Ken Sprang

Personal Introduction

Represent U.S. and foreign clients in general business, corporate, and labor relations and employment and real estate matters. Serve as general counsel to several smaller companies., Clients include a manufacturer of isostatic presses, a family of water treatment companies, a family of commercial construction companies, a family of restaurants, a Tunisian olive oil company, an HR company providing HR information to small businesses, an online gaming company, and multiple investment banking type companies. Labor and employment work includes regularly advising clients regarding employee benefits and other employment matters; defending employers in employee initiated claims; drafting employee handbooks and HR policies; labor arbitration and collective bargaining, and counseling employers in labor relations, discrimination, employment law, employee benefits, and HR matters. I also conduct frequent webinars on both business and labor and employment topics, and have developed particular expertise in the identification of independent contractors in contrast to employees. Corporate work includes forming new companies, functioning as corporate secretary, and providing counsel in corporate governance; counseling businesses in regulatory compliance, intellectual property, immigration, merger and acquisition activities and other corporate matters; and reviewing, negotiating, and drafting various contracts. Represent corporate clients in varied litigation and administrative proceedings. In recent years I have developed a niche assisting foreign companies or individual who wish to do business in the U.S., as well as Americans desiring to do business abroad.