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Real Estate
The firm has a broad-based practice in real estate representing
owners, developers, landlords, tenants, lenders and borrowers in
real estate and related transactions. This work includes:
- Sales and Acquisitions of Commercial Properties
- Commercial Real Estate Loans and Other Transactions involving
Letters of Credit and Interest-Rate Swaps
- Mezzanine Financings
- Real Estate Development, in particular Industrial and Warehouse
Developments
- Commercial Leasing of Retail, Office and Industrial Projects, Sale
and Leaseback Transactions, Ground Leases and Synthetic Leasing
- Zoning, Land-Use Planning and Compliance with Federal, State and
other Local Laws associated with Real Estate
- Statutory Construction-Type Liens
- Mortgage Foreclosure Proceedings and State-Law Receiverships
- Environmental Issues and Compliance Affecting Real Estate Projects
- Americans with Disabilities Act Issues and Compliance Affecting
Real Estate Projects
Timber Transactions
The firm has a specialized
practice in timber transactions representing owners of timberland,
lenders and businesses. This work includes:
- Sales and Acquisitions of
Timberland
- Structuring, Negotiating and
Documenting Disposals of Timber Involving Advance Payments under
631(b) Cutting Contracts
- Structuring and Negotiating
Outright Sales of Standing Timber, and Strategies to Avoid
"Dealer" Status under the Tax Code
- Timber Tax Planning and Audit
Controversies
- Structuring Taxable Gift
Transfers and Charitable Contributions of Timberland
- Structuring Transfers of
Timberland to Family Limited Partnerships
- Long-Term Timber Leases
- Special Environmental and
Endangered Species Issues
- Dispute Resolution and
Equitable Divisions Arising from Co-Ownership of Timberland
- Litigation of Tax and Non-Tax
Disputes Associated with Timber Transactions and Ownership
Firm Contact: F.Gerald Burnett
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