The SPECIAL LEGAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS of cooperatives are addressed by Nyemaster’s extensive experience.

FOCUSED ON COOPERATIVES

For agribusiness cooperatives—including local, federated, and value-added cooperatives—housing cooperatives, and consumer cooperatives, our attorneys handle the legal issues and requirements that are specific to cooperatives, including:

• Formation
• Operations
• Divestiture
• Acquisitions
• Mergers
• Advising cooperative boards of directors
• Employment law
• Employee benefits
• Executive compensation
• Contracts
• Securities

EXPERIENCE WITH COOPERATIVES

Our experience encompasses representation for a wide assortment of agricultural cooperatives, consumer cooperatives, and housing cooperatives.

• Represented numerous agricultural cooperatives in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, contract negotiation and review, and the raising of capital.
• Organization and general representation of consumer food cooperatives.
• Representation of numerous condominium regimes and cooperative associations for a large and diverse clientele of rental real estate property owners ranging from major developers to small investors, including entity creation, documenting and directing compliance with all statutory requirements, creation of owners’ associations, and advising on all tax issues.