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Ms. Mitzman's practice is heavily concentrated in the area of transactional commercial real estate. Her clients include property owners and investors, developers, mortgage brokers and tenants involved in a wide range of office, retail and industrial operations. She can counsel and assist your company with most real property transactions, including leasing matters, sales and acquisitions, secured loans and loan workouts.

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Commercial Leasing: Ms. Mitzman has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating all types of commercial leases. Ms. Mitzman has represented numerous landlords and tenants in a variety of leasing transactions. Her current and former clients include owners, managers and tenants of office and showroom buildings, light industrial facilities, shopping centers, free-standing retail stores, agricultural properties and residential apartment complexes. Ms. Mitzman is extremely well-versed in the legal and economic aspects of commercial leasing.

   
bullet Purchase and Sale: Ms. Mitzman has broad experience handling commercial purchase and sale transactions involving raw land, industrial, office, residential, shopping center and other retail properties. She has represented both individual and institutional sellers and buyers in single and multi-property transactions. She is also experienced in handling 1031 tax free exchanges, including complex reverse exchanges.
   
bullet Distressed Property Acquisitions: The real estate investors and developers who succeed in this difficult economy will be those who can quickly seize upon the widely-available opportunities to acquire low-cost, distressed real estate assets. Whether you are purchasing REO from a lender following foreclosure, buying a secured note in default, or seizing upon an opportunity to bid on an asset in bankruptcy, Myra Mitzman can help you understand and navigate the peculiar obstacles posed by these challenging transactions.
   
bullet Lending and Real Property Finance: Ms. Mitzman has represented numerous mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers and borrowers in real property finance transactions, including loan workouts. She has documented and negotiated sizable loans for several major lending institutions, and has experience with loan portfolio acquisitions and dispositions.
   
bullet Construction and Development: Ms. Mitzman also has a comprehensive understanding of various construction and development issues. She has represented numerous developers in residential, office and shopping center construction and is familiar with both AIA and AIGC construction contract forms.
   

Business

Myra Mitzman's business law practice focuses on small and mid-sized business matters, including entity selection and formation, business sales and acquisitions and commercial financing. Ms. Mitzman can counsel and assist you in forming a new business, such as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, maintaining corporate records, and preparing licensing, confidentiality, management and other business contracts. She can also handle the purchase or sale of the stock or assets of a business.

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Formation of Entity and Business Planning: Ms. Mitzman has represented many businesses, including food producers, retail sellers, building contractors and entertainment companies, in connection with business entity formation, mergers and acquisitions and other operational matters. If you are seeking investors to provide start-up capital, she can counsel you on how not to run afoul of State and Federal securities laws, review and fine-tune your offering memorandum, and put together a complete investor package containing the appropriate disclaimers, investor representations and subscription documents.

   
bullet Business Sales and Acquisitions: Ms. Mitzman has considerable experience handling all facets of stock and asset sales and acquisitions for both large and small organizations. She can assist you in understanding and negotiating your contract and help you through the maze of due diligence, representations and disclosures. Finally, she can organize and supervise the closing process and its attendant documentation so that your transaction is concluded smoothly and successfully.
   
bullet Pre-Bankruptcy Counseling and Planning: If you are considering filing for Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a consultation with Ms. Mitzman can help you better understand the bankruptcy process, as well as your other options, before you take that big step. With her considerable experience negotiating lease amendments and other contract modifications-both within and outside of the bankruptcy context, Ms. Mitzman can review your overall financial and legal situation, explain the ramifications of a bankruptcy filing and make recommendations as to your best course of action.
   
bullet Other Business Matters: Ms. Mitzman has experience in a wide range of other business matters, such as technology licensing, business financing, nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, personal property secured transactions, intellectual property (including trademark registration), entertainment law and Internet law.
   

Mediation

bullet Ms. Mitzman's practice also includes private mediation of business and real property disputes.  As a transactional attorney who is used to "doing deals," and who has a healthy skepticism regarding the judicial process, Ms. Mitzman will bring her 25 years of business and real estate experience to the table in forging a prompt and cost effective settlement of your dispute. 

  

 

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