AVID Counsel · Business Law for Entrepreneurs
Legal counsel that thinks like an owner.
Because your attorney should be one. Aaron Fransua built this firm from scratch and serves as outside general counsel for businesses across Arizona and Colorado — from construction companies to beauty brands. And we work differently: relationships, not transactions. We reserve our business practice for clients whose families and companies we know inside and out.
Free consultation · Ongoing counsel & project-based engagements available
Three ways to work with us
From "review this contract" to "be our lawyer."
AVID Counsel
Outside general counsel for growing businesses. We learn your company once, then stay on standby — so legal questions get answered in hours, not weeks, by someone with context.
- Contract drafting & review
- Registered agent & garnishment response
- Strategic growth & M&A guidance
AVID Contractors
Built for Arizona's construction businesses and trades. Work confidently with contract packages, licensure guidance, lien rights, and dispute resolution in your corner.
- Contract packages that protect you
- Licensure & ROC issues
- Payment disputes & lien rights
Strategic Growth & M&A
When it's time to buy, sell, merge, or restructure, you want counsel who already knows your business — not a stranger reading your operating agreement for the first time. Reserved for our estate planning families and AVID Counsel members.
- Mergers, acquisitions & business sales
- Entity formation & restructuring
- Partnership & buy-sell agreements
How we choose our clients
Relationships, not transactions.
You won't find one-off entity formations on a menu here. We reserve our business practice for two kinds of clients: families with an estate plan at our firm — whose goals, successors, and businesses we know inside and out — and members of our AVID Counsel program, whose companies we work with month after month.
Why? Because the best legal advice comes from context. When we negotiate your acquisition or restructure your entity, we're not reading your operating agreement for the first time — we already know your family, your succession plan, and where you're trying to go.
Business Succession Planning
If you couldn't show up tomorrow — who signs the checks?
For most owners, the honest answer is "nobody, legally." Without a succession plan coordinated with your estate plan, your ownership interest can freeze in probate while your family, employees, and clients wait. We're one of the few firms that builds the business plan and the estate plan as a single system.
Start Your Succession Plan- Bank accounts lockNo one has authority to make payroll or pay vendors
- Contracts stallNo authorized signer means deals and renewals freeze
- Value evaporatesClients and key employees leave while probate drags on
- Or: your plan activatesA named successor steps in with clear legal authority — day one
Matters we handle
The everyday legal work of running a company.
For the families and businesses we serve — from routine questions to strategic moves.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Buying, selling & merging businesses — due diligence through closing, guided end to end.
Contract Drafting & Review
Client agreements, vendor terms, leases & NDAs — before you sign.
Business Succession
Ownership transfer & continuity, coordinated with your estate plan.
Buy-Sell Agreements
What happens when a partner exits, divorces, or passes away.
Garnishment Response
Served as a garnishee? We handle answers, compliance & employer obligations correctly and on time.
Arizona Statutory Agent
We serve as your statutory agent — so legal notices reach your lawyer first, not your front desk. $99/year — get started
Entity Formation & Restructuring
For our clients: LLCs, corporations & the operating agreements that prevent disputes.
Employment & IP Matters
Offer letters, contractor agreements, restrictive covenants & IP protection.
Filings, flat fee. Need an annual report, certificate of good standing, reinstatement or other Arizona Corporation Commission filing? We prepare and file it for a flat fee — no membership required. See Arizona business filings
From business clients
Owners who stopped googling legal questions.
"AVID handles all of our legal needs and we couldn't be happier. Aaron is great to work with."
Ames A. AVID Counsel Client · Google Review"Aaron was referred by our accountant. We were taking on a partner in our business and also setting up a lease on our building. He was very responsive with all my questions."
Andi P. Partnership & Lease Matter · Google Review"I used AVID to create an LLC, and then to form a trust. A very smooth experience for what can become quite messy if it's not handled with expert preparation."
Bex LLC Formation + Trust · Google ReviewCommon questions
What owners ask us first.
What is "outside general counsel," exactly?
What happens to my business if I die or become incapacitated without a plan?
Do you handle one-off LLC formations or single transactions?
When should a contract be reviewed before signing?
Do you work with contractors and construction companies?
Talk to a lawyer who gets it
Your business deserves counsel with skin in the game.
One free conversation. Bring your contract, your partnership question, or your "what happens if" — and leave with a straight answer and a clear next step.