Corporate & Business Law
  • Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
  • Business Entity Formation
  • Commercial Finance and Secured Transactions
  • Bankruptcy/Creditor's Rights
  • General Corporate
  • Contract Review and Negotiation
  • Licensing and Technology Oriented Agreements
  • Private Placements/Offerings

Litigation
  • Individual and Business Liens
  • Arbitration
  • Prosecution and Defense of Civil Lawsuits in the following areas:
    • Securities
    • Civil RICO
    • Fraud
    • Employment
    • Construction
    • Breach of Contract
    • Breach of Non-Competition Agreements
  • Debt Collection
  • Partnerships
  • Representation in Disputes Involving:
    • Commercial Landlord/Tenant
    • Contracts
    • Domain Name
    • Shareholders
  • Foreclosures

Real Estate Law
  • Acquisition & Development
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Commercial Lending
  • Construction Law
  • Contracts
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Community Associations
  • Asset Based Lending & Lines of Credit
  • Residential Real Estate
  • Landlord & Tenant
  • Title Resolution
  • Title Insurance
  • Restructuring & Loan Workout
  • Foreclosures

Mediation
  • Family Issues
  • Business Issues

Family Law
  • Divorce
  • Child Custody
  • Modification
  • Collaborative Law

International Law

Growing business links between the United States and southern Europe are the prime focus for our offices in Greece and Italy. From these, we are able to assist our United States and Canadian clients as they expand their businesses in Europe.

Our areas of expertise in the international department include:

  • Tax ramifications of doing business in the United States, Greece, Italy and the European Union
  • Negotiating contracts
  • Enforcing foreign judgments
  • Organizing foreign ventures as subsidiary branch offices, joint ventures with a foreign partner
  • Licensing and distribution agreements
  • Franchise agreements
  • Asset Based Lending & Lines of Credit
  • Debt settlement
  • Business visas
  • Intellectual property disputes
  • Sports entertainment

Franchise & Distribution

Our Franchise and Distribution Group is a team of attorneys concentrating on the organization, development and maintenance of businesses with franchise or distribution systems in the United States and Europe.

Our clients range from individuals seeking to explore business expansion alternatives to mature franchise and distribution programs needing day to day legal counseling, restructuring or redevelopment.

Our areas of expertise within the franchise and distribution department include:

  • Structure and prepare the franchise program
  • Prepare agreements and related documents
  • Joint ventures and sub-franchising
  • Master franchise programs
  • Prepare offering circulars to comply with federal and state laws
  • Prepare franchise agreement and related documents to comply with European laws
  • File registration of offering circulars with state agencies
  • File registration of franchise broker
  • Sales representative contracts
  • Breach of contract litigation
  • Termination, cancellation or non-renewal litigation
  • Intellectual property
  • European common market legislation on franchising and distribution impacting on United States franchise systems doing business in Europe

Immigration

Our Immigration department is experienced in handling all types of immigration cases from temporary business visas to labor certifications and permanent residence. We represent a wide variety of corporations and individuals in their immigration matters in the United States.

Our areas of expertise within the Immigration department include:

  • Nonimmigrant temporary working visas
    • H-1B nonimmigrant visas
      (H-4 dependant visas)
    • L-1A and L-1B visas nonimmigrant
      (L-2 dependant visas)
    • Professional TN visas under the NAFTA Canadian and Mexican Treaty
      (TD dependant visas)
    • O nonimmigrant visas for persons with extraordinary ability in sciences, Arts, education, business or athletics
    • P nonimmigrant visas for athletes and group entertainers
    • E nonimmigrant investment visas
  • Employment based Adjustment of Status
  • Family based Adjustment of Status
  • K-3/K-4 nonimmigrant visas for spouses and dependants of a US citizen
  • K-1 nonimmigrant visas for fiancé(e)s of a US citizen
  • Work Authorizations
  • Travel Documents
  • N-400 Applications for Naturalization
  • N-600 Applications for Certificate of Citizenship
  • Consular Visa Processing including Hardship waivers
  • Consultation on Green Card Applications
  • Representation at Immigration Interviews
  • Translation of documents for Immigration processes

Additional Services
  • Notary Public
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