Real Estate Law

Today’s business environment is one of constant change, of rethinking how business is conducted and how businesses can meet the challenges of a global economy. Traditional ways of conducting a business practice provide guidance, but they are only a starting point for creative development of business transactions. Similarly, whether the real estate market is in a ‘boom’ or ‘bust’ phase, there is substantial money to be made or lost. The objective of our business and real estate focus is to help our clients minimize risk and maximize opportunity, regardless of the cycle. Our lawyers have many years of experience in structuring purchases and sales of businesses, buy-sell agreements, and other corporate arrangements and real estate transactions.

What makes our business and real estate practice particularly well-suited to our clients’ needs is our experience. We are able to act as business counselors in suggesting alternate ways of accomplishing goals, and in assisting our clients to achieve their goals in the optimum way. We can also provide assistance in all forms of business and real estate transactions, including loans and other financial arrangements, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. That is because we are large enough to have attorneys with practical expertise not only in business and real estate acquisitions and finance, but also in the critical allied fields of taxation, estate planning, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation. However, our firm is also small enough that we can communicate effectively with each other to solve our clients’ problems. The result? Business and real estate problems are resolved efficiently and in their totality, resulting in significant savings for our clients. An important part of our business group involves planning to minimize state and local taxes such as sales and use tax, corporate net income tax, capital stock/foreign franchise tax, personal income tax, business privilege tax, use and occupancy tax, liabilities and real estate assessment and real estate exemption determinations. We assist business with restructuring activities in order to take advantage of existing tax law provisions. And if a state or local governments asserts that a business owes taxes, we are able to review the taxing authority’s determination and, if appropriate, challenge the determination through an administrative appeal or, if necessary, in court. Simply put, we will provide the practical advice you need to make your next business or real estate venture as profitable as possible.