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The business and transactional practice
of Sugar & Felsenthal 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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