The firm can assist new and established businesses in obtaining and maintaining certifications such as:
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (D.B.E.)
- Minority Business Enterprise (M.B.E.)
- Women’s Business Enterprise (W.B.E.)
- Small Business through the Small Business Administration (S.B.A.)
- Small Disadvantaged Business through the S.B.A.
- Women-Owned Small Business (W.O.S.B.)
- Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (E.D.W.O.S.B.)
- SBA 8(a) Business Development
- SBA HUBZone
- Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (S.D.V.O.S.B.)
- Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (A.C.D.B.E.)
Our multidisciplinary team supports women and diverse owned enterprises in forming, operating, and growing their business. Whether preparing a certification application, disputing a challenge or revocation, or dealing with run-of-the-mill business issues that require special handling because certifications are involved, SMGG attorneys help our clients to navigate the regulatory landscape and achieve their business goals. Our services include:
- Consultation regarding a business’s eligibility for various certifications
- Review of certification applications
- Corporate matters related to ownership and control
- Appeals of denials of applications for certification or revocation of a certification, including to the U.S. Department of Transportation
- Changes to certification, such as adding additional owners or lines of businesses, including changing or adding NAICS codes
- Defense of challenges to certifications
- Interstate certification (obtaining certifications in multiple states)
- Planning for potential challenges to the owner’s ability to accumulate substantial wealth (AASW)
- Guidance on the sale or transfer of a business, or shares of a business, when certifications are involved
- Succession planning
- Adding or changing NAICS codes
- Preparation for on-site visits by certifying agencies
- Challenges to certification based on affiliation with other companies
- Navigating issues involving gifting of shares of ownership
- Change notices
- Challenges on the size of the business
- Challenges to certification based on the personal net worth of owners
- Planning and advice regarding the personal net worth ceiling
- Advising businesses who are approaching the revenue ceiling for small business status
- Challenging the DBE status of another entity
To discuss how our firm can assist your women or diverse-owned business, contact Danielle Dietrich. Learn about SMGG's Women's Initiative.
