Whether you are a small business owner, mid-size or a large, multi-location, multi-million dollar institution, we have experience working with all three. We offer valuable and accessible expertise in our areas of practice, economical fee structures and rates and uncommonly friendly service.
What we offer:
Small Biz: Our fixed fee menu of basic legal services is second to none. From entity formation to a partnership agreement, we can help.
Mid-Size: We counsel CEOs and COOs in various corporate, contract, commercial real estate, finance and technical matters.
We represent a variety of industries and our service areas apply to them all. We have particular expertise with these industries:
- general and specialty licensed contractors, solar installers
- aerospace and aviation business
- homeowners associations (HOA)
- commercial property owners
- agriculture operations
- family farm succession planning
- fruit and produce processors
- other professionals, lawyers and CPAs
For time and cost savings, we work virtually by phone and email. We use our secure website portal to quickly and securely share a draft with our client, their CPA, and others that can be viewed, edited and commented on by all, easily and then quickly modified for your needs. Here is a small selection of the services we provide:
- Entity selection, formation and maintenance documents
- Partnership / Shareholder / Buy-Sell agreements
- Independent contractor agreements
- Vendor and Third Party contracts for goods/services
- Corporate finance and share transactions
- Employer kits: employee handbook, new-hire/exit interview checklists, compliance posters
- Product warranty documents
- Retail lease, sublease, assignment
Large Cap: When the Chief Credit Officer and/or in-house legal team of a financial institution needs an in-state legal presence on pre-foreclosure or REO development projects we provide development review and project management services to assess and maintain entitlements. When the CEO or COO needs a California real estate lawyer for in-state land and improvement acquisition, sales, leasing, sub-lease, encroachment or other matters, we can provide counsel on:
- development and subdivision tentative and final maps (Subdivision Map Act)
- development agreements, performance/improvement agreements with public agencies
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental impact reports
- National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) Section 404/401 permits
- private, limited escrow, commercial / industrial acquisition and sales
- title issues such as encroachment, utilities, liens, covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs)
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