Stubbs & Hightower, L.L.C. - Lafayette, LA

Stubbs & Hightower, L.L.C., specializes in commercial business transactions and estate planning. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, we serve individuals and businesses throughout the area, as well as nationally and globally. Stubbs & Hightower, L.L.C., is a successor firm to Stubbs Law Firm, L.L.C., which has been servicing the ongoing needs of local and regional business entities since 1982.

Our areas of practice include:

• Business sales and mergers and acquisitions: We represent both buyers and sellers in every phase of transferring ownership of a business. We seek to maximize results for every client by advising them on all related issues, including tax implications, real property leases, confidentiality and non-competition issues, and employment contracts. Clients most appreciate easy access to all transaction attorneys during the process.
• Business formations: We guide clients through the process of new business formation, starting with the selection of the appropriate form of business entity. We strive to create long-term relationships with clients by offering general counsel and ongoing legal representation options.
• General business transactions: For clients in their worldwide endeavors, we provide trusted counsel geared toward their unique interests and industry. We negotiate and craft a variety of necessary business contracts and provide services related to intellectual property, including trademark registration and licensing agreements. We also provide ongoing tax planning advice.
• Wills, trusts and estate planning: Stubbs & Hightower, L.L.C., offers estate planning services focused on understanding the complete needs of our clients and tailoring estate plans and documents to fit their goals. However, we strive to meet those needs in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Successions, probate and will contests: We guide administrators and executors through the succession or probate process. We direct litigation when disputes arise and address related matters such as asset valuation and usufructuary accounting.
• Corporate finance: As a related service to our business clients, we advise and negotiate the terms of corporate financing for a range of business needs.
• General taxation issues: We advise our clients on tax implications and tax planning in all areas of our practice.