Practice Areas

Our areas of knowledge and expertise are primarily in transactions and matters involving real estate and commercial businesses. We represent clients in such matters by providing advice, reviewing and drafting agreements and other legal instruments, and negotiating on our clients' behalf with government agencies and officials and private parties, including lenders, investors, design professionals, engineering firms, contractors, insurance companies, and others.

REAL ESTATE:

• Property Acquisitions and Sales
• Land Use and Development (permits and entitlements)
• Subdivisions (land and condominiums)
• Joint Ownership (TIC’s, condominiums, co-ops, and co-housing)
• Real Property Finance (acquisition in and construction loans and a variety of investment vehicles)
• Leasing (commercial and residential)
• Boundary Issues and Easements
• Title Matters
• Construction Matters
• Property Tax Assessments
• Tax Deferred Exchanges
• Broker Liability
• Loan Workouts

BUSINESS:

• Business Organizations (corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies)
• Business Acquisitions and sales
• Business Agreements

Our experience and geographic involvement in such transactions includes, the cities of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Concord, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Hayward, Napa, Oakland, Orinda, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Leandro, Santa Rosa, and Walnut Creek; the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, and Sonoma; and out-of-state matters in Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Hawaii.