PRACTICE AREAS
At Katz Day, we specialize in Real Estate Transactions, Land Use, Leasing, Entity Formation and Business Planning.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Our Real Estate Transactions Practice Group regularly represents homebuilders, developers, buyers, sellers, equity investors, landlords and tenants in all types of real estate transactions, from negotiating the letter of intent to closing the deal.
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Our clients rely on us as essential partners to buy, sell, lease and finance residential communities, retail centers, office buildings, industrial properties, mixed-use and multi-family projects. We routinely provide more than draft documents; we are seasoned dealmakers who use our significant business negotiation skills and experience as purchasers, investors, and operators to bring to fruition well-planned, strategic and cost-effective deals.
Our services include:
Counseling on deal structure
Negotiating the letter of intent
Purchase and sale agreements
Ground leases
Due diligence review and advice
Negotiating financing
Easements and licenses
Development agreements
Property management agreements
Coordinating closing
Distressed real estate
Community associations
CORPORATE
Our Corporate Practice Group has substantial experience advising clients on basic and complex areas of business law.
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Katz Day's clients include national and regional developers, investors, and operating businesses throughout the Mid-Atlantic and beyond.
We guide our clients through a full range of business needs such as:
Joint ventures
Mergers and acquisitions
Corporate governance
Entity formation and maintenance for corporations, limited companies and partnerships
Executive separation
Capital markets and securities
Financing and capitalization
Succession planning
Shareholder relations
LEASING
Our Commercial Leasing Practice Group regularly represents both landlords and tenants in leasing matters for a variety of shopping centers, office buildings, warehouses, industrial and mixed-use projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. We are skilled at drafting and negotiating leases and subleases, renewing existing leases, and interpreting disputed lease provisions.
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From negotiating the initial letter of intent, to concluding the final lease agreement, we provide personalized representation and advice to facilitate long-term, mutually beneficial relationships between landlord and tenant.
Our services include:
Lease drafting and negotiation
Subleases and assignments
Work agreements
Subordination agreements
Lease enforcement
Renewals and amendments
Lease terminations
Lease work-outs and restructurings
LAND USE
Our Land Use Practice Group is experienced in a wide range of land use matters, frequently representing property owners and developers in the preparation of applications for site plans, variance, re-zoning, subdivision, and other governmental approvals. KatzDay frequently works in conjunction with development professionals such as architects, engineers and land planners. Furthermore, we offer zoning due diligence analysis, evaluation of project feasibility studies, and related representation before local planning boards of adjustment and other governmental authorities.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Businesses, property owners and real estate developers facing legislative and regulatory challenges require sound and strategic advice to ensure that their views are heard in the regulatory agencies, county commissions, municipal governments, and state capitals that govern the jurisdictions where they do business. The attorneys in our Government Relations Practice have the experience, discretion, and reputation to ensure that our clients’ views are given appropriate consideration in relevant public policy debates.
FINANCE
The attorneys in our Real Estate Finance Practice Group have extensive experience representing every type of borrower and lender in all facets of real estate finance at every level of the capital stack. When our clients face difficult issues that have the potential to derail a loan transaction from closing, we understand it is not enough to simply identify issues. We proactively solve challenges by offering our clients pragmatic solutions to their business and legal issues.
Our expertise extends to the following areas of finance:
Acquisition
Construction
Mortgage
Mezzanine
Bridge
Multi-Property