Our Business and Transactional Lawyers are: Etahn M. Cohen, William F. McGuinn, Adam J. Grais, Steven A. Felsenthal, Richard A. Sugar, Jonathan L. Mills and Mark Lenz

The Business, Transactional and Real Estate practice of Sugar, Felsenthal, Grais & Hammer LLP involves advising clients ranging from entrepreneurs and start-up companies to long-established closely-held businesses and publicly-traded companies. We have broad expertise in negotiating, structuring and documenting all forms of corporate, securities, real estate, merger and acquisition and financing transactions. Our business and transactional attorneys are proficient in a wide range of disciplines, including corporate, securities, finance, real estate, tax, and intellectual property, allowing us to facilitate business transactions in a myriad of industries.

We represent, among other businesses, manufacturers, service businesses, financial service firms, including insurance companies, brokerage firms, money managers, hedge funds, and professionals in the securities and futures industries, retail chains, financial institutions, other lending institutions, publishers, mobile home parks, and real estate developers in virtually all aspects of their businesses.

Our group is highly experienced and at its best in structuring and negotiating unique and challenging transactions. In all areas of our business practice, our approach provides a high level of service to our clients in an efficient and creative manner. We enjoy our work and we think that is reflected in the value we add to our clients’ situations.

Following are just some of the matters in which our attorneys have extensive experience:

• Developing capital structures for and organizing corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other business entities.

• Preparing documents for the acquisition of real estate, negotiating the terms of permanent and construction financing, negotiating construction contracts and drafting and negotiating the documents for the sale or leasing of real estate development projects. We have also represented purchasers, sellers, lenders, borrowers, developers, landlords and tenants in all other aspects of real estate acquisition, disposition, financing, development, and leasing.

• Handling all aspects of low-income housing tax credit projects and other government subsidized housing ventures, including negotiating tax credit partnership agreements, providing tax structuring, reviewing loan documents, and negotiating the real estate acquisition.

• Advising broker-dealers, investment advisors, professional traders and hedge fund managers on a broad array of securities regulation and compliance issues, as well as in connection with transactions and regulatory inspections and investigations.

• Structuring private equity funds and transactions.

• Preparing disclosure documents for both private and publicly held entities, including registration statements, private offering materials, proxy statements, and related filings for the Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities commissions.

• Providing advice on federal and state income tax issues. We handle many diverse and complex transactions in which our tax capabilities play an integral role.

• Handling mergers, acquisitions and divestitures that involve both public and privately-held entities. These include acquisitions and dispositions of assets, stock sales and exchanges, acquisitions and dispositions of partnership interests and other similar transactions.

• Securing and protecting intellectual property rights, including trademarks and copyrights.

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