HCC Accelerate • Building Blocks to Business Success
EPISODE TITLE: HCC's Accelerate • Building Blocks to Business Success: Navigating Entities, Tax Strategies, and Adaptive Restructuring
DESCRIPTION: Join us on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, for our upcoming HCC's Accelerate at Emerson College in Hollywood. Gain valuable insights to help grow your business while connecting with experts and business professionals in the Hollywood community. The structure of your business is the foundation of your enterprise, determining not just your operations but also your tax implications. Dive deep into understanding various business entities available - from sole proprietorships to LLCs, S-Corps, and beyond. Grasp the tax intricacies of each, ensuring your business doesn't just thrive but is compliant. Protect your rights and interests by evaluating essential provisions in your LLC to ensure you have correctly identified partnership agreements, management and voting rights, exit strategies, distribution of profits, and capital calls.
If you've already set your business in motion, reassessing periodically is crucial. This Accelerate session offers insights into the advantages of restructuring, potential tax savings, and strategies to adapt to a dynamic marketplace. Whether you're just starting out or looking to optimize your existing business structure, this session will help pave the way for your company’s sustainable success.
SPEAKER: Tatiana Logan, Founder and CEO at Elwood Law PC
ABOUT TATIANA LOGAN
Introducing our HCC Speaker, Tatiana Logan. Ms. Logan, originally from the Far East of Russia, came to the US in 1995 and graduated from Willamette University with a joint JD and MBA degree in 2000. She then joined Tonkon Torp LLP, a large regional firm in Portland, Oregon. After 16 years of practice (first as an associate and then as a partner) at Tonkon Torp LLP, Tatiana has founded her firm, Elwood Law PC, in Portland, Oregon.
Tatiana has represented private and public companies in all aspects of business and corporate law:
• Company formation and registration
• Shareholder and partnership agreements
• Strategic subsidiary structuring and corporate restructuring
• Issuance of securities and equity and debt financing
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Manufacturing and supply agreements
• Other agreements related to the operations of a business
Tatiana represents clients in numerous industries, from e-commerce to cannabis, including one of the first private equity funds focused on cannabis-related investments domestically (in Oregon and other states that have legalized marijuana) and internationally. Tatiana has also worked with her money manager clients on compliance with SEC regulations and FINRA rules.
A portion of Tatiana’s practice involves compliance with state and federal information privacy and security laws and regulations, with the preparation of privacy policies, cloud computing agreements, identity theft prevention programs, and breach response actions.