Counsel for the decisionsthat shape a business.
A boutique business law firm in Denver. Direct advice, priced before the work begins, from partners who stay on your matter.
Six practices. One team that answers.
Each pillar is led by a partner who stays on the matter from the first call to the last signature. Scroll on, or choose a practice.
Calder & Reed is a boutique business law firm in Denver. We work with owners, founders and boards who want advice that is direct, timely and priced before the work begins, from partners who stay on the matter from the first call to the last signature.
Matters handled for Colorado businesses since the firm opened in 2009.
Of disputes resolved before trial, through negotiation, mediation or a settlement our client chose.
Our standard for a written answer with a next step, on every open matter, every business day.
Six practices, built around how a business actually runs.
All practice areas
Most clients come for one matter and stay for the rest. A lease leads to a financing, a financing to a shareholder agreement, and the same partner is on all three.
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Corporate & Transactions
Entity formation, shareholder agreements, financings, acquisitions and the contracts a company runs on.
- 02
Commercial Litigation
Contract, partnership and business tort disputes, in state and federal court and in arbitration.
- 03
Employment & Workplace
Hiring, handbooks, executive agreements, separations and the claims that sometimes follow them.
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Real Estate & Land Use
Purchases, leases, development agreements and the approvals that make a project possible.
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Estate & Succession Planning
Ownership transitions, buy-sell agreements, trusts and a plan for the next generation.
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Intellectual Property & Brand
Trademarks, licensing, trade secrets and the contracts that protect what you have built.
Owners, founders and boards. Companies with a name on the door.
- Owners of established companiesManufacturers, contractors, clinics, restaurants and professional practices with 10 to 400 employees, and the contracts, leases and people questions that come with them.
- Founders raising or sellingTerm sheets, financings and exits, explained in plain terms and negotiated by someone who has closed hundreds of them.
- Boards and executivesGovernance, executive agreements and the quiet disputes that are better settled before they become loud ones.
They told us what the deal would cost before it started, and the number held. In our experience that is rarer than it should be.
Maren Holt, owner, Holt Fabrication
How an engagement works.
A first conversation
Thirty minutes with a partner, at no charge. We tell you whether we are the right firm for the matter and, if we are not, who is.
A plan with a price
A written scope with a fixed fee or a capped estimate before any work begins. If the scope changes, the price changes in writing first.
Counsel that stays close
One partner on your matter from start to finish, a written answer within one business day, and no surprises on the invoice.
Rooted in Colorado, working wherever your business does.
Our office is on Glenarm Place, two blocks from the courthouse and ten minutes from Union Station. Most of our clients are on the Front Range. Many of their investors, suppliers and disputes are not.
Start with a conversation.
Thirty minutes, no charge, and a straight answer about whether we are the right firm for the matter.