Before buying a Miami business, verify what is being sold, who owns it, whether the seller has authority, what liabilities exist, and whether the lease, licenses, contracts, employees, customers, and operating approvals will continue after closing. Decide whether the buyer will acquire assets or the ownership interests of the entity. The structure should follow legal, tax, licensing, consent, and risk analysis, not merely the seller's preferred form.
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Aaron Resnick has represented business owners in significant disputes for over 25 years. He is a fourth generation Miami Beach resident and a past president of the Miami Beach Bar Association. He helps clients address matters within the firm's practice and identify other professional disciplines a project may require. Where a matter falls outside the firm's practice, Aaron can often point you toward appropriate local counsel.
Verify the people, paper, property, and numbers
Review entity and ownership records, financial statements, tax returns, bank support, receivables, inventory, assets, liens, debt, litigation, insurance, licenses, code history, intellectual property, data practices, customers, vendors, and related party transactions. Test significant representations against independent records. Local reputation and introductions are useful context, not substitutes for evidence.
Confirm the business can continue after closing
Identify every lease, permit, license, employee, customer contract, vendor relationship, account, platform, and approval the operation needs. Determine whether it transfers, requires consent, needs a new application, or depends personally on the seller. Create a transition and consent schedule that works with the closing date.
Allocate risk in the purchase agreement
The agreement should clearly define purchased assets or interests, assumed and excluded liabilities, purchase price mechanics, working capital, conditions, representations, covenants, indemnities, restrictive covenants where lawful, escrow or holdback terms, access to records, transition services, default rights, and closing deliverables. The protections should reflect what diligence confirmed and what remains uncertain.
Use a Miami team with independent judgment
A buyer may need business counsel, tax and accounting advisers, lenders, insurance professionals, real estate and title professionals, employment or regulatory counsel, inspectors, and industry specialists. Aaron can handle issues within the firm's practice and help identify other needed disciplines. His role is to help test the deal and documents, not to guarantee the seller, investment, referral, or outcome.
Questions to answer before you commit
- Who owns and controls the business or opportunity?
- What material promises are written into enforceable documents?
- What must be verified independently?
- Which approvals, contracts, and professionals depend on one another?
- What happens if the launch, relationship, location, or transaction fails?
Talk with Aaron before the leverage changes
The right time to review a structure, relationship, lease, contract, or acquisition is generally before funds are transferred and final documents are signed. If a commitment has already been made, bring the complete record and identify the next deadline.
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Disclaimer
This is general information, not legal advice. Reading this page or contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship. Requirements and deadlines depend on the facts. If your matter is time sensitive, call the firm.
Source Record
- Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, official entity filing and form guidance.
- Governing municipality and Miami Dade County, official location, use, and local business tax guidance.
- Applicable Florida licensing agency for regulated professions or activities.
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- Internal role: qualified link down from the parent hub and broad link back up.
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