Business Transactions
Always Focused on – Delivering Results
The Business Transactions team advises clients across the U.S., Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe. Our attorneys have notable experience in:
- Negotiating and drafting a variety of operating and management agreements for hospitality and alcohol industry clients
- Negotiating and drafting distribution agreements, corporate governance and compliance documents, as well as shareholder agreements
- Defending domestic and foreign entities in complex, cross-border disputes involving business acquisitions, partnership, securities and investment claims.
We are the dynamic partner that delivers results.
Leveraging a Distinct Advantage
Whether representing a start-up business or Fortune 500 company, our experience in highly regulated commercial industries and products, including alcohol and cannabis, gives our transactional lawyers an advantage in drafting and negotiating a variety of business agreements and representing commercial entities when negotiations or contracts fail.
Our Corporate & Transactional Law team has significant experience across a vast array of commercial transactions and disputes. We specialize in:
- Assisting in cross-border mergers and acquisitions with asset purchase agreements which abide by regulatory and permitting compliance requirements relating to alcohol and cannabis licensing
- Franchise agreements
- Importer and distributor agreements
- Manufacturing agreements, including private label production agreements
- Shareholder and related corporate operating agreements
- Transactional documents including purchase and sale agreements, asset purchase agreements, and stock purchase agreements
- Management and Concessionaire Agreements
- Financial and Real Estate transactions
Representative Cases – Noteworthy Outcomes Driven by Experience
- Advised Spanish renewable energy concern during sale of assets in Puerto Rico
- Represented owners of commercial real estate assets in multiple refinancing of existing credit facilities
- Alcohol industry transactions relating to cannabis industry investments
- Provide regulatory and transactional guidance on alcohol regulatory issues in mergers and acquisition involving large brewing and distilling facilities
- Assisted with cross-border acquisitions of movie theater chains and related licensing and permitting transfers
- Represented Panamanian joint venture entity in dispute with Spanish investor group
- Negotiated distribution agreements with U.S. and Canada based entities on behalf of Spanish concern
- Represented owners of commercial real estate assets in multiple refinancing of existing credit facilities
- Represented minority stakeholders in private equity fund during an acquisition of Florida Free Trade Zone industrial park FTZ-32
- Represented multinational engineering firm throughout various secured loan transactions
- Represented Spanish biotechnology firm during organization of joint-venture with Texas-based data analytics company
- Advised software concern in connection with corporate structure and capitalization, including private offering
- Assisted with review and drafting internal corporate restructuring agreements and related alcohol license and local permit transfers