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Mark B. (Chipp) Sandground, Jr. has held a variety of legal and business positions including working for the majority staff of the Senate Foreign Relation’s Committee as well as development positions at the Trammell Crow Company and for Euro Disney in Paris France.
After a break from practicing law during which he worked on real estate projects in suburban Maryland and pursued his passion for screenwriting, Mr. Sandground joined a law firm that provided in-house counsel for a major federally-chartered non-profit corporation based in Washington, D.C. Currently, his corporate/litigation practice involves representing small businesses (primarily restaurants), real estate investors and non-profit entities. Because of his varied background in the real estate business, Mr. Sandground has a thorough understanding of development issues including negotiating joint venture transactions, entitlement procedures, tax-free exchanges, and sales and leasing agreements for retail and commercial matters.
Mr. Sandground has also developed an expertise in the area of restaurant law providing chef/proprietors as well as hospitality companies with advice on all aspects of their businesses including entity formation issues, equity/debt financing, book publishing/name licensing, trademark, employment agreements, and related real estate matters. He has represented a number of the country’s finest chefs and restaurateurs including Michel Richard, Robert Wiedmaier, José Martinez and the late Jean-Louis Palladin.
Mr. Sandground is member of the Virginia Bar and the District of Columbia Bar, a graduate of Stanford University, the University of Virginia Law School and UCLA Business School. He also attended the Institut Supérieur des Affaires outside Paris and speaks fluent French. | 