Business Law

Business Law, Entity Creation and Compliance

TO GET STARTED call UPCOUNTRY LAW at (808) 419-6662, or use our handy CONTACT FORM to begin the process.

have us create your business today

At UPCOUNTRY LAW, we want to make sure your business gets off on the right foot, and we can assist you with everything, from the initial information intake process, to filing your Articles of Organization / Articles of Incorporation, to applying for and obtaining your business’s Federal Employee Identification Number (FEIN) with the Internal Revenue Service, and filing the Basic Business Application with the State of Hawaii Department of Taxation to request a Hawaiian General Excise Tax License (GET).

corporate documents

We draft all of our LLC Operating Agreements, Partnership Agreements, and Corporate Shareholder’s Agreements and Bylaws, specifically tailored to your individual business’s initial and future goals, and we will set up operating rules that will establish guidelines and procedures that automatically take place upon certain events, describe exactly what services your business provides, list the initial investments by the members or shareholders. Properly drafted Controlling documents will establish the initial intentions of the business, protect the member’s or shareholder’s initial or continued investments of monetary contribution, protect the sweat equity labor contributions, along with mandatory procedures, such as mediation, to deal with member or shareholder disputes and disagreements, to potential avoid any possible litigation between members or shareholders.

our office drafts all types of business contracts and Petitions

Our Office drafts all types of Contracts including: Employment Agreements, Independent Contractor Agreements, Sub-Contractor Agreements, Agreement to Buy or Seller your business, Residential and Commercial Lease Agreements, Rental Agreements, Liability Waivers, Special Power of Attorneys, Assumption of Risk Agreements, Settlement Agreements, Right of First Refusals, Release of Liability Agreements, Notice of Terminations, Dissolution Agreements, and Dissolution publications.

Our Office also handles Hawaii Change of Name Petitions with the Lieutenant Governor’s Office, along with many different Land Court Petitions with the State of Hawaii.

have you filed your boi report with fincen for corporate transparency act

Our Office provides a Corporate Transparency Assessment for any foreign individual, or any entity that is formed under the law of a foreign country and that has registered to do business in any U.S. State or Tribal jurisdiction, by the filing of a document with a secretary of state or similar office, to assess whether they are a Beneficial Owner of a Reporting Company, or if their Reporting Company is exempt from filing a Beneficial Owner Information Report (BOIR) with the United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Division (FinCEN).

If a Reporting Company is not exempt or an Individual needs to apply for their individual FinCEN Identifier, UPCOUNTRY LAW can assist the Beneficial Owners obtain their individual FinCEN Identifier, and our Office can assist the Reporting Company file its initial BOI report with FinCEN, so that you and your business are compliant with the Corporate Transparency Act and FinCEN, now and in the future.

If you have questions about Business Law, the Corporate Transparency Act, or would like our office to create a Hawaii business for you or draft a Contract, feel free to call UPCOUNTRY LAW at (808) 419-6662, or use our handy CONTACT FORM to begin the process.

New Business Entity Formation

  • Articles of Organization (LLC-1)
  • Articles of Incorporation (DC-1)
  • Federal Employment ID Numbers
  • General Excise Tax License
  • Registered Agent Services

Types of Entities

  • Sole Proprietorships
  • LLC (Disregarded Entity)
  • Limited Liability Companies
  • General Partnerships
  • Limited Partnerships
  • S – Corporations
  • Corporations / Non-profits
  • Trusts
  • Farmer’s cooperative
  • Home Owners Associations
  • Other types of Entities

Corporate Documents

  • LLC Operating Agreements
  • Partnership Agreements
  • Corporate Shareholder Agreements
  • Bylaws / Stock Certificates
  • Assignment of Membership
  • Assignment of Shareholder interest
  • Meetings of Minutes
  • General / Special Power of Attorney

Miscellaneous Business Services

  • Annual Reporting Services
  • Officer/Director/Member Changes
  • Hawaii Trade name / Trade mark
  • Conversion of Entity Type
  • Corporate Transparency Act
  • Compliance with FinCEN

New Business Entity Termination

  • Business Entity Windup
  • Complete Dissolution of Business
  • Business Notices and Publications