Resources

DE’s corporate, finance and real estate departments represented a prominent real estate developer in connection with its $100m acquisition of a gulf-front co-op in Coquina Sands as part of a joint venture agreement with a diversified real estate developer and investment firm. Our team was responsible for structuring the buy-side organization, drafting organizational documents for various levels of entity ownership, securing and closing on acquisition and mezzanine loans for the investment firm joint venture member, drafting both customary and complex real estate acquisition documents, and leading all parties at acquisition, ultimately resulting in the successful acquisition of a valuable real estate asset for future development of luxury condominiums.

Represented a South Florida real estate investment group in connection with a complex sale-leaseback transaction of a commercial real estate property portfolio consisting of 34 properties occupied by a national retail chain. The firm’s work required collaboration across its Commercial Real Estate, Banking & Finance and Corporate & Business Transactions Practice Groups and involved, among other things, properties across 15 states, 10 buyers, 28 1031 exchanges, 1 reverse 1031 exchange and work with 2 national lenders.

Served as investor counsel in connection with the negotiation and drafting of two companion joint ventures entered into with a family office real estate acquisition and management group. The joint ventures were formed for the purpose of acquiring three parcels of prominently situated property in downtown Houston, Texas, including two parcels consisting of office buildings intended to qualify as qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) property. Our representation also included structuring the investor’s companion investment entities that were formed for the purpose of holding the QOZ partnership interest and non-QOZ partnership interest in the joint ventures and preparing the investment entities’ Rule 506(b) syndication offering documents.

Represented a large private equity firm and one of its portfolio companies, a national wholesale meat supplier, in its add-on acquisition of a regional sausage and hot dog producer. Our representation included preparing and negotiating the purchase documents, reorganization of the brands involved, including drafting and negotiation of all related documents, establishing a revolving credit facility, and working with a high-profile national bank on two loans that financed the transaction.

Represented one of South Florida’s most renowned development firms in connection with an eight-figure multifamily construction loan for a property located in Sarasota, Florida. The proposed development will consist of 200-plus luxury apartments located on approximately 10 acres.

Represented a Massachusetts-based equity fund in connection with the acquisition and acquisition financing for property located in Connecticut operated as a distribution center for a publicly traded equipment rental company.

Successfully defended an appeal of the decision of a zoning board of a Rhode Island community in superior court in which the court affirmed the board’s denial of a use variance application because the record demonstrated that the denial did not deprive the applicant of all beneficial use of its property.

Obtained favorable pre-hearing arbitration ruling on behalf of an operator of entertainment websites over the applicable substantive law governing the plaintiff’s use of one of our client’s websites. The arbitrator ruled that the Oregon choice of law provision stated within the site’s Terms of Use should apply, keeping our client from incurring significant monetary penalties under California’s Invasion of Privacy Act ($5,000 per website visit) based on plaintiff’s alleged numerous visits to the client’s website.

Represented executives in a $21 million Series B round.

Represented artificial intelligence and machine learning company in an acquihire transaction.

Assisted national developer in negotiating and closing on the sale of a renewable energy project of nearly 7 MW in Upstate York. Our work included working with the client’s lender to simultaneously pay off the promissory note used to construct the project. We also assisted with the recording of documents and the leasing and option agreements for the property.

Represented Massachusetts-based developer in negotiating and closing the sale of a 4 MW project. This representation included negotiating reimbursement of development costs at execution of the membership interest purchase agreement and closing the sale of a partnership-taxed project company that owned the project.

Assisted client with pre-immigration planning from South America using various trust and corporate structures as well as achieving step-up in basis to the fullest extent of their assets.

Assisted client with Qualified Small Business Stock exemption planning, going back over a decade and multiple mergers to assess eligibility and maximization of QSBS exemption.