Practice Areas
Corporate & Finance
Our firm provides practical, strategic legal support tailored to the unique needs of small and mid-sized businesses across a wide range of corporate matters. We assist with the formation of business entities, including partnerships, business corporations, and limited liability companies, with both debt and equity financing.
We advise business entities on corporate governance, contract negotiations (including employment and consulting, marketing and distribution, franchising, equipment leasing, and other contracts), regulatory compliance, and day-to-day legal operations with a focus on clarity, efficiency, and long-term success.
We also handle mergers and acquisitions with the precision and discretion that these transactions demand. Whether you're buying or selling the assets or stock/units of a business entity, or restructuring or spinning off a business, we provide strategic guidance through every phase—due diligence, negotiation, documentation, and closing—ensuring your interests are protected and your goals are achieved.
One of our firm’s attorneys has negotiated and closed 140+ mergers and acquisitions, and the financing therefor, for media broadcast, telecommunications, and other companies across the United States, internal medicine, specialty medical, and veterinary practices across New York, and manufacturing and distribution companies across New England.
With a deep understanding of both legal and business concerns, our team is committed to helping clients grow, adapt, and succeed in a dynamic marketplace.
Real Estate & Title Insurance
Our firm offers comprehensive legal services for residential and commercial property matters. We represent sellers, buyers, landlords, tenants, lenders, and developers in all aspects of real estate transactions, ensuring that each deal is handled with precision and care.
From contract negotiation and title examinations to closings and post-closing matters, we guide clients through the entire process. We also provide title insurance services to address any title issues that may arise to protect your property interests.
Our firm’s attorneys have worked on 1,000+ commercial and residential purchase contracts and agreements, examined 2,000+ commercial and residential titles , prepared 2,000+ title reports/commitments, drafted/reviewed 10,000+ title documents, cleared 2,000+ titles of liens, encumbrances, and defects, drafted and reviewed 10,000+ conveyancing documents for purchase and loan transactions, marked up 2,000+ title insurance reports/commitments at closings, closed 1,500+ title insurance transactions, and closed 1,000+ purchase and loan transactions.
In addition, our team advises on commercial and residential leasing, including drafting and reviewing lease agreements, negotiating terms, and resolving landlord-tenant issues. Whether you’re leasing a storefront, office space, or office building, we help secure fair, enforceable agreements tailored to your goals.
With a deep understanding of local markets and real estate law, we deliver responsive, practical legal support to help you move forward with confidence.
Healthcare Transactional & Regulatory
Healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated fields in the nation with complex and ever changing federal and state laws, regulations, and policies. Our firm provides focused legal counsel to physicians, veterinarians, dentists, physical therapists, practice groups, and other health care professionals navigating the complex regulatory and business landscape of modern medicine. We understand the unique challenges of the health care industry and offer practical, efficient solutions tailored to providers at every stage of their practice.
We assist with the formation of professional service entities, including professional service corporations and professional service limited liability companies, ensuring compliance with applicable state laws. Our team advises on the purchase and/or leasing of medical office buildings, negotiating terms that support long-term operational needs and regulatory compliance.
We also draft and review employment agreements for physicians, veterinarians, dentists, and advanced practice providers, addressing compensation structures, restrictive covenants, and call coverage with clarity and fairness. For practices seeking to expand or restructure, we provide guidance on financing transactions, including secured loans and lines of credit from health care lenders and traditional banks.
Our firm also represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, including the purchase and sale of medical, veterinary, and dental practices to and from other parties, including, as applicable, other practice providers, health care systems, and private equity buyers. We provide strategic, end-to-end support—from due diligence to negotiation, regulatory compliance (including the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and New York corporate practice of medicine laws), and closing—ensuring a smooth transition and the protection of our clients’ interests.
In recent years, in addition to other M&A work, our firm has closed the merger and acquisition of 25+ internal medicine and specialty medical practices, primarily to and from large health systems, from Buffalo to Rochester, and most recently toward Syracuse and beyond.
Whether launching a new practice, expanding operations, or navigating a complex transaction, our team offers trusted, responsive legal guidance to help you thrive in today’s health care environment.