Business Owners - Jim Borchers has 25 years of experience advising small businesses and their owners about the daily bread and butter issues: contracts with customers and suppliers, leasing, borrowing from a bank or other funding source, limiting risks and growing the business.
SBA Loans & Lending Process - As a certified SBA 504 closing attorney, Jim also counsels lenders on conventional and SBA loan transactions.
Franchising - One of the few franchise attorneys in the St. Louis area, Jim can navigate you through a new franchise registration (i.e. as franchisor) or negotiate for you as a prospective franchisee.
Real Estate, Construction & Commercial Leases Jim routinely works through commercial leases and handles real estate financing and transfers. Trades and construction businesses rely on Jim for contracts and mechanic’s liens. As a former city attorney, Jim is always alert to various code and zoning issues.
Estate Planning. Whether it’s a complex trust or a simple durable power of attorney, people trust Jim to help them provide for family, protect business assets and find piece of mind.
Trade Associations. Jim serves as executive director and general counsel for several international manufacturers’ trade associations guiding them through industry and products issues.
Educator - Jim teaches business owners, lending officers and other attorneys about business formation, structure and management, with a special focus on LLC’s. You can attend Jim’s classes at the St. Charles Community College, NBI, and seminars at local banks. You’ll find many of Jim’s articles in the St. Louis Small Business Monthly and at www.theblogforbusinesslaw.com.
Honors and Awards:
Top 100 St. Louisans To Know To Succeed in Business - Small Business Monthly
Community Shaper Award - 50 Under 50 - St. Charles Business Magazine
Service Tribute Recognition (President) United Services for the Handicapped
Dedicated Leadership Recognition (President) Parkside Meadows Retirement Community
Affiliations:
St. Charles County Bar Association
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
The Missouri Bar
American Bar Association
Community:
O’Fallon Rotary Club (past President)
Greater St. Charles Chamber of Commerce (Chair, Economic Development)
St. Charles Community College Foundation Bd of Directors
Interests:
Jim is a church organist, loves jazz and enjoys ballroom dancing with his wife Lisa, coaches middle school basketball and is an avid wine collector.
Precedent Setting Decisions:
Megargel Willbrand & Co vs. FAMPAT and Union Planters Bank, 210 S.W.3d 205 (Mo.App. E.D. 2006).
City of St. Peters vs. Edwin Klein, et al, 954 S.W.2d 586 (Mo.App. E.D. 1997).