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Real Estate Attorney
Real estate law is defined mainly by its permanency, but the process associated with purchasing, selling, or leasing any type of commercial or residential property has a lot of moving parts, and it can leave you feeling frustrated, upset, and overwhelmed. An experienced real estate attorney can not only help you complete your real estate transaction but also give you the tools you need to ensure that you are making a smart well-informed investment.
Commercial Real Estate
The Merilien Law Firm, PLLC. offer our clients a full suite of commercial real estate legal services.
• We review, draft, and negotiate commercial real estate contracts, ensuring that our clients’ best interests are served throughout the contract’s provisions and contingencies.
• We assist our clients in navigating due diligence tasks, recognizing that these tasks differ according to whether our client is the buyer, seller, or lender.
• We prepare documents for all types of acquisition financing agreements.
• We advise clients on which forms of ownership or entity are most advantageous for a property.
• We examine property titles and surveys and are equipped to resolve legal issues surrounding both.
Residential Real Estate
The Merilien Law Firm is equipped to handle the range of legal tasks associated with residential real estate transactions.
• Our review of real estate contracts ensures that our clients’ best interests are served in the contract’s provisions and contingencies.
• We participate in the title search process by evaluating the search and taking legal action to ensure that any outstanding issues are resolved.
• We examine and/or prepare documents required for closing, including deeds, mortgages, and final closing statements.
• We provide counsel throughout the acquisition or sale process, helping clients understand documents and advising on best options for taking the title of the home.
Real Estate Closings
The Merilien Law Firm can facilitate the closing and settlement of your real estate transaction. Our sophisticated and experienced professionals have experience in the acquisition, disposition, and financing of real estate.
We will keep you advised and informed on all aspects of the transaction and will take the necessary steps to facilitate your settlement. We use the latest technology and provide you with direct and convenient access to all our personnel and documentation.
Our professional staff is with you from the initial structuring and documentation, whether it is the purchase agreement or the loan commitment until the releases are recorded and the title insurance policy is issued.
We work closely with all of the allied professionals, including surveyors, environmental consultants, tax advisors and others involved in the due diligence and evaluation process to make certain that all prerequisites are satisfied in an orderly and timely manner.
Our ethical obligation is to work on behalf of your best interest and to minimize closing costs and structure transactions in a manner to mitigate transfer and recordation taxes wherever possible. We have the experience and sophistication to handle all types of settlement transactions from build to suit like-kind exchanges and loan defeasances to multi-state and multi-property acquisitions, financings and dispositions.