Purchasing and Contract Law

Businesses rise and fall according to their ability to manage their relationships with their customers and their suppliers.  In order to provide the clarity that successful commerce requires, these relationships often take the form of contracts and other legal documents. 

Drafting a contract is something of an art form—it requires strong language skills, good business acumen, and enough experience to be able to look down the road on the client’s behalf and foresee the unexpected.  Negotiating the terms of a commercial relationship—or resolving a dispute that arises in the course of one—requires a comprehensive approach and an ability to work your way through complex problems.  We have a singular expertise in purchasing law and UCC matters, and our lawyers have extensive experience in all manner of commercial transactions and resolution of disputes.

We are proud of our ability to develop creative proposals that best meet our business clients' needs.  We specialize in crafting practical strategies and recommendations that are complete, easy to understand, and in our clients' best interests.  We work hard to educate our clients on the commitments contained in their contracts, and to make use of the remedies that are available to them, and most of all, to make sure that they get what they pay for.  

Our attorneys have direct experience in the following transactions:

• Negotiation of supply agreements and purchasing contracts, on a local and global basis.
• Research agreements and joint development agreements.
• Sales of automotive service and component supply businesses.
• Negotiation of joint ventures for design and production.
• Purchase and sale of automobile dealerships.
• Purchase and sale of vehicle recycling centers.
• Purchases and sales of commercial and industrial real estate.
• Negotiation of financing leases for regional distribution centers.
• Negotiation of mortgage and credit line transactions.
• Purchase and sale of corporate entities and operating assets.
• Negotiation and establishment of export incentive programs.
• Preparation and negotiation of turnkey construction contracts.
• Negotiation of promotional and sponsorship agreements for automotive racing teams.
• Purchase and sales of aircraft, including IRC 1031 like-kind exchange transactions.
• 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.