CECB Practice Areas

Corporate and General Business

• Business agreements and negotiations
• Corporate and partnership planning and representation
• Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
• Business continuity planning, implementation
• Corporate finance matters
• Business Organization and Planning
• Business dissolutions and liquidations
• Franchise law
• Limited Liability Companies
• Limited Partnerships
• Limited Liability Partnerships
• Limited Liability Limited Partnerships

Tax and Estate Planning

• Federal, state and local income tax planning
• Estate and gift tax planning
• Charitable Tax Planning
• Preparation of wills and trusts
• Wealth Transfer Planning
• Business Succession Planning
• Probate and trust administration
• Representation before IRS, Tax Court Administrative Hearing Commission and state agencies
• Business reorganization planning
• Qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation planning
• Sales and use tax representation
• Tax Litigation

Real Estate

• Environmental law
• Real estate and land development
• Zoning negotiations and representation
• Real estate and loan closings
• Construction lending
• Like-kind exchanges
• Leasing
• Land Development

Labor and Employment

• Employment law and agreements
• Management labor law
• Representation before governmental agencies
• Employment discrimination

Employee Benefits

• Employment benefits and compensation planning
• Pension and profit sharing planning
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)

Banking

• Banking and finance matters
• Bank regulation and compliance

Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution

• Business, construction and securities mediation, arbitration and litigation
• Mechanic's liens
• Foreclosures
• Contractual/Transactional Disputes
• Bankruptcy (Creditors' Remedies)
• Collections
• Non-Competition and Confidentiality
• Copyright, Trademark and Tradename
• Construction and Design
• Securities
• Real Estate
• Probate and Trust Related Disputes

Environmental

• Transactional issues
• Representation before governmental agencies
• Civil and criminal litigation
• Permitting and compliance issues