General

• Counsels clients on corporate governance and compliance matters.
• Counsels clients on corporate transactions and employment matters.
• Handles a variety of business transactions.
• Prepares and negotiates a variety of business and employment agreements, including collective bargaining agreements.
• Counsels clients regarding competitive bidding compliance, tax and collection workouts, and general business matters.
• Prepares and negotiates license and lease agreements for use, sale or other disposition of real estate, proprietary information and personal property.

Real Estate

• Represents several local community development corporations in connection with real estate acquisition, development, construction and financing matters.
• Experienced in various aspects of real estate, acquisition, development, construction, and finance. Substantial experience documenting and closing commercial real estate transactions.

Commercial Lending

• Experienced in documenting real estate construction loans for lending institutions and borrowers, including drafting and negotiating loan agreements together with all ancillary instruments and documents required for financing the acquisition, development and construction of residential and commercial real estate projects.
• Documented and closed numerous real estate transactions construction loans and credit lines for acquisition, development and construction of commercial real estate facilities (a Walgreen's drugstore and strip mall facilities with national retail and restaurant tenants) in Florida, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as counsel to a national banking association.
• Represented owners and developers in securing acquisition and development loans and financing for both new construction and extensive rehabilitation/renovation projects, including office buildings, church annex and recreational facilities.

Capital Markets/Municipal Securities

• Serves as bond counsel, company counsel, trustee counsel and underwriter/placement agent counsel to governmental, corporate and bank clients, documenting a variety of bond financing transactions, including Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRBs) and Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bond issues.
• Drafted all bond documents, legislation, and legal opinions, and reviewed and revised, as necessary or required, Bank and Underwriter counsel documents on letter of credit-enhanced bond financing transactions, where the proceeds from these tax-exempt 501(c)(3) bonds were used to acquire, develop and construct office buildings, warehouse and other facilities.