We welcome inquiries from lending institutions, commercial landlords and tenants and individuals in need of legal advice or assistance regarding transactions or litigation, taxes, estates, and trusts. We provide attorneys in need of co-counsel legal assistance in our practice areas and serve out-of-state clients seeking Ohio representation or legal opinions.

Our many long-term clients who come to us from throughout northern Ohio and the United States are testimony to the experience, knowledge, and skills of our business law attorneys in the following practice areas:

Recent Transactions in All Areas

Commercial Real Estate

Our real estate attorneys provide skilled services to developers, landlords, retailers and others seeking to purchase or lease commercial properties in northern Ohio and nationwide. We facilitate the acquisition, development, leasing, and disposition of any type of commercial property, including apartment complexes, hotels, office buildings, and shopping centers. Our commercial leasing practice includes representing both landlords and tenants of leased commercial property, with a particular expertise in shopping center leasing, representing regional and national retailers, as well as owners of shopping center properties.

Commercial Lending

Our commercial lending lawyers are equally experienced at representing lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions. Our clients in this area include both financial institutions and business owners. We have considerable experience in structuring, negotiating, and documenting all types of commercial loan transactions.

Business Organization and Transactions

We advise businesses on the pros and cons of different types of business structures such as corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. We also handle many types of business transactions, including the preparation of a wide variety of business related documents, such as formation documents, employment agreements, shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, purchase agreements, redemption agreements, merger and reorganization documents, and liquidation and dissolution documentation.

Taxation

We counsel, assist, and represent individuals, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and nonprofit organizations in a wide range of taxation issues. Our expertise includes matters related to federal, state and local income and other taxes, tax credit financing (including low income housing tax credits, rehabilitation tax credits and new market tax credits), like-kind exchanges, deferred compensation plans, stock option plans, estate and gift tax planning, choice of entity tax planning for the formation of new businesses, and business reorganizations.

Estates and Trusts

We handle estate planning, including drafting wills, drawing up family trusts, assisting with estate and gift tax planning, drafting powers of attorney, living wills, and health care directives. We also provide comprehensive probate, estate, and trust administration services.

Commercial Real Estate and Business Litigation

We represent landlords and tenants, buyers and sellers, developers and lenders, and others in commercial disputes such as evictions, foreclosures, construction disputes, collection matters and general contract disputes.

See examples of recent transactions of the firm. To schedule a consultation with an experienced Ohio business law attorney, contact Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co., LPA, by phone, by U.S. mail, by FAX, or by E-mail through this Web site.