Practice Areas

Real Estate, Development & Construction

Busch Slipakoff assists clients in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including purchase and sale agreement negotiation and documentation, lease negotiation and documentation, document preparation, survey and title review and analysis, title insurance, closings and post-closing matters. Our real estate attorneys represent a broad array of companies that own or lease real estate assets to support their core businesses. The team includes lawyers experienced in representing clients in the ownership, operation and finance of real estate assets and related facilities including document preparation, title review and analysis, title insurance, closings and post-closing matters.

We represent clients in all types of development and construction of commercial, residential, industrial and retail projects throughout the southeast. We provide legal representation in all phases of development including financing, construction contracting and litigation, leasing matters, zoning and permitting. The group has practitioners with significant experience in construction defect litigation, including the representation of general contractors in litigation with bonding companies and insurers with respect to such claims. We also have significant experience in prosecuting and defending against lien claims and appealing real estate tax assessments.

The group also has experience in a broad range of lending and financing transactions representing banks and other financial institutions in debt financing transactions. We are regularly engaged by developers, commercial banks and other lenders, real estate agents, and mortgage companies in a variety of residential and commercial lending transactions. We also have practitioners experienced in advising clients such as commercial banks and other lenders regarding the exercise of their remedies upon default, including foreclosure. The group’s attorneys have significant experience assisting secured lenders in obtaining adequate protection and otherwise exercising their remedies when borrowers seek protection in bankruptcy court.