Moving a law firm from New York to CA had become a huge challenge for our client, but Incorporation Attorney knew how to step in and solve the issues that had come up. In theory, this should be easy through the process of conversion. However, two major obstacles prevented us from seamlessly carrying out the task. First, New York does not allow corporations to simply convert and move their corporate entity to another state. Second, California does not permit a corporation domesticated in another state to register under the same name as an existing California corporation.

To move the law firm from New York to California, Incorporation Attorney suggested a creative solution. First, the client had to form a new California law corporation under a temporary name approved by California’s Secretary of State. Once this new entity was established, the New York law firm could then merge into the newly formed California corporation. However, this merger process required the California corporation to have a distinct name from the client’s desired law firm name due to the naming conflict.

The final step involved filing to change the new entity’s name to the client’s preferred law firm name from New York. This process involved a series of legal steps and filings – from setting up a new corporation with a slightly different name at the time of the merging, to closing the other corporation in New York to make the original name available again, to changing the name of the merger corporation back to the original name after a few weeks . Incorporation Attorney carefully guided the firm through this process, ensuring compliance with California’s corporate regulations and minimizing potential delays or complications.

Find out more about the challenging situations that our client faced and how we were able to make things happen.

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