Services
Real Estate
We assist owners, developers, investors, lenders, real estate professionals, design firms, landlords, tenants, financial institutions and syndicators in their real estate needs. Whether it involves a single property or a complex portfolio of properties, our professionals bring decades of experience to guide our real estate clients. We provide guidance on planning, structuring, contract drafting, closings and just about every other real estate-related matter.
Additionally, when problems arise or disputes happen, our real estate litigation team is among the very best at protecting, defending and advocating for our clients. We provide fierce representation, careful attention to detail, and a solution-minded approach when working through real estate litigation matters. We recognize that our clients do better when they are making deals happen, rather than being mired in litigation, and we pride ourselves in finding solutions, even if they are not always visible at first.
Finance
Our finance attorneys focus their practices on the financing needs of businesses. These needs include business loans, real estate loans, stock issuances, and complex equity structures. We draft offering documents for private placements and public offerings and provide guidance on compliance with the laws and regulations surrounding capital raises. We help clients prepare for growth and manage all parts of their financing needs, including fundraising and fund management.
Additionally, we represent the financial institutions that provide the financing. We represent lenders, brokers, funds, and equity providers in structuring their financing documents. We handle the entire process from preparing the documents to closing, as well as any need for enforcement of the documents.
Litigation
Our litigation attorneys are among the best in the business at handling the complexities of legal disputes. We want our clients to feel that they have a true partner looking out for them, no matter how difficult the situation may be. We handle a broad range of litigation matters on a local, regional and national scale. We understand that disputes are a disruption to businesses, and we seek the fastest way to remove obstacles for our clients so they can continue to grow their businesses.
Our attorneys are mindful of the costs of litigation, and they do all that they can to keep those costs to a minimum, while still providing world-class representation. Our goal is to see our clients succeed, and we understand the financial principles needed for success. We frequently advise clients on how to avoid disputes before they happen.
Our attorneys are well regarded among their peers. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and our ability to be great communicators. We have deep experience managing the entire litigation process from end to end, but we also recognize that there is value in finding solutions early for businesses. We do all that we can to resolve matters quickly.
Virtual Chief Legal Officer & Outsourced General Counsel
Raintree offers fractional legal services to companies who are in need of ongoing legal help, but who are not ready to hire a full-time attorney to be on their staff. By using our virtual Chief Legal Officer (vCLO) services, companies can have ongoing legal help on their team for a fraction of the price of a full-time hire. We utilize a flat monthly fee arrangement to allow companies to budget for these legal expenses.
Our vCLO attorneys become familiar with the needs of the companies they work for, and they look for ways to add value and save costs for their clients. One of their primary objectives is to lighten the load of the CEO and the other company officers by overseeing the legal matters of the company. Our attorneys bring deep understanding and extensive experience to the companies they represent, and many of them have prior experience managing companies themselves. Their main objectives are to be a resource to the management team and to help the company succeed.
Our vCLO’s meet regularly with the management team
and perform the following services:
- Contract drafting
- Oversight of entity compliance
- Oversight of employment matters
- Management and negotiation of vendor contracts
- Management of corporate governance matters
- Conducting of board meetings
- Company clean-up matters
- Training of staff on best legal practices
- Litigation management
- General legal advice
Start-up &
New Company Formation
Our attorneys enjoy helping entrepreneurs turn their ideas into thriving businesses. We seek protection of their ideas and advise them on ways to monetize their work for the benefit of their companies. Our attorneys represent new and early-stage companies in their legal needs at every step of the process. No opportunity is too small or too big for our team, as we advise on entity selection, tax structure, partnership and stockholder agreements, LLC operating agreements, consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements and many other legal aspects of an emerging company.
Many of our attorneys are entrepreneurs themselves, and the guidance they provide comes from lessons learned and personal experience, as they seek to add value to our clients. We also recognize that startup capital is valuable, and we seek to offer fee arrangements that are straightforward and reasonable for the growing companies we represent.