The attorneys of Radler White Parks & Alexander LLP offer a wide range of services in Corporate law, with special emphasis on transactions and projects that involve real estate. We provide business-oriented counsel that includes the ability to assess the tax implications, investment risks and financial opportunities of a wide range of business and real estate transactions.
Our attorneys have assisted clients with entity selection, formation and maintenance, capitalization and financing, business advice, tax-free exchanges, acquisitions and reorganizations. We also have a broad base of experience in complex transactional matters, including the acquisition, sale and financing of real property, real estate syndications and private placement offerings, the transfer of property in tax-deferred exchanges and the development of commercial properties.
BUSINESS ACQUISITION AND SALES
Our Corporate attorneys provide strategic counsel to businesses on the risks and opportunities involved in a wide range of business investments. We are also regularly engaged to assist clients with acquisitions and sales of real property, business assets and operating companies. We have significant experience in the hospitality industry, and have assisted several regional hotel groups with numerous acquisitions, renovations and complex financing transactions.
DEBT AND EQUITY FINANCING
Our Corporate attorneys have experience assisting clients with a wide range of debt and equity financing arrangements, including unsecured loans, syndicated loans, participating loans and complex structured finance transactions that may involve joint ventures, institutional equity and high-net worth individuals, mezzanine debt, and traditional senior debt. Our attorneys have also represented lender and borrowers in loan workout transactions.
ENTITY FORMATION
Our attorneys have broad experience assisting real estate developers and emerging businesses with entity selection and formation. Our work may include filing, drafting and negotiating all entity documents including articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreements, partnership agreements, corporate resolutions and stock certificates. We have drafted a range of governing documents from single-member limited liability company operating agreements, to complicated joint ventures between developers and institutional equity investors. We also advise clients on S-corporation and tenancy-in-common requirements and assist our real estate clients with fund formation.
PRIVATE REAL ESTATE OFFERINGS
We guide our real estate clients through securities issues including general solicitation rules, exemptions from registration, and disclosure requirements. We assist with the preparation of private placement memoranda, prepare subscription agreements, and process exemption filings in various jurisdictions.
REORGANIZATION AND RESTRUCTURING
Our attorneys have assisted clients with many types of reorganization and restructuring transactions. We work closely with clients to develop and implement strategies for tax avoidance, risk management, financing requirements and recapitalization.
TAX PLANNING
We assist clients with tax analysis and planning in every phase of a business or real estate transaction, with special emphasis on assessing and minimizing the tax implications of any given transaction.
REAL ESTATE TAXATION
We assist clients in understanding the numerous tax issues that arise in real estate transactions, including tax deferral through like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions, capital gains and exclusions, dealer/developer taxation, passive activity loss limitations, transfer taxes and the tax implications of foreclosure and cancellation of indebtedness.