Real Estate. Assisted client with the sale of a retail shopping center. DeAngelis legal advised the seller with respect to the terms of the purchase and sale agreement, the negotiations of changes with the buyer's counsel, the ancillary closing documents and disbursement of the proceeds.
The curse of the handshake deal. Few people enter into a new business or transaction expecting to lose money. However, it happens more often than not because the parties have not thought through common issues that can come up and agreed how to resolve them. Afterwards, we hear: “I should have called you before…” “I [...]
Real Estate. Reviewed and negotiated purchase and sale documents for retail shopping center. Client engaged DeAngelis Legal to review buyer's proposed real estate purchase agreement, advise seller as to issues and suggest changes to minimize future liability. DeAngelis Legal's edits were incorporated into the agreement without objection from buyer or its counsel.
Mergers and Acquisitions. Documented Share Purchase Agreement and related documents. DeAngelis Legal represented this family held corporate government contractor client for over 20 years. DeAngelis Legal drafted the documents evidencing the sale of an outside minority shareholder's interest to a key employee on deferred payment terms, with the stock held as security for the promissory [...]
Business Services. Represented author with the contract terms and conditions. Local hospital desired to purchase author’s work. DeAngelis Legal reviewed and revised the terms and conditions of the contract to protect author’s trademark and copyright claims and other issues.
Real Estate. Reviewed and revised simple residential real estate purchase agreement. Client inherited son's personal residence and desired to sell it "as is" and without warranty. Buyer prepared standard Arizona Association of Realtors standard contract, which contained the standard representations and warranties as if client had owned and lived in the residence. DeAngelis Legal revised [...]
Business Services. Prepared comprehensive operating agreement for marketing service provider. This successful marketing company had been in business for many years and the business owners desired to document their agreement on management rights, distributions and buyout terms upon certain events such as death, disability, bankruptcy and divorce. DeAngelis Legal provided in-depth review of their objectives, [...]
Independent Contractors or Employees. There are a variety of reasons why businesses choose to characterize their work force as independent contractors, rather than employees, from trade or industry practice to budget flexibility. Regardless of the reasons, the practice is heavily scrutinized and has devastating consequences for the payer if workers are incorrectly characterized. In addition, the [...]
Mergers and Acquisitions Represented the buyer with the negotiations and documentation relating to the acquisition of a privately held trucking company. The buyer, also a privately held family owned business, acquired its counterpart in a consolidating acquisition. DeAngelis Legal worked with the buyer and seller’s legal and accounting teams to re-structure the transaction from a [...]
General Business Represented closely held business owner with transfer of shares. Owner of a long time Arizona construction company desired to gift shares to key employees. DeAngelis Legal advised the owner with respect to the transfers, documented the transfers and closed the transactions at year end.
