Law Firm Overview

SCOPE OF LEGAL SERVICES

Lance Davidson's legal counseling and transactional services realize three goals for his clients: contain liability, cut costs and create profits. The scope of his legal services extends beyond the following list:

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

• Acquisitions and Dispositions
• Operating and Financial Leases
• Distribution and Service Agreements
• Credit and Guaranty Agreements
• Promissory Notes and Security Agreements
• Licensing Agreements and Permits
• Personal Property Matters
• Negotiated Instruments and UCC Matters
• Insurance Coverage and Claims
• Releases, Waivers, Indemnity and Forbearance Agreements
• Financing Agreements
• Warranty Matters
• Collections and Settlement Agreements
• Assumption Agreements
• Exclusive Dealings Agreements

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

• Corporation, Partnership, Limited Liability Company Formation and Dissolution
• Business Entity Management
• Employment/Consulting Matters
• Acquisitions and Mergers
• Real Estate Investment Trusts
• Joint Ventures
• Resolutions, Proxies and Securities
• Shareholder and Share Agreements

REAL PROPERTY

• Acquisitions and Dispositions
• Exchanges and Accommodations
• Leasing and Management Matters
• Property Development and Assemblage
• Land Use Planning, Zoning and Construction Matters
• Subordination and Entitlements
• Reciprocal and Servient Easements
• Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions
• Ground Lease Agreements and Matters
• Workout and Financial Transactions
• Due Diligence and Environmental Matters
• Escrow and Title Insurance
• Architect and Construction Agreements

TAXATION MATTERS

• Personal Income Tax
• Corporate, REIT & Partnership Tax

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Nondisclosure, Confidentiality and Noncompetition Agreements
• Data Exchange Agreements
• Proprietary Agreements
• License and Royalty Agreements
• Agency and Publication Matters
• Copyright and Trademark Matters

Lance S. Davidson, Esq.'s practice focuses on business and corporate, commercial and real estate law. His legal successes are testimony to his ability to provide superior and resourceful representation to business organizations, governmental agencies, and individuals.

Specific examples of Mr. Davidson's expertise in handling, structuring or reviewing almost $3 billion of transactions, include a $430 million leveraged buy-out; an $18 million financial lease; a $30 million, 215-room hotel development; rehabilitation of a historic hotel into a retail-office-hotel complex; commercial contracts for software and multimedia firms; national multi-state syndications and numerous sales and financings. He has formed and helped manage numerous corporate, limited liability company and partnership entities. Finally, he has worked on numerous related matters, including property development, ground leases, banking, and tax law.

Mr. Davidson provides sophisticated, thorough results in counseling, transactions and litigation, e.g., acquisitions and sales; business planning, formation, syndication and management; real estate development and operations; commercial, corporate, and financial transactions; tax and regulatory research and employment and litigation management; trust and estate issues; and intellectual property matters.

Lance S. Davidson, besides being an attorney, has been Nationally Certified as a Commercial-Investment Real Estate Specialist (CCIM). He has also served on the economic research staffs at two washington, D.C. think tanks: The Brookings Institution and the Institute for Defense Analyses. Accordingly, he is the rare attorney who, seeking business solutions, can understand the true financial consequences of his advice.

Mr. Davidson earned his A.B. in Economics from Stanford University and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law. He is licensed as an attorney in Arizona, California and Oregon, and as a real estate broker in Arizona and California. Mr. Davidson has published numerous articles in Leading Law and Real Estate Scholarly Journals for e.g., The American Law Institute, New York University; University of California's Hastings College of Law and the Commercial-Investment Real Estate Council. In his capacity as legal counsel with three national investment and development companies, Mr. Davidson was responsible for the firms' transactions, management, and asset development.

Mr. Davidson's mission is simple: to achieve his clients' goals while maximizing their legal position. His long-term relationships with clients attest to his absolute loyalty to them, and their appreciation for his professionalism.

Sample Achievements of Lance S. Davidson, Esq.

LEGAL CLEVERNESS:

• Extricated Client from expensive, 'inextricable' equipment lease at no cost by confronting Lessor with illegal independent contractor status.
• Obtained 300% sales price over Fair Market Value for undeveloped land for client by securing admission from assemblage buyer of deferred cost of improvements.
• Saved client in litigation $240,000 by creating successful legal strategy of mathematical model of Landlord's improper rental accountings strategy.
• Designed & implemented Partnership "buy-in" with complete managing authority, but without any downpayment or majority ownership.
• Saved destitute, suicide-prone woman her home that had already been foreclosed, and got loan restructured with deferred payments and substantial cash into Client's pocket
• Cleared chain of title for junior lienholder with mechanic's lien and secured property after being outbid by third party at sheriff's sale
• Increased real property's value 35% by advising client how to extract admission against interest by ground landlord.
• Organized tailor-made film production company to shield film producer from securities claims by film investors & draft collateral documents to help bring feature film to market

ORGANIZATION, CREATIVITY & FOLLOW-THROUGH:

• Doubled derelict property's value in 3 years by managing redevelopment conversion project to acclaimed historical landmark status with 95% occupancy and office-retail use with hotel overlay.
• Handled multi-faceted sale [28 schedules & 14 collateral documents] at premium price for approx. $2 million multimedia business in SF Bay Area boasting Grammy nominations & Fortune 50 accounts
• Turned around failing real estate investment partnership by tightening operations, increasing net income & disposition of underperforming assets
• Secured below-market office lease for software firm with multiple options [term extension, space enlargement and discounted purchase] for flexibility
• Replaced prior attorney and obtained private sale of trust deed clouded by layers of debtor asset protection given as security for seller financing in business sale
• Coordinated transactions & documentation for real estate acquisitions and dispositions nationwide in private syndications
• Successfully arbitrated, negotiated and leased over 11,000,000 sq. ft. in 18 transactions over a period of eight months
• Structured and negotiated a $6,000,000 HUD development project; City liked deal so much, guaranteed funds greater than request.

WRITING SKILL; PERSUASION:

Wrote three briefs to the United States Supreme Court that obtained successful relief and merited a letter of commendation from NAACP

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Eminent Domain
• Construction Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Trademarks
• Litigation & Appeals
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate Law
• Landlord/Tenant
• Securities Law

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Eminent Domain, Construction Law, Intellectual Property Law, Trademarks, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate Law, Landlord/Tenant, Securities Law