Mobile Business Law

Find the right Business attorney in Mobile, AL

Numerous laws unique to Mobile affect local businesses. A business entity operating within Mobile must ensure that it complies with all applicable local laws. Often, obtaining leases and busines permits must be completed first before you may open for business. Structuring your business in Mobile also poses unique considerations.

Business Transactions in Mobile

In contracting with individuals and local companies, knowledge of the local business laws in Mobile is essential. A contract can help you to avoid business disputes in the future, as well as provide reliability for future operations, however it must be drafted according to Mobile and Alabama law. In Mobile, a valid contract must meet several requisites. If they do not, the document may be found to have no legal effect. Furthermore, contract law has its own unique language that may be challenging to interpret. Parties to contracts also occasionally breach their contractual duties. In Mobile, breaches of contract are often settled in the local court.

Business Structure in Mobile

Businesses opening in Mobile have various business structures available to them. You will want to know about Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, Corporations and LLC's to determine how to form the company. Each of these business structures has its own advantages and disadvantages in Mobile, and deciding which structure is right for your business can be difficult. If you need to dissolve a business, there are certain requirements the local law imposes. Lawyers practicing Business Law in Mobile can ensure everything is done properly.

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Life in Mobile

Mobile is unsurprisingly the seat of Mobile County. You may not know, however, that Mobile is the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans and St. Petersburg, Florida. In fact, over 400,000 residents live in Mobile, which was the first state capital of Louisiana. Mobile is also famous for being a Gulf Coast cultural hub. the city boasts the oldest organized celebrations like Carnival and Mardi Gras.

Tourism plays a major role in the Mobile economy. At Battleship Memorial park you can tour the USS Alabama battleship from WWII and Korean War submarine the USS Drum. The Mobile Carnival Museum offers Mardi Gras history and memorabilia like floats and costumes. A number of historic antebellum house museums like the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion from 1855 can be found in Mobile as well. A few of the other exciting attractions to which tourists flock consist of the Gulf Coast Exploratoreum, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, and Mobile Botanical Gardens that earn the city's nickname the "Azalea City."

Mobile is known nationally as a hub for business. Mobile industries include steel fabrication and building, aerospace, retail, medicine, manufacturing and transportation. The Alabama State Docks recently underwent a million expansion project that provided new jobs. Additionally, Mobile's Austal USA shipbuilding company will be trusted with constructing U.S. Forces vessels after winning another multi-billion dollar defense contract with the United States Government in late 2010.

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