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Law Firm Overview

LARREA & ORTEGA

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

OUR MISSION

Larrea & Ortega commits itself to providing first-rate legal services and the highest degree of professionalism combined with exceptional service at a reasonable cost to the client.  We make it a point to listen and understand the client's desires and devise innovative, cooperative strategies to accomplish those goals.

Larrea & Ortega concentrates its practice in real estate, business, tax and estate planning.  The legal services that we offer in those areas include the following:

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Representing both financial institutions, including foreign financial institutions, and borrowers in a wide variety of commercial and real estate loans (including construction loans, conduit loans, recourse and non-recourse loans, and residential loans).  We understand that the customer of the bank is valuable and strive to not only protect the bank, but to make each transaction as smooth and pleasant as possible for the bank's customers.

CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Structuring legal entities such as general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and domestic and foreign corporations, and the tax implications of such structures.  Assisting in the sale or purchase of businesses or any necessary business contract documents.

DEVELOPERS

Aiding individual developers and investors in their acquisition, development, operation and sales of projects, including assistance in meeting strict environmental regulations; and structuring transactions with tax, asset protection and estate planning goals in mind.

FOREIGN CLIENTS

Assisting foreign clients with their investments in the United States, be it real estate or other investments and the ensuing tax implications and corporate structuring necessary to avoid FIRPTA and estate taxes.

CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPERS

AND HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS

Preparing condominium, timeshare and homeowners' association documents for developers and assisting those associations in their day-to-day issues.

COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Affiliated with Cambridge Title & Closing Services, Inc., title agent for Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, in issuing owner and mortgagee title insurance policies for both commercial and residential transactions.  You may visit our title company's website at www.cambridgetitleservices.com.

LANDLORD AND TENANT

Negotiating all types of leases from shopping centers to Class A office buildings and drafting form leases for building managers to use.

INDIVIDUALS

We help individuals with their estate planning, tax planning and asset protection goals, along with their small businesses, purchases and refinances.

More about our firm experience:

Represented several financial institutions in multimillion-dollar equity loans providing first and secondary financing secured by assets other than real estate, including mezzanine financing.

Represented local, out-of-state and foreign lenders in many multi-million dollar loans secured by commercial real estate such as office buildings, condominium projects, undeveloped land and retail shopping centers.

Represented clients in bankruptcy, contracts and tax matters.

Represented the purchaser of a 122-acre site in Miami-Dade County, Florida from the initial acquisition through the development of the site into an upscale office warehouse park entitled Miami International Business Park, including the negotiation of the development loan, the creation of the maintenance association, and the structuring of the purchase and sale contracts.

Represented the Seller of the largest land sale in the history of Palm Beach County for approximately $160,000,000.

Prepared form agreements for office building and retail projects.

Prepared stock purchase and sale documents for closely held corporations owning real estate in the United States.

Negotiated construction contracts for the construction of multimillion-dollar projects.

Represented several purchasers of restaurants and nightclubs.

Prepared and negotiated complex limited partnership agreements between unrelated partners used for the structuring of real estate transactions.

Represented many foreign clients in their real estate and commercial transactions in the United States.

Prepared estate and tax planning for corporations and individuals.

Prepared many declaration of condominiums and condominium conversions including warehouses, retail, and offices.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Debtor/Creditor
• Business Organizations
• Collections
• Eminent Domain
• Construction Law
• Estate Planning
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Government Contracts
• Trademarks
• Labor Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Trusts
• Wills
• Real Estate Law
• Foreclosure & Alternatives
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Patents
• Securities Law
• Lending & Secured Transactions
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Tax Increment Financing
• Taxation Law
• Mortgages & Foreclosures
• Consumer Bankruptcy
• Creditors' Rights
• Commercial Leasing
• Joint Ventures
• Transactions
• Limited Liability Companies
• Partnerships
• Construction Contracts
• Government Construction Contracts
• Solid Waste
• Housing & Urban Development
• State & Municipal Contracts
• Title Insurance
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Commercial Real Estate
• Condemnation
• Condominiums & Cooperatives
• Conveyancing
• Residential Real Estate
• Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes
• Public and Private Transactions
• Condominium and homeowner's association law
• Last wills and testaments
• Family limited partnerships
• Durable powers of attorney
• Advance medical directives
• Tax planning
• 1031 exchanges

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Lending & Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Joint Ventures, Transactions, Business Organizations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Collections, Eminent Domain, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, Government Construction Contracts, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Title Insurance, Patents, Trademarks, Labor Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate, Securities Law, State, Local & Municipal Law, Tax Increment Financing, Taxation Law