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We help our clients protect their income and scale their businesses
so they can focus on building wealth, fear free.
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We help our clients protect their income and scale their businesses
so they can focus on building wealth, fear free.
PROTECTION
We are a boutique law firm that creates strategic solutions to protect businesses and individuals with complex, legal challenges from employment issues to intellectual property, franchising to bankruptcy. We manage risk and provide maximum protection of our clients’ assets and interests.
COMMUNICATION
We have a strong personal relationship with each of our clients. Therefore, we represent each matter as if it were our own – we listen closely, provide immediate and excellent communication, offer first-class advice, and perform quickly.
VALUE
We pride ourselves on providing value beyond legal services. We invest time to learn deeply about your business, how you operate, what your goals are, and what your struggles are. We find revenue producing opportunities, ways to outpace competitors, and provide cost avoidance strategies.
SUPPORTING CLIENTS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
The outbreak of COVID-19 has threatened the global economy, forcing companies to confront difficult questions about how they should conduct business during a global public health crisis. Many of these questions are industry-agnostic, but all companies must also address challenges specific to the industry and regulatory environment in which they operate. As shelter-in-place orders are lifted, businesses will enter uncharted territory in key areas including labor & employment, service models, and growth strategies.
Our firm is helping clients address these unprecedented legal and business issues. We have formed a task force of specialists to advise in specific practice areas. We are monitoring key developments to craft strategic solutions and offering guidance for post-pandemic planning.
PRACTICE AREAS
BUSINESS LAW
CONTRACTS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
REAL ESTATE AND COMMERCIAL LEASING
LIQUOR LICENSING
SECURITIES OFFERING
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
FRANCHISE AND DISTRIBUTION
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
TEAM
Sapana S. Grossi is the founder of the Shah Grossi law firm. Ms. Grossi has broad experience serving as outside counsel to businesses and high net worth individuals and represents them in all facets of litigation and business transactions. She assists the firm’s business clients from start-up through established success, servicing in the areas of formation and capitalization, corporate restructuring and governance, intellectual property, real estate, commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and labor and employment law. Ms. Grossi’s litigation experience includes trial advocacy in federal and state courts, arbitration and mediation proceedings, as well as administrative agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the California Franchise Tax Board, and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Harold L. Kestenbaum is a franchise attorney who has been focused on franchise law and other matters relating to franchising since 1977. He has served as a franchise attorney to numerous regional, national, and international franchise companies across multiple industries, and he joined Spadea Lignana in 2019. Harold is a member of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section, the Antitrust Section’s Forum Committee on Franchising, and the Subcommittee on Franchising of the American Bar Association’s Corporation Banking and Business Law Section. He is a founding member and past Chairman of the New York State Bar Association’s Franchise, Distribution and Licensing Law Section, and he currently serves as Chairman for its Education and Seminar Subcommittee and was a member of the International Franchise Association’s Supplier Forum Advisory Board. He has won numerous awards, including being named among the top 100 franchise lawyers in North America by Franchise Times and being named one of the three best franchise lawyers in the New York metro area by New York Magazine. He was a board member of Sbarro for 22 years, he wrote a book on how to franchise your business called, “So You Want to Franchise Your Business” and he was the founder and CEO of a publicly traded franchise consulting company.
Laura M. Brower is a C-level executive with significant expertise (30+ years) in all types of transactional corporate work, including corporate financings (public and private), capital placement and acquisitions, legislative and government affairs, regulatory compliance, and operations and human resources.
Ms. Brower began her career at Paul Hastings as an associate attorney. At Paul Hastings, Ms. Brower handled all aspects of corporate and securities law transactions for both companies and investors. Ms. Brower then joined Brobeck, Phlegar & Harrison LLP for 14 years, where she was a corporate securities partner, head of the Business & Technology Group in the Orange County and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Global Life Sciences practice. She has raised billions of dollars in capital, participated in 75+ public offerings and dozens of M&A transactions, as well as countless private company financing transactions.
TEAM
Sapana S. Grossi is the founder of the Shah Grossi law firm. Ms. Grossi has broad experience serving as outside counsel to businesses and high net worth individuals and represents them in all facets of litigation and business transactions. She assists the firm’s business clients from start-up through established success, servicing in the areas of formation and capitalization, corporate restructuring and governance, intellectual property, real estate, commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and labor and employment law. Ms. Grossi’s litigation experience includes trial advocacy in federal and state courts, arbitration and mediation proceedings, as well as administrative agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the California Franchise Tax Board, and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Harold L. Kestenbaum is a franchise attorney who has been focused on franchise law and other matters relating to franchising since 1977. He has served as a franchise attorney to numerous regional, national, and international franchise companies across multiple industries, and he joined Spadea Lignana in 2019. Harold is a member of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section, the Antitrust Section’s Forum Committee on Franchising, and the Subcommittee on Franchising of the American Bar Association’s Corporation Banking and Business Law Section. He is a founding member and past Chairman of the New York State Bar Association’s Franchise, Distribution and Licensing Law Section, and he currently serves as Chairman for its Education and Seminar Subcommittee and was a member of the International Franchise Association’s Supplier Forum Advisory Board. He has won numerous awards, including being named among the top 100 franchise lawyers in North America by Franchise Times and being named one of the three best franchise lawyers in the New York metro area by New York Magazine. He was a board member of Sbarro for 22 years, he wrote a book on how to franchise your business called, “So You Want to Franchise Your Business” and he was the founder and CEO of a publicly traded franchise consulting company.
Laura M. Brower is a C-level executive with significant expertise (30+ years) in all types of transactional corporate work, including corporate financings (public and private), capital placement and acquisitions, legislative and government affairs, regulatory compliance, and operations and human resources.
Ms. Brower began her career at Paul Hastings as an associate attorney. At Paul Hastings, Ms. Brower handled all aspects of corporate and securities law transactions for both companies and investors. Ms. Brower then joined Brobeck, Phlegar & Harrison LLP for 14 years, where she was a corporate securities partner, head of the Business & Technology Group in the Orange County and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Global Life Sciences practice. She has raised billions of dollars in capital, participated in 75+ public offerings and dozens of M&A transactions, as well as countless private company financing transactions.
INDUSTRIES
Hospitality & Lodging
Food & Beverage
Startups
Real Estate
Health & Medical
Internet
Fashion
Charitable Organizations
“We have worked with Shah Grossi for over a decade. They are indispensable to our business and with Shah Grossi by our side, nothing is impossible.”
ARTICLES AND NEWS
California Employment Laws: Changes for 2023
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Los Angeles County COVID Rules – January 2022 Employment Update
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