- Adoption
- Corporate LawFamily businesses in multiple industries, including manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and real estate concerns seek our counsel. We utilize the full repertoire of succession planning tools on their behalf, including shareholder agreements, life insurance planning strategies, family limited partnerships and other governing structures.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsOur tight-knit, collaborative teams integrate the firm’s securities, private investment fund, mergers & acquisitions, bankruptcy and litigation practitioners to provide the widest possible range of services to our clients.
- Business FormationOur Tax Practice believes tax planning and advice should be anything except “general.” We are, first and foremost, practical business-oriented lawyers. We help clients—individuals, partnerships and corporations—incorporate sound tax planning into specific business strategy. With our clients’ overall business objectives as our guide, we advise on: Business formation and structure Executive and employee compensation (including… Learn More
- Business DisputesWe represent clients from a variety of industries, including the financial services, technology, manufacturing, real estate, health care, entertainment and construction sectors, in commercial and business disputes at the trial and appellate levels throughout the country. Spanning a broad spectrum from multi-billion dollar companies to successful emerging businesses, each of our clients faces unique difficulties requiring a nimble, creative and tenacious response. We thrive on these challenges.
- Business TransactionsOur corporate, real estate, tax and trusts & estates practitioners work together to provide sophisticated advice on matters of critical importance, including corporate governance and compliance, exempt organization tax issues, tax controversies, strategic planning, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other business transactions.
- Limited Liability CompaniesWe have leveraged our private investment fund experience to develop a specialty in joint venture transactions. Many representations involve investors in partnerships and limited liability companies seeking to form joint ventures with developers and local real estate operators to develop land for commercial and residential uses, to refurbish and reposition existing properties or simply to hold the acquired real property for the long term.
- Construction Contracts
- Trade Secrets
- Intellectual PropertyIntellectual property protection, including the development, licensing and distribution of intellectual property assets such as copyrights, trademarks and brands
- Unfair Competition
- Employment LitigationEmployment litigation demands a rare combination of technical legal skill, courtroom prowess and deft negotiation. Employers and employees alike seek our counsel for this very reason.
- Non-compete AgreementNon-compete agreements have long been a staple in the employment arena, despite their potentially anti-competitive effect. They are both common and highly controversial. In the best light, they are seen as a means of balancing the employee’s right to seek other employment with the employer’s legitimate interest in protecting itself from unfair competition by a…
- Severance AgreementWe represent senior executives in negotiating and evaluating their employment, consulting and severance agreements with major U.S. and international...
- Real Estate LitigationRoss Yustein is the chair of Kleinberg Kaplan's Real Estate Department. He counsels clients on a variety of real estate matters, including joint venture transactions,… Full Bio
- Construction LitigationAdditionally, we assist family offices with their space planning needs, including leases, brokerage agreements, architect agreements and construction contracts.
- Real Estate TransactionsThe challenges of financing a real estate transaction demand thoughtful and creative solutions. Locally and nationally, our real estate lawyers represent both borrowers and lenders in all levels of the capital stack. Because of our vast experience, we are able to offer clients the perspectives of the multiple participants in a transaction, enabling efficient and intelligent outcomes.
- Landlord-Tenant DisputesOur client list is extensive and includes real estate investment funds and investors, lenders, commercial landlords and tenants, joint ventures and partnerships, property owners, agents, brokers, developers, contractors, and cooperative and condominium plan sponsors and boards. We represent them in a wide range of disputes, including financing disputes, commercial landlord-tenant matters, cooperative shareholder and condominium association and unit owner actions, construction mechanics’ liens litigation, commercial mortgage foreclosure and nonpayment proceedings, brokerage disputes, bankruptcy and workout-related litigation, purchase-sale disputes, partition actions and many other proceedings.
- Estate PlanningTensions, disagreements and conflicting objectives make thoughtful estate planning as complicated as any legal endeavor. Along with our decades of hard-earned experience, clients value our professionalism, discretion and sensitivity as the virtues that set us apart.
- Wills
- TrustsThe types of “clients” the family office will have (e.g., will any of the clients be IRAs, charitable trusts or private foundations; will any be non-U.S. persons)
- Probate
- BankruptcyWe represent individual and institutional debtors, creditors and investors of every type in bankruptcy litigation, adversary proceedings and contested matters in chapter 11, chapter 7 and chapter 15 cases, such as avoidance actions, adequate protection disputes, confirmation battles and claim disputes.
- ForeclosureClients rely on this experience in connection with real estate loan workouts, bankruptcy actions and the acquisition of distressed loans and real estate in foreclosure. We are careful to understand our clients’ ultimate disposition strategies, which can vary widely.
- Tax LawWe are, first and foremost, practical business-oriented lawyers. We help clients—individuals, partnerships and corporations—incorporate sound tax planning into specific business strategy. With our clients’ overall business objectives as our guide, we advise on...