Basden & Ivie's Practice

B&I specializes in all areas of business, including:

  • business formation and outside general counsel representation
  • complex commercial collections and litigation
  • creditor bankruptcy representation
  • financial institution and lender representation
  • arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
  • corporate governance
  • real estate transactions and disputes
  • non-profit organization formation, governance and general counsel

B&I’s clients include individuals and companies both in our local community and across the United States, as well as the rest of the world.  With a satellite office in the EU, B&I represents some international clients in protecting and cultivating their business interests in the United States--we call it "distanced client representation."  B&I also acts as local counsel for clients needing to protect their interests in Texas.

B&I’s unique general business representation section—which we call “Your Business is Our Business” –utilizes our collaborative philosophy, but takes it one step further.  We work with your own trusted professionals and advisors—tax professionals, bankers, financial advisors, insurance professionals, and attorneys in unique and specialized practice areas such as tax, debtor bankruptcy representation, intellectual property, employment law, white collar criminal law, and others—to develop an overall strategy for the growth and care of your business.  If you don’t have advisors in this area, we will help you develop those relationships with professionals who believe as we do that a collaborative approach to representation gives the client a holistic and balanced strategy for success.

SBA research shows that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) account for more than half of the gross domestic product in the United States, and create 60 to 80 percent of new jobs.  It’s those small and medium sized businesses that B&I’s special business section works for: we assist businesses with the legal and professional mechanics of doing business.