Our Practice Areas
And Legal Services

We provide legal services to both franchisors and franchisees. We offer clients a wide range of services addressing issues that arise throughout the life of a franchise relationship. Our firm has represented both franchisee clients in the strategic evaluation of franchise offerings; as-well-as, franchisors in the development of franchise systems.

• For Franchisors – System development; including, FDD, Franchise & Master Franchise Agreements; state registration, filings and compliance, sales compliance, franchisee relations and much more.
• For Franchisees – FDD Review, Franchise Agreement Review and Negotiation, entity development, franchisor relations and dispute resolution, and much more.

Our firm’s real estate law practice complements the firm’s other major practice areas. We advise and represent buyers, sellers, lenders, borrowers, developers, commercial landlords and lessees in a variety of real estate transactions and disputes. Our attorneys have considerable experience with both residential and commercial real estate transactions.

• Residential Buyer & Seller Representation
• Commercial Buyer & Seller Representation
• Real Estate Closing Services
• Title Services & Insurance
• Commercial Lease Review Services
• Negotiate Commercial Leases
• Loan & Mortgage Agreements
• Construction related legal matters

We represent both public and private companies, and also clients facing foreign and domestic matters. We routinely work with boards of directors, shareholders and senior executives on matters relating to corporate structure, governance, finance and capitalization matters, contractual issues, mergers and acquisitions and issues relating to taxation.

• Corporate Structure & Restructuring
• Corporate Governance & Shareholder Relations
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Lender Representation
• Commercial Finance & Lending

We review, negotiate and draft legally binding agreements for clients; such as, but not limited to, business contracts, employment, independent contractors, buy-sell agreements, vendor agreements, reseller agreements, founders and shareholder agreements, non-compete and reseller agreements. We also help clients resolve contract disputes and defend or prosecute breach of contract lawsuits.

• Review Business Contracts
• Negotiate & Draft Business Contracts
• Contract Dispute Resolution
• Breach of Contract Lawsuits

Our litigation and trial attorneys have substantial court room experience trying jury and non-jury cases in state and federal court and at the appellate level. We provide aggressive and strategic representation. The bottom line is that the broad experience of our litigation and trial attorneys enables us to represent clients on a wide range of business, commercial and real estate matters.

• Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Franchise Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Real Estate Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Construction Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

We assist clients in preparing complex tax-planning strategies to minimize estate, gift and generation skipping taxes, implementation of irrevocable life insurance, grantor retained annuity and charitable trusts; and implementation of family limited partnerships and limited liability companies. We also assist clients in preparing, preserving and transferring family-owned businesses.

• Business Succession Planning
• Tax Efficiency Planning
• Wills & Trusts
• Florida Trusts
• Buy-Sell & Key-Person Agreements
• Family Limited Partnerships & LLCs