Protect Your Blindside. We hear this term in sports, but how does this relate to running a business? It’s all about risk management. One important way to protect your blindside in business is to ensure contracts are reviewed before signing. Never blindly sign a...
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Leveraging Your Board of Advisors
Advisory boards can add value in multiple areas, including growth strategy, market development, technology deployment, operational excellence, capital raising, etc. Your board members are selected based on the array of skills, expertise, experience and relationships...
It Doesn’t Have to be Equity
For closely held businesses – including family-owned businesses – providing equity is not always the right answer for rewarding key employees. In the Business Law practice at WCN, we advise and counsel owners on how to achieve the goal of recognizing and rewarding key...
SECURE ACT 2.0: Congress Rewrites the Rules of Retirement
The lack of retirement preparation and concern among Americans has captured the attention of Washington policymakers. On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a $1.7 Trillion budget bill, which included a substantial number of changes/modifications to the original...
Building an Advisory Board
In our last article related to the benefits of an advisory board, we discussed the importance of selecting board members with a diverse and relevant range of qualities and experiences. Click here to read the second article in this series. One of the key attributes of...
Multiple Litigation Honors for Founding Partner Susan Donaldson Novins
Wilchins Cosentino & Novins is proud to announce that Susan Donaldson Novins, a Founding Partner, has received multiple awards for her work in civil law litigation and business litigation. Novins, a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Rated Attorney, has been...
Qualified Charitable Distributions as Part of an Effective Plan
Effective tax and estate planning often includes a plan for charitable giving. We help families and high net worth individuals develop charitable planned giving strategies. For assistance and counsel on establishing a charitable plan, please contact our attorneys in...
Attorney Stephen Wilchins is back on the Radio Entrepreneurs Family Business Association (FBA) Panel Discussion Fall 2022: “The Next Generation of Family Business as Entrepreneur” Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hgsl0RqP62g The first of the three-part series for the Fall 2022 Panel discussion focuses on family businesses and the next generation. Watch as Stephen Wilchins, Founding Partner from Wilchins Cosentino & Novins, two partners from...
Watch the Fall 2022 Radio Entrepreneurs Family Business Association (FBA) Panel Discussion as Attorney Stephen Wilchins and the panel talk about “The Next Generation of Family Business as Entrepreneur” Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/embed/4g3fWN6b-_s Watch part two of the Fall 2022 Radio Entrepreneurs Family Business Association (FBA) Panel as Stephen Wilchins, founding partner at Wilchins Cosentino & Novins, two partners from Gray, Gray & Gray, and a new panelist...
Watch the final of the Fall 2022 Radio Entrepreneurs Family Business Association (FBA) Panel Discussion as Attorney Stephen Wilchins and the panel talk about “The Next Generation of Family Business as Entrepreneur” Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WXYfyVHBcnA Watch part three, the final in a series of Radio Entrepreneurs Family Business Association (FBA) Fall 2022 Panel series. Gain insight and advice from Stephen Wilchins, founding partner at Wilchins Cosentino & Novins, two...