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Corporate Counsel

We serve as corporate counsel to the fastest growing brunch restaurant chain in the country - The Ruby Slipper Cafe and Ruby Sunshine Restaurant Group.  In our capacity as corporate counsel we have dealt with a wide array of legal issues including:

  • Commercial lease review and drafting
  • Draft of a Standard LOI for all lease negotiations
  • Subordination Non Disturbance Agreements (drafting, negotiating and filing)
  • Memorandums of Lease filed in every jurisdiction
  • LLC Agreements/ Operating Agreements for each affiliated entity
  • Affiliated entity formation
  • Labor and Employment Issues
  • Premise liability issues
  • Insurance
  • Annual reporting
  • ADA compliance and lawsuits
  • Corporate structuring

Practice area(s): Corporate / Incorporation

Amanda Butler Schley

Ranked as a Top Rated Business and Commercial Attorney, I have more than a decade of experience representing boutique hotels, family-owned businesses, privately owned restaurants, breweries, artists, executives and entrepreneurs.

Who We Are

Business Law Group is a boutique business services law firm in New Orleans, Louisiana. Our focus is on understanding the legal pitfalls of your business and industry, as well as the secrets to maximizing your legal leverage at every opportunity and in every negotiation. We work selectively with clients that aren't ready for the overhead expense of an in-house general counsel, but understand the advantages of having a trusted legal advisor on their team. Amanda Butler has been ranked as a Louisiana SuperLawyer, New Orleans Top Lawyer, Best Lawyers, and in Leaders of Law.

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