BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
Lippitt O’Keefe’s team commands a keen understanding of what is required to negotiate and coordinate complex business transactions. Our highly experienced business attorneys have been involved in thousands of transactions across a broad spectrum of industries. We are respected legal counselors to private and publicly held corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships seeking expert leadership in business transactions, deal structuring and contract negotiations. Over the course of their careers, the professionals in our business law department have been involved in transactions with a cumulative value exceeding $1 billion.
Services include:
• Banking
• Commercial Financing
• Commercial Transactions
• Construction Law
• Corporate Law and Compliance
• E-Commerce
• Entertainment Law
• Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, and Syndications
• Local, State, Federal, and International Business Organization and Planning
• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures
• Non-Disclosure and Non-Compete Agreements
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Securities Law
• Venture Capital
• Workouts and Reorganizations
REAL ESTATE LAW
Lippitt O’Keefe, PLLC offers clients a team-oriented approach to real estate law, encompassing a full range of legal services related to real property acquisition, financing, development, management and disposition. Experienced in all aspects of the real estate cycle, our knowledgeable, expert attorneys provide solutions designed to bring enhanced value to our clients’ real estate transactions, from large commercial developments to single-family home purchases.
Services include:
• Acquisition, Development and Disposition
• Commercial Real Estate Investment and Development
• Environmental Law
• Financing
• Leasing
• Natural Resources
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Drawing on our vast, diverse collective experience in this complex area, Lippitt O’Keefe, PLLC is adept at handling all matters regarding employment law. Our attorneys provide expedient counsel and practical analyses in dispute cases concerning employment and wrongful discharge disputes, compensation and contract matters and harassment claims.
Services include:
• Compensation and Contract Matters
• Employee Benefits
• Employment and Wrongful Discharge Disputes
• Discrimination Claims
• Pensions and Profit-sharing Plans
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
In the digital age we live in, a company’s intellectual property is increasingly among its most valuable assets. Lippitt O’Keefes intellectual property services include the preparation of an all-encompassing intellectual property strategy for every company we serve. Our philosophy is based on eliminating every possible dispute before it even arises. In the event that one does, our team is fully prepared to negotiate, mediate or litigate to preserve our clients’ intellectual property rights.
Services include:
• Business Technology Contracts and Licensing
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Copyright Law
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Licensing Agreements
• Negotiation of Purchases and Assignments of Intellectual Property
• Patent Law
• Trade Secret Consulting
• Trademark Law
ESTATE PLANNING
We offer expert legal counsel in the complex matters of complete estate planning, asset protection and income investment consultation. Our attorneys understand the nuances of properly investing assets and wealth of every kind and character, and planning for the final disposition of property.
Services include:
• Business Succession and Family Entity Formation
• Estate, Financial and Asset Protection and Planning
• Wealth Preservation and Investment Strategies
• Will Contests and Adversary Proceedings
• Trust Disputes and Administration
• Probate and Estate Litigation
CANNABIS LAW
Cannabis law encompasses far more than just the plant. There are myriad issues with which entrepreneurs and businesses must grapple in order to enter the burgeoning Michigan adult-use cannabis market. Whether as a retailer, grower, processor, laboratory, secure transporter, safety compliance facility, lender, or investor, we at Lippitt O’Keefe, PLLC possess a deep understanding of the areas of law necessary to navigate the nascent and ever-changing landscape of Michigan’s cannabis laws.
Services include:
• State Regulatory Licensing
• Commercial Real Estate Investment and Development
• Commercial Financing
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Copyright Law
• Corporate Law and Compliance
• Entity Formation and Business Planning
• Leasing
• Licensing Agreements
• Securities Laws
• Taxation
• Trademark Law