Our Services
We offer an extended range of legal services as well as practical business advice. We have an excellent reputation of providing business counseling, structuring, coordinating and analytical skills that transcend traditional real estate practices. Our clients can depend on our services for their day-to-day business needs, as well as their sophisticated and major transactions. We work attentively to understand your business culture and integrate our expertise accordingly. Every contract, simple or complex, is important to the parties involved. Kipke & Rose works diligently to secure our clients' best interests in the successful completion of every transaction.
Real Estate
The real estate market is one of the most volatile sectors of the economy,
and its inevitable cycles mean that successful transactions depend on proper
preparation for opportunities and challenges. We give clients the guidance
they need to succeed in a competitive and oftentimes risky business.
Our services include:
- Purchase and sale agreements and due diligence on title
- Tax-deferred exchanges of real property
- Negotiation and preparation of leases and contracts of sale
- Construction and permanent financing matters
- Preparation and review of construction contracts
- Property subdivision and development
- Professional service agreements with architects, engineers and other professionals involved in real estate projects
- Verifying and obtaining the required zoning, permits, approvals and other land use issues
- Representation of borrowers and lenders in negotiating and closing real estate loans, as well as workouts and foreclosures when needed
- Construction contracts, payment and performance bonds, mechanics' and materialmen's liens, and construction disputes
- Negotiating and preparing leases for office buildings, warehouses, industrial facilities, shopping centers and other commercial properties
- Homeowner Associations
Business, Commercial, and Corporate Law
Kipke & Rose regularly counsels clients on issues relating to business formation and capitalization. The firm serves as outside general counsel to small-to-midsized clients with a need for corporate legal advice as they establish the infrastructure for future business operations and run day to day operations.
The firm has particular expertise in the formation of new business entities, including the identification of corporate structure appropriate for a client's plans and circumstances, the creation of corporate documentation, and the capitalization of early business operations.
The firm counsels both organizations and individuals with respect to issues associated with establishing a corporate entity, corporate governance and business operations. Clients call on us for help with issues relating to:
- Articles of incorporation
- Articles of organization
- By-laws and operating agreements
- Shareholder agreements
- First options to purchase
- Minutes and resolutions
- Stock purchase and sale agreements
- Fiduciary duties and corporate management
Wills & Estates
Although it can be unpleasant to consider the need for will and estate planning, it is very important for the future of your family. Kipke & Rose will be happy to explain and assist you in the preparation of:
- Enduring powers of attorney
- Wills
- Living wills for medical treatment
- Establishment of trusts and trust agreements
- Guardianship
- Assisting executors and trustees with probate and administration of estates and trusts, and with the resolution of disputes involving trusts, wills and estates
Every transaction, simple or complex, is important to the parties involved. Kipke & Rose attorneys work to secure our clients' best interests in the successful completion of every deal.