Business Transactional
- Closed two Acquisition deals simultaneously.
- Formed five new corporations.
- Assisted with removal of ineffective company officers to revitalize business.
- Registered four new Trademarks and defended infringement of two more.
- Negotiated two large commercial leases.
- Settled two construction defect suits.
- Formed three new LLCs for improved asset management and real property protection.
- Negotiated and closed a $7M dollar sale of business in under 1 month.
- Negotiated a shareholder buy out that a previous law firm was unable to conclude after more than a year of effort.
- Assisted in dissolution of family limited partnership and sale of partnership real estate assets, taking advantage of 1031 exchange treatment.
- Drafted Buy-Sell Agreement for owners of construction business
- Drafted Stock Purchase Agreement for owners of construction business
Formation of multiple LLC entities to achieve vertical integration for client
- Completed negotiations and drafting of complex indemnification terms, carve outs, exceptions, limitations of exposure on behalf of a scientific laboratory with a larger lab entity.
- Developed technical software website Terms & Conditions and co-sponsoring agreement representing start-up software company.
- Conducted extensive due diligence for, and completed sale of, two businesses with East Coast buyers.
- Represented Seller in successful sale of $7+ Million hotel property in Berkeley.
- Prepared subcontractor claim on a Caltrans public works job
- Closed two Sale of Business transactions; both valued at over $9.5 million.
- Reviewed commercial leases to enable favorable negotiation of clients’ new East Bay business locations.
- Created a joint venture, working with three national service providers, to take client’s professional services nationwide.
- Assisted client with a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transaction and restructuring of multiple seven-figure loans.
- Created a Manufacture’s Representative Agreement for client in custom cooling field.
Business Litigation
- Successfully prosecuted three unlawful detainer actions to evict delinquent tenants.
- Successfully argued remand of case from Federal to State court.
- Defended action in 9th Circuit alleging excessive airport noise.
- Successfully mediated lease dispute resulting in purchase of property by client.
- Argued an appeal in CA 6th District Court of Appeal.
- Prosecuting action for judicial dissolution of LLC by a minority member
- Defended municipal airport against claims of excessive airplane takeoff and landing noise
- Argued and obtained capital improvement pass through rent increase for Oakland landlord.
- Filed suit for Fraud, Conversion and Breach of Contract in retirement services partnership.
- Settled significant California False Claims Act litigation.
- Represented property owner in proceedings before the Oakland Rent Adjustment Program (RAP)
- Represented unsecured creditor in debtor’s involuntary bankruptcy proceeding
- Prosecuted Stop Notice and Surety Bond claims in county construction project
- Advised on response to Unruh Act claim for alleged unequal health club facilities.
- Defended, very favorably, a contentious claim of an oral promise for equity in a startup company
- Concluded settlement of a claim for return of a real estate investment and other corporate claims
- Resolved issue surrounding former employee’s use of former company’s confidential information
- Closed complex shareholder buy-out deal, minimizing client tax liability and litigation exposure.
- Represented technology client in $1 million litigation matter in New York.
- Successfully defended client against business torts/unfair competition claims.
- Successfully represented seller of brokerage business with disputes related thereto.
- Settled class action for minimal nuisance value.
- Filed multiple mechanic’s lien foreclosure lawsuits on behalf of contractors.
- resolved dispute involving complex commercial loan issues.
- Collected over $0.25 million on a judgement by enforcing a lien in a partition action.
- Resolved trademark infringement claim against client brought by national service provider with no out-of-pocket payment.
Other Accomplishments
- Conducted public and private seminars on Construction Remedies including Mechanic’s Liens (presentation materials available).
