Business Attorney in Los Angeles
Accord & Shield Legal advises Los Angeles companies across the city’s vast and varied economy — media and entertainment, technology, e-commerce, real estate, and professional services. With California as our founding jurisdiction, we bring business-law depth to LA founders and established companies alike.
California Roots, Los Angeles Reach
Los Angeles runs on contracts — production deals, licensing, vendor agreements, partnership structures — and California enforces them under some of the strictest business and employment rules anywhere. California was attorney Nadine Deeb’s first bar admission, so we draft and review with those standards as the baseline. We serve LA businesses countywide by phone and video, giving you focused counsel without travel across the basin.
Los Angeles companies also tend to outgrow one state early. Media, consumer-brand and technology businesses here often open a second location, hire remotely, or move a founder before they have any legal infrastructure for it — and California’s rules are the strictest of the three states we serve, so decisions made for an LA entity rarely transfer cleanly. Nadine Deeb holds a full California bar admission alongside Arizona and Texas, which means an LA company expanding into either state keeps the same attorney rather than starting over. Explore multi-state business counsel →
How We Help Los Angeles Businesses
From production and licensing deals to e-commerce terms and partnership structures, Los Angeles businesses run on contracts. Whatever stage your LA company is at, we help with:
- Business formation — choosing and setting up the right entity
- Contract drafting and review — the agreements that run your business
- Mergers and acquisitions — buying or selling a business
- Negotiations — getting the best terms and protecting your position
- Partnership dissolution — partner buyouts and clean exits
- Litigation & Disputes — resolving conflicts efficiently
- Intellectual property, trademarks & copyrights — protecting what you build
Service Areas
We serve businesses in Los Angeles and across California, with clients also in Arizona and Texas. See all the areas we serve on our service areas, or learn more about our California business law practice.
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Los Angeles Business Law FAQs
Do you have a physical office in Los Angeles?
We don’t keep a Los Angeles office, and for business law that’s by design — most of our work (contracts, formation, M&A, advisory) is handled efficiently by phone and video. What matters is that attorney Nadine Deeb is admitted to the State Bar of California, so your Los Angeles matters are handled under California law by a California-licensed attorney.
Why does California admission matter for my business?
California’s business and employment rules are among the strictest in the country — the ABC test for worker classification, pay transparency requirements, and consumer-protection statutes that don’t exist elsewhere. Contracts drafted to another state’s standard often fail here. Because California was Nadine Deeb’s first bar admission, we draft and review with California’s standards as the baseline.
Can you help a Los Angeles startup or tech company?
Yes. California — and its technology sector in particular — is where much of our business-law experience was built. We help founders and growing companies with formation, founder and IP-assignment agreements, customer and vendor contracts, fundraising-adjacent documents, and the employment issues that come with scaling a team.
Protect Your Los Angeles Business
Whether you’re forming a company, signing a deal, or facing a dispute, we’ll help you do it right. Serving Los Angeles and all of California — plus our home base in Arizona, and our growing Texas practice.