Entrepreneurial Services
Stites & Harbison's lawyers help emerging technology companies get great ideas to the marketplace. The firm's team provides help on everything the start-up needs, from finding capital to protecting intellectual property and much more.
What we provide. The firm's lawyers handle corporate and commercial matters for businesses of all kinds, from Fortune 500 giants to the newest Internet start-up. The firm advises its clients on business structure, labor, employment and employee benefit matters. Stites & Harbison's lawyers have dealt with venture capital, private placements, initial public offerings, recapitalization and various forms of debt and equity issues. Working closely with accountants and other professional advisors, the firm offers its clients the benefits of its experience with business entities of varying sizes, market segments and stages of growth.
The firm's lawyers are especially proud of their considerable work with private entrepreneurs and growth-oriented companies during their transition from small, closely-held enterprises to large, publicly-held ones. As a result, Stites & Harbison understands how to assist clients in raising any additional capital required for growth and acquisition strategies.
Brian Cromer elected to Kentucky Chamber Board of Directors
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has elected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Brian Cromer to its Board of Directors.
Kentucky Tax Conference
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Lexington/UK Coldstream, 1801 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY 40511
Attorney Jim Seiffert will be a speaker at the Kentucky Chamber's Kentucky Tax Conference in Lexington, KY.
Global Executive Forum: Foreign Trade Zones, Optimizing Savings and Operations
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Olmsted, 3701 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40207
Jim Seiffert will be part of a panel discussing the impact on trade and economic development in within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
$3.5 Billion in 2018/2019 New Markets Tax Credits to be Awarded in March 2019
In anticipation of the announcement of the $3.5 billion of New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) allocation awards by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund next month, Stites & Harbison will conduct its fifth annual New Markets Tax Credits Workshop on Wednesday, February 13th.
Trump Goes All In On Opportunity Zones with Recent Executive Order
President Trump’s recent executive order offers a full-throated endorsement of the Qualified Opportunity Zone Program. The Order, signed on December 11, 2018, establishes the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council.
Kentucky Opportunity Zone
Stites & Harbison,PLLC, 400 West Market Street, Suite 1800, Louisville, KY 40202
Please join the Stites & Harbison Opportunity Zone team for a discussion on how the newly issued IRS proposed regulations provide clear and practical guidance on the scope and application of the Opportunity Zone program.
IRS Issues the Opportunity Zone Regulations; The Race Is On
On October 19, 2018, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released the first set of the proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”), along with Rev. Rul. 2018-29 and an updated Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Frequently Asked Questions, which provide guidance on exactly how the Opportunity Zone program is intended to work.