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About this Practice AreaEben Adams is partner and Chair of Pierce Atwood's Real Estate Practice Group. His practice includes all aspects of real estate law with a focus on commercial and residential development, acquisitions, sales and leasing. Eben regularly represents hospitality clients in the purchase and sale of restaurants and hotels. He has extensive experience representing developers of condominium projects including residential, commercial and mixed-use condominiums. Eben regularly assists energy companies ...
June Basden is both an attorney and a Certified Public Accountant with 30 years of experience in commercial finance and banking law . She represents national and regional banks, financial institutions and commercial lenders in a variety of finance transactions, with a special focus on commercial lending and creditors' rights . June has extensive experience in asset-based lending, factoring, single-lender and syndicated credit facilities, loan workouts and modifications, foreclosures, bankrupt...
Marc Bishop's practice is concentrated in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and general business representation. He represents operating businesses, business owners, entrepreneurs, borrowers, lenders, issuers and investors. Further, he has handled over 150 mergers and acquisitions and over 100 private equity investments, ranging from purchases and sales of small, closely held and family owned businesses to complex transactions for private and public companies involvi...
Timothy E. Britain is a director and shareholder of Cleveland, Waters and Bass, P.A. in Concord, where he focuses his practice in real estate, commercial lending, land use planning and zoning, and real estate litigation. He earned his B.S. degree with distinction, in forest management from the University of Maine in 1980, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Suffolk University in 1984. Mr. Britain is a member of the Merrimack County and New Hampshire bar associations. He is currently vice cha...
ANNE P. BROWNE practices primarily in the areas of real estate, banking and commercial finance, Indian law and business transactions. In her real estate practice, she represents local, regional and national clients in a broad range of real estate matters including the structuring, negotiating and implementing of joint venture, construction, sale, purchase and leasing transactions for industrial properties, shopping centers, office buildings, apartment projects and other commercial properties....
Trevor A. Brown represents clients in both litigation and transactions. His real estate experience ranges from resort acquisition and development to acting as trial counsel to establish beach access rights based on Kingdom of Hawaii land use. Mr. Brown’s corporate experience ranges from negotiating corporate restructurings to acting as trial counsel to force the break-up of related land development corporations. Mr. Brown holds Martindale-Hubbell's® highest possible professional rat...
Ben has a business-focused practice specializing in the areas of banking and financial services, commercial finance, real estate and corporate law. He advises a wide array of clients in all phases of institutional lending, including loan structuring, negotiating and drafting credit transaction documentation. Additionally, he regularly advises commercial lenders and borrowers with regard to judicial and non-judicial foreclosure proceedings, UCC enforcement, bankruptcy, and has extensive experi...
While fully engaged as Managing Partner of Buckley King, Brent Buckley counsels and represents financial institutions, private equity firms, lenders, businesses and executive management on business issues, complex and structured finance, workouts, asset-based lending, corporate internal investigations, and commercial litigation matters. Brent is nationally recognized for excellence in both corporate law and banking and finance litigation. He is named among the prestigious Legal Who's Who as o...
Wade M. Burgeson represents clients in matters involving commercial litigation, receiverships, collateral enforcement, loan workouts, and debtor-creditor related matters, ranging from pre-judgment remedies and receiverships to disputes in bankruptcy court. Wade joined the firm in 2001 as an experienced attorney having previously represented diverse business interests in both litigation and transactional matters. He has extensive experience practicing before both state and federal courts, tryi...
Charlie’s practice is in the areas of real estate, commercial lending and loan workout for lenders. His experience includes real estate development, leasing, condominium issues, bankruptcy and perfecting and enforcing commercial loan documents. Charlie’s clients range from real estate developers to banks, nonprofits and municipalities.
Peter Cline advises business clients at all stages of development on a variety of matters, including equity and debt financing, contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, securities, employment contracts, regulatory matters, and general corporate and commercial law. In addition, he advises his technology and intellectual capital based clients on a range of intellectual property matters, including trademark and copyright registration, protection of trade secrets, website development and ...
Roger Cohen has over 40 years’ experience as a business attorney, representing clients in both litigation and transactions. He has a deep knowledge and understanding of commercial law and the litigation process and is a forceful and effective advocate for his clients. Roger’s experience as a transactional attorney adds value in the litigation setting, as he can relate the documentation process to issues that arise in business and commercial disputes. Conversely, his knowledge and ...
Chris Colwell concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial real estate transactions, representing owners, sellers, and developers in a variety of transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, routine and complex leasing matters, financings and development of commercial real estate properties throughout South Carolina and the United States. Chris has significant third-party legal opinion experience for real estate lending in the State of South Carolina. Chris also...
SETH L. COOPER is a principal of Brody Wilkinson and a member of the firm’s Business and Real Estate Groups. His areas of practice span a variety of transactional practice areas which include commercial real estate, mergers and acquisitions, lending, loan workouts, leasing, hospitality service contracts, business entity organizational matters, art law, general contract law and debtor-creditor rights. Mr. Cooper frequently plays an active role in assisting with the structure of the busin...
Mr. Densborn is a business lawyer who serves diverse companies, investors, developers and entrepreneurs in an array of acquisition, disposition, conveyancing, financing, fundraising, development, operating, and recapitalization transactions. His work also includes consultative, governance, compliance and property law aspects. He is a past chair of the Business Law Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association and is a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and the Acquisition Financin...
For more than 40 years, Harlan Dodson has been helping people and businesses solve problems and plan for the future. Clients seeking general business advice, estate planning services, or problem solving and advice generally count on his vast experience and track record of getting the job done. Dodson provides hands-on guidance for his clients, whether working with them to launch a business, structure a complex real estate deal, or draft a will. He learned this dedication from his attorney fat...
Practicing law for over 20 years, founding partner Ray Driver focuses on corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions), business, contracts, venture capital and securities law. He represents clients in business acquisitions, dispositions and mergers, as well as providing ongoing counseling regarding business formation, corporate governance, contract law and ancillary legal issues. He also counsels clients in obtaining capital through private placements, venture capital investments and ot...
Ms. Durio graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987. In 1991, graduating cum laude, Ms. Durio received a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law. Ms. Durio practices primarily in the areas of commercial real estate transactions and commercial litigation. She has represented numerous developers, property owners, national corporations and local buyers and sellers of real estate, landlords and tenants, investment and property-management com...
Bill Eagleton focuses his real estate practice on a full range of transactional, development, construction and finance in Oklahoma and throughout the United States. He represents developers, lenders, restaurant chains, purchasers, sellers, investors, landlords and tenants. Bill has assisted clients in the acquisition, financing, construction, leasing and sales of all types of commercial real estate, including:Counseling owners and developers of commercial properties on legal, financial and pr...
Tom Easterly, who was named a Partner at Taylor Porter in 2011, regularly advises local and national clients, including some Fortune 500 companies, with simple and complex business litigation matters, as well as various commercial transactions. Tom concentrates a substantial portion of his practice on the preparation and trial of complex commercial disputes. His work involves construction, real estate, redhibition, insurance, arbitration, toxic tort, workers’ compensation, breach of con...
Drew concentrates his practice on commercial real estate acquisition and development. He represents developers in all phases of projects, including property acquisition, permitting and entitlements, permanent loan facilities, and sales of operating centers. Drew also represents lenders in purchase money financing, refinancing, and workouts. He often serves as local counsel to assist with the issuance of title insurance policies and help ensure the enforceability of closing documents. Addition...
David K. Fries is a director and shareholder of Cleveland, Waters and Bass, P.A. in Concord, where he focuses his practice in corporate and commercial law, business planning and structuring, acquisitions and transactions, financing, and employment law. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1978 and received his JD from the University of Chicago in 1981. Mr. Fries is a member of the American Bar Association, the New Hampshire Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Associati...
Joel Harmon is a director in Crowe & Dunlevy’s Oklahoma City office and co-chair of the firm’s Banking & Financial Institutions Practice Group. He focuses his practice in commercial and banking law, lending transactions, workouts and restructurings, bankruptcy litigation, creditor’s rights law and defense of financial institutions. His representation of creditors presently includes national banking associations and state-chartered banks as well as industrial concerns...
Richard W. Hawthorne is a partner at DMHD, where he focuses on real estate and banking law. He represents buyers and sellers in commercial and residential real estate transactions, landlords and tenants in commercial leasing and developers of multifamily housing and retail buildings. He also has significant experience representing buyers and sellers of debt obligations.Mr. Hawthorne previously worked for Arthur Anderson & Co. (Jacksonville, Florida) as a tax accountant, Foley & Lardne...
As head of the corporate/securities practice, Julie Herzog handles a wide variety of corporate, securities and merger and acquisition transactions. She has handled transactions valued at over $4 billion for major public companies and investment banks and enjoys working with a diverse clientele ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to startups, family offices, and venture capital and private equity funds. Since 2013, Julie negotiated and closed over 100 transactions valued at over $1.5 billion...
Michael J. Hinton is a Principal in Cummings & Lockwood's Corporate & Finance Group and is based in the Stamford office . Mike is a transactional lawyer who concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial real estate, corporate finance, tax-advantaged investments, joint ventures, UPREIT and downREIT transactions, construction contracts, leasing, financing, brownfield development, environmental remediation and land use restrictions, area development and franchise agreements, priva...
Michael R. “Mickey” Hubbell represents Business Owners/Entrepreneurs and understands the issues that they face each day. His experience involves multiple business disciplines, including corporate organization, marketing, finance, company facilities, management, economics, accounting, statistical reporting, and business decision-making and negotiations. Mr. Hubbell incorporates his legal knowledge and over 30 years’ experience dealing with business operational issues as out-s...
Jim concentrates his practice on the transactional aspects of real estate and commercial lending. His transactional practice includes the purchase and sale of real estate, commercial leasing, financing of real estate, and asset based lending. In addition, Jim represents clients before local land use boards and state and federal regulators in regulatory and permitting proceedings in connection with real estate development projects. Jim works with clients across different industries, including ...
James Larimore is a director in the firm’s Oklahoma City office. His practice focuses on multiple aspects of business, commercial and oil and gas industry transactions, from entity formation and organizational matters to debt and equity capital-raising activities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities law compliance, oil and gas commercial transactions and tax planning. He has significant experience representing publicly-held and private clients in joint ventures, a...
Caroline Leonard is a business lawyer with Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell. Her work involves helping businesses expand, transition ownership, obtain commercial lending, form, wind-up, or sell. Caroline's practice also involves corporate compliance, securities, regulatory matters, banking, land use, and commercial litigation. Caroline advises her clients on transactional matters, how to avoid litigation, and what to do and expect if litigation occurs. Caroline was appointed to the New Hamp...
Lawrence Lerman, an attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland, chairs the firm’s Commercial Lending group and also practices in the Real Estate, Business & Taxation and Creditors’ Rights & Workouts groups. Known as a creative problem-solver, Larry is focused on closing deals for businesses and individuals from many sectors, including banking, real estate, professional services, nonprofit and religious organizations. Clients hail him as “a maestro ch...
Jack Manheimer is general counsel to the firm. Prior to assuming the role of GC, Jack served as leader of the Banking & Financial Services practice, and, for over 35 years, devoted his practice primarily to the representation of banks and other financial institutions in financing transactions and the workout or collection of troubled and defaulted loans. With experience handling front-end and back-end matters, Jack understands the challenges and dynamics of representing banks in their rel...
Meg Meister has served clients for over twenty-five years in the areas of real estate, business, commercial transactions and lending. She guides businesses through siting and re-locating facilities, completes sales and tax free exchanges, represents buyers and sellers in stock and asset transactions, assists with liquor license transfers, and negotiates and drafts leases and other real estate and business documents. Meg advises companies doing business on Indian lands and negotiates and struc...
Mr. Montgomery is a commercial real estate and transactional attorney that represents clients in complex commercial real estate transactions throughout Louisiana and collaborates with co-counsel on transactions outside of Louisiana. He often prepares and helps clients negotiate purchase agreements for commercial sales and acquisitions and often works with common law state lenders who require advice and assistance with Louisiana law as it pertains to and affects contracts related to their tran...
Molly Jeffcoat Moody is a transactional attorney with practice emphases in commercial transactions and complex financing. Her work includes significant representation of borrowers and lenders in commercial loans (C&I, real estate, bonds, interest rate swaps) and developers in the development, construction, and operations of complex real estate projects (apartment complexes, manufacturing facilities, shopping centers). Molly has considerable experience with loan syndications and participat...
John Ashley Moore is a partner with Taylor Porter, where he has practiced law since 1981. Mr. Moore’s practice areas include commercial litigation, banking and transactional matters, oil and gas transactions and mineral title examinations, real estate and land use and insurance regulatory matters. Mr. Moore is ranked by his peers in Best Lawyers in America in Commercial Litigation / UCC Law. Mr. Moore is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 and...
Billy Murphy is an experienced business attorney representing growth companies and investors in venture capital transactions, private equity financings and mergers and acquisitions. Billy also frequently advises start-up and early stage companies with respect to initial formation and financing matters. Billy co-founded the corporate law firm Dwyer Murphy Calvert LLP in Austin, Texas in 2006. Prior to co-founding Dwyer Murphy Calvert LLP, Billy served as the General Counsel of TippingPoint Tec...
Michael Myers practices in the areas of commercial real estate , banking and financial services , creditors' rights and general business law . Michael has practiced law since 2006. Michael began his legal career in Wilmington, North Carolina with the law firm of Rountree, Losee & Baldwin. Prior to becoming an attorney, Michael worked for two large commercial real estate firms in Charlotte, Trammell Crow and Faison Enterprises, Inc., where he focused on due diligence, acquisitions and disp...
Ashley Nutley focuses on complex financial transactions including syndications and participations, real estate lending, asset-based lending, secured transactions, and factoring arrangements. Ashley also has extensive experience representing a wide variety of banking and financial institutions on workouts, debt restructuring, and collections.
Commercial Transactions / UCC Law Definition
The 50 States of the United States have different laws that govern business or commercial dealings in each state. The Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) is a model law, first promulgated by legal scholars and practitioners more than 60 years ago, with the goal of harmonizing the rules in different states for certain types of business matters. The model law is periodically revised to clarify its meaning in response to judges’ interpretations and to address new concepts and business practices.
The UCC, and each revision to it, is only effective when and to the extent it is adopted by each state. All 50 States have adopted some version of the UCC in whole or in part. States sometimes modify certain provisions of the UCC when they enact the model law as the law of the State.
Commercial transactions and UCC lawyers represent clients in a wide variety of business transactions covered by and related to the UCC. The representation can include advice on how to structure transactions, documenting transactions, and representation in court regarding disputes with other parties about these transactions. Examples include the preparation of loan documents related to a loan secured by assets other than (or in addition to) real property, disputes in court between lenders and other creditors over the rights to such assets, and disputes in court regarding the obligations of a bank to pay on a letter of credit.
The areas of business transactions covered by the UCC include: sale and delivery of movable, tangible property; leases of tangible property; promissory notes; bank deposits and checks; wire transfers of money between banks; letters of credit; ownership and transfer of certain interests in businesses (securities); and loans secured by assets other than (or in addition to) real estate. Commercial Transactions/UCC lawyers often have expertise in some, but not all, of these wide-ranging business areas.
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