Companies serving the transportation industry are often comprised of distinct business segments, each of which include distinguishable operations, assets, and potential business risks. Scopelitis’ corporate structuring practice group offers a wide array of support in assessing transportation companies across all segments of the industry to develop recommendations concerning the allocation of distinguishable operations, assets, and potential business risk among dedicated service entity affiliates including:

• For-hire and dedicated transportation companies
• Logistics companies, including licensed property brokers and freight forwarders companies
• Independent contractor fleet companies
• Equipment leasing companies
• Real estate holding companies
• Consolidated back-office service provider companies

Within the context of a full-service law firm serving the transportation industry, the corporate structuring practice group is able to assist clients on all facets of the various transactions commonly associated with the allocation of distinguishable operations, assets, and potential business risk among dedicated service entity affiliates, to include:

• Development in collaboration with company tax advisors of a resulting corporate structure maximizing project goals with minimized tax consequences
• Entity formation, including analysis of preferred domicile
• Analysis and obtaining requisite licenses, permits and registrations from applicable governmental agencies
• Transaction documentation