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PROPERTY & BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
We represent individual and corporate clients in the following areas:
General Real Estate
- Acquisition and disposition of real property and businesses (i.e., negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements, due diligence investigation of target real estate, necessary governmental filings, etc.) including hotels, shopping centers, office buildings, raw land, industrial properties, warehouses, residential subdivisions
- Long term ground leases and tenant relations
- Leasing and tenant relations (office building, shopping center and other commercial and multi-unit residential properties)
- Development and construction of residential subdivisions, condominiums or planned-unit projects
- Development and construction of commercial properties
- Real property exchange transactions
- Counseling of real estate brokerage companies
Real Estate Financing
- Commercial real estate loans (i.e., negotiating and drafting loan documents, due diligence investigation of collateral, closing loan transactions)
- Acquisition and disposition of real estate secured loans
- “Workout” of troubled real estate secured loans and/or projects
- Foreclosure
Intellectual Property Issues
- Registering and challenging registered marks and trade names
- IP prosecution, counseling and licensing
- Technology transactions
- Internet law
- Advise on specific issues including protection of confidential and proprietary information, trade secrets, privileges, and obtaining remedies for confidentiality breaches
Entity Formation
- Advise individuals and businesses on selecting and forming a business entity (i.e., evaluating entity choices including limited liability entities, corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, choosing the state of organization, tax filings, drafting and filing necessary applications with governmental authorities, etc.)
- Assist in ancillary business filings with governmental authorities to operate a business (i.e., licenses and permits)
- Drafting and modification of entity documents (i.e., corporate articles of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, operating agreements, etc.)
Entity Operations and Termination
- Business counseling
- Assist in purchase, sale and asset protection
- Review and draft business contract, leases and employment contracts
- Advise commercial and non-profit entities concerning obligations to provide physical and programmatic access pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Advise concerning specific requirements related to architectural standards for new and altered buildings, and removal of barriers in existing buildings in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities act
- Advise businesses on fiduciary and legal obligations (i.e., fiduciary duties of directors and officers, compliance with constituent documents)
- Sale or purchase of business or assets (i.e., negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements, due diligence investigation of the target business or assets, drafting transfer documents, obtaining required consents for transfer, etc.)
- Acquisition, merger and reorganizations (i.e., negotiating and drafting the merger agreement, filing necessary applications with governmental authorities, etc.)
- Capitalization and financing (i.e., negotiating and documenting loan agreements, stock subscription agreements, etc.)
- Act 221 and private equity
- Start-up and other related counseling
- Administrative agency and regulatory law
- Corporate law and shareholder relations
- Financing including complex commercial loans
- Limited liability companies (LLC) and partnerships or joint ventures, including member or partner relations
- Dissolution, winding up and termination of business
Landlord-Tenant & Leasing
- Developing strategies to minimize losses due to tenant default, e.g., tenant screening options
- Fair Housing issues (e.g., discrimination, disability)
- Preparing and negotiating leases for commercial and residential properties
Partnership Matters
- Advice and counseling regarding formation and management of partnerships
- Dissolution and winding up of partnerships
- Advice and counseling regarding fiduciary obligations of managing partners and others
- Advice and counseling regarding rights and obligations of incoming and departing partners
- Advice and counseling regarding rights of partnership creditors
- Advice and counseling regarding ownership and control of partnership assets
AHFI attorneys who focus in this area of practice are:
*Licensed to practice in other jurisdictions; application for licensing in Hawai`i pending.
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