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HIGHLIGHTS:
Counsel to buyers and sellers of small and medium-sized businesses
Counsel to real estate developers, investors and commercial landlords
Legal advisor and outside general counsel to management of closely-held businesses on a gamut of issues, from the routine to the extraordinary, confronting small and medium-sized business organizations
EDUCATION:
Yale Law School
J.D. 1980
Columbia University
B.A. (summa cum laude) 1975
BAR ADMISSIONS:
State:
New Jersey 1980
Federal:
District of New Jersey
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Buying and selling businesses and operating divisions, including sectors such as manufacturing, distribution, technology, insurance agencies and other financial services and medical and other professional practices; business spin-offs and management buy-outs
Structuring of new business ventures and investment vehicles, including choice of entity issues, relationships among investors, equity holders, managers and other participants; buy-sell arrangements; exit strategies; and counseling regarding shareholder disputes, corporate divorces and split-ups
Real estate development projects, from contract through closing and beyond, including site acquisition, construction contracting, land use planning and regulatory compliance issues, construction and permanent financing, syndication and disposition
Representing landlords and tenants in leasing commercial and industrial space, including build-to-suit facilities, ground leases and sale-leasebacks
Appearances before municipal planning and zoning boards for site plan, subdivision and variance applications and ordinance interpretation
Technology contracting and licensing, including strategies for safeguarding intellectual property interests
Borrowing, lending and alternative and nonconventional financing techniques, including representation of banks, troubled businesses and program lenders
Brownfields site initiatives, ISRA compliance and related environmental regulatory issues
Counseling employers, employees, and independent contractors with respect to providing, securing and rewarding personal services, including employment contracts, consulting agreements, noncompete agreements, stock options and equity participation and buy-in arrangements. | 