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We take pride in our lawyers’ ability to maintain a personal touch in developing creative proposals that best meet our business clients' needs. We specialize in analyzing those needs and in crafting practical strategies and recommendations that are complete, easy to understand, and in our clients' best interests. Where appropriate, we use a team approach to combine the right mix of attorneys with experience in business entity formation and transactions, business financing and reorganizations, intellectual property and employment matters to bring a broad perspective to business plans.  

Our experience in assisting commercial clients with creative and affordable financing techniques helps them successfully grow their businesses. Our capabilities range from assistance with examining financing options that are available to securing the financing and finalizing the transaction. After learning of our clients’ requirements and objectives we develop a preliminary strategy that takes into account our clients’ specific perspectives relating to risk factors, managerial and employee considerations, and short- and long-term financing and business objectives. Our attorneys have direct experience in the following transactions:

• Purchase and sale of automobile dealerships.

• Purchase and sale of vehicle recycling centers.

• Establishment of automobile dealer reorganization plans in Mexico.

• Extensive purchases and sales of commercial and industrial real estate.

• Negotiation of shopping center leases.

• Negotiation of financing leases for regional distribution centers.

• Negotiation of tax-free exchanges of commercial property.

• Negotiation of mortgage and credit line transactions.

• Purchase and sale of corporate entities and operating assets.

• Prepared restructuring documents for dealership buy-out plans.

• Negotiation and establishment of export incentive programs.

• Preparation and negotiation of turnkey construction contracts.

• Negotiation of research agreements for joint development of automotive components.

• Development of global purchasing agreements and contracts for environmental-related services.

• Sale of automotive service and component supply businesses.

• Negotiation of joint ventures for diesel engine production.

• Negotiation of promotional and sponsorship agreements for automotive racing teams.

• Purchase and sales of aircraft, including IRS 1031 like-kind exchange transactions.

• Counseling private aircraft operators with respect to FAA Part 91 certificate compliance.

• Negotiation of special contracts with producers, interstate pipelines and utilities for procurement, supply and distribution of electricity and natural gas to manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

• Negotiation of performance contracts for energy efficiency conservation projects at U.S. manufacturing facilities.

• Negotiation of agreements with advertising agencies for advertising and media placement services.