• Negotiated the acquisition of country’s then-largest privately held multi-family portfolio.
• Represented a client against claims by his prior attorney that, in addition to an hourly fee which was fully paid during the course of prior litigation, the attorney was entitled to a bonus in excess of $350,000 based upon the outcome of that litigation. The jury determined at the conclusion of trial that the claim had no merit.
• Defended a manufacturer of illuminated advertising display units placed in large shopping malls against claims by a nationwide shopping center owner that the client had breached the lease whereby by these units had been installed in more than 30 shopping malls throughout the United States. A determination that the lease had been breached and that all of the units should be removed from the shopping centers would have resulted in a loss of more than $15 million to the client. Following a two-week trial, the court determined that there was no basis for the claim of breach of lease and awarded the client its attorney fees and costs – in excess of $350,000 – incurred in defending against the claim.
• Engaged to provide advice regarding transfer of majority interest in closely held business to children of founder. Net value of client’s estate in excess of $15,000,000. Owners of business include client, client’s first wife, client’s second (current) wife, four adult children, two of whom are actively involved in the conduct of the business, and a number of unrelated (non-family) owners.

PARTNERSHIP AND SHAREHOLDER DISPUTES

• Represented a 50% shareholder in a food company in a shareholder dispute, ultimately resolved by a sale of the company for in excess of $60,000,000.
• Counseled and represented the managing partner of a thoroughbred race horse development partnership against claims by the other partners that the partnership had been mismanaged and that the managing partner should pay damages to the partnership. Following a five-day court trial, the judge determined that there was no merit to the claims against the managing partner and awarded him the attorneys’ fees he had in incurred in defending himself against those claims.
• Represented a limited partner against claims that he had overstepped his role in a limited partnership such that he had become personally responsible for the partnership debts. Following a one-week trial the jury determined that the client has no such liability.

CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS

• Represented buyer of a commercial construction company for $25,000,000.
• Steered an Internet video and audio streaming business service in its organization and capitalization, as well as the reverse merger of the company into a public company, which ultimately sold for in excess of $200,000,000.
• Negotiated and documented the sale of all of the stock in a waterworks company to employees of the company.   

• Represented a major malt beverage company in connection with a series of transactions in which it (a) acquired the malt beverage business of another major malt beverage company, (b) both sold to and exchanged certain beer labels and brewery assets with a third major malt beverage company, and (c) obtained financing for the transaction through a credit facility. The aggregate transaction value exceeded $1,000,000,000.
• Advised an Internet database provider in connection with its sale to a major technology consolidator for approximately $80,000,000.
• Represented owners of a construction data aggregation company in a leveraged buyout with a transaction value of $42,000,000.
• Led a foundry company in the purchase and consolidation of five other foundries for an aggregate price of approximately $22,000,000, and represented the owners in a subsequent sale of the consolidated foundry group for approximately $100,000,000.
• Represented an Internet hosting service in its organization and capitalization, as well as the sale of the business in a merger transaction to a public company for $12,000,000.
• Guided a HVAC equipment distributor in a sale of 48% of its business to a manufacturer of such equipment for in excess of $200,000,000.