The firm provides us invaluable legal and business counsel that continually exceeds our expectations. We consider them trusted resources who understand how innovative deals are structured.”
— Merrill Squires | Founder
“...knowledgeable, quick to respond, and always a pleasure to work with. I always know that when we go to MB we are getting sound advice and they’ll fight for our best interests.”
— Brian Berger | CEO

LATEST NEWS & INSIGHTS

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Don’t Let “It’s Our Policy” End the Negotiation
Don’t Let “It’s Our Policy” End the Negotiation

…contracting policies serve an important purpose. They create consistency, establish negotiating parameters and streamline approvals. But a contracting policy shouldn't become a substitute for negotiation. “It's our policy” shouldn't mean “take it or leave it”, particularly when a reasonable alternative addresses the underlying concern.

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Trust Stacking and QSBS: Is the Window Starting to Close?
Trust Stacking and QSBS: Is the Window Starting to Close?

The IRS is looking closely at arrangements designed principally to multiply exclusions without much substance behind separate trusts. Treasury officials have specifically raised concerns about multiple trusts with overlapping beneficiaries.

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Back-Door Unlimited Liability: The Indemnity Trap in Commercial Contracts
Back-Door Unlimited Liability: The Indemnity Trap in Commercial Contracts

There are risks that may appropriately sit outside a general liability cap, such as IP infringement, gross negligence or willful misconduct, for example, and others that may warrant a separate, higher cap.

But that should be intentional, understood and proportionate to the deal, not the unintended result of an overly broad indemnity.

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