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Nationally recognized boutique counsel. Helping businesses in hospitality, franchise, wellness, and real estate succeed globally.

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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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Protection

Boutique strategic solutions for businesses facing complex legal challenges, from employment disputes to franchising and IP.

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Communication

A strong personal relationship with every client. We represent each matter as if it were our own, with urgency at every stage.

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Results

From licensing wins to courtroom victories, clients trust us to deliver outcomes that protect and position their businesses.

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Business & Corporate Law — Shah Grossi attorneys in Century City, Los Angeles

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Strategic Counsel for
an Unpredictable World

Whether your business faces a sudden employment dispute, a franchise agreement under pressure, or a regulatory challenge, our firm responds with speed and precision. We anticipate legal exposure before it becomes litigation.

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Business Formation

Start right. Structure smart. Build to last.

How you form your business determines how it operates, how it’s taxed, how it’s financed, and how it ends. The decisions you make at formation shape everything that follows.

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Brand Protection

Protect your most valuable asset.

In today’s digital marketplace, brand identity is built quickly and stolen quickly. A trademark registration that should have been filed years ago, a licensing agreement that was never reviewed — these are preventable problems.

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Capital Raising

Raise capital correctly. Every dollar has a legal dimension.

Capital raising is a legally regulated activity. How you ask for money, from whom, and on what terms is governed by federal and state securities laws that carry serious consequences for violations.

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Expansion & Growth

Legal infrastructure for businesses that are scaling.

Growth creates legal complexity at every stage. New locations, new hires, new markets, new products, new investors — each carries its own legal requirements that compound if left unaddressed.

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Risk & Compliance

Identify risk before it becomes liability.

The most expensive legal problems are the ones that were preventable. Employment violations, licensing lapses, IP infringement, securities non-compliance — we find them before they find you.

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Dispute & Recovery

When things go wrong — decisive counsel to make them right.

Business disputes consume time, resources, and energy that should be going into your business. We move quickly, think strategically, and work to resolve matters in ways that protect your future.

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Meet the Team

Portrait of Sapana Shah Grossi, Principal Attorney & Founder at Shah Grossi Law & Counsel in Century City, Los Angeles

Sapana Shah Grossi

Principal Attorney & Founder

Nationally recognized business attorney. Practice spans corporate governance, IP, real estate, M&A, labor & employment, and litigation in federal courts and before the FTC, IRS, and CABC.

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Portrait of Harold L. Kestenbaum, Of Counsel, Franchise Law at Shah Grossi Law & Counsel in Century City, Los Angeles

Harold L. Kestenbaum

Of Counsel, Franchise Law

Focused exclusively on franchise law since 1977. Top 100 franchise lawyer in North America (Franchise Times). Past Chairman of NYSBA Franchise Law Section.

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Portrait of Laura M. Brower (Hunter), Of Counsel, Corporate & Securities at Shah Grossi Law & Counsel in Century City, Los Angeles

Laura M. Brower (Hunter)

Of Counsel, Corporate & Securities

30+ years transactional expertise. Former Paul Hastings associate. Has raised billions in capital, closed 75+ public offerings and dozens of M&A transactions.

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They are indispensable to our business and with Shah Grossi by our side, nothing is impossible.

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Franchise law and distribution agreements — Shah Grossi Century City attorneys

Franchise Law

March 2026

What Every Franchisor Needs to Know Before Expanding in 2026

From FDD disclosure requirements to multi-unit development agreements, the regulatory landscape has grown more complex and consequential.

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Intellectual Property

February 2026

Protecting Your Brand When AI Can Replicate It Overnight

Generative AI has fundamentally changed trademark and brand protection. We break down the strategies businesses should implement today.

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Commercial real estate and lease negotiation — Shah Grossi Los Angeles attorneys

Commercial Real Estate

January 2026

The Landlord's Market Has Shifted: How to Negotiate Your Lease

Tenants who understand their leverage and come to the table with skilled legal counsel are still securing favorable terms in most markets.

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