Real Estate Transactions and Financing


Our attorneys assist clients in all aspects of property transactions. We help clients evaluate the business and legal issues that affect real-estate transactions and we are experienced in handling diverse and complex commercial transactions. We believe that understanding each client’s unique business and personal objectives are vital to the achievement of a successful and profitable transaction.

We offer services, including:

  • Property acquisition, development and disposition
  • Tax deferred exchanges under IRC section 1031
  • Tax analysis and planning
  • Deeds, notes, security instruments and mortgages
  • Residential, commercial and ground leases
  • Formation of real-estate investment entities (partnerships, limited-liability entities and investment trusts)
  • Land-use issues (zoning, operating and restrictive covenants)
  • Governmental incentives (real-estate tax abatement, programs, grants and tax credits)
  • Due-diligence efforts
  • Traditional and nontraditional financing mechanisms
  • Residential and commercial closings 
  • Title – insurance and searches 
  • Condemnations
  • Easements and rights of way
  • Access issues
  • Zoning and land use issues
  • Taxation and transaction planning
  • Contract drafting and review