At Rivkin Radler, we bring a depth of knowledge and experience in real estate transactions to our clients. Whether it is the acquisition or sale of apartment and office complexes, manufacturing facilities, shopping centers, or hotels, we keep transactions moving seamlessly and efficiently. Our real estate attorneys are proficient in preparing and negotiating ownership and equity arrangements, such as shareholder, limited liability operating and partnership agreements, as well as real property management agreements. We work closely with attorneys who practice environmental law to help clients avoid problems. We have successfully represented clients who have faced environmental cleanup orders.
Our attorneys also act on behalf of clients selling, purchasing, and leasing property to and from local municipalities. We represent participants in competitive bidding and RFPs as well as municipalities in connection with code amendments and local laws.
The attorneys in Rivkin Radler’s General Liability Practice Group also specialize in the defense of matters filed against schools, institutions and individuals under the Child Victim’s Act in New York and New Jersey. We represent numerous churches and faith-based organizations in a wide array of personal injury and property damage claims, including claims alleging negligent supervision, premises defects, and labor law claims.
In cases involving allegations of personal injury and property damage from premises defects and criminal activity, we are the firm of choice for many commercial and residential property owners and possessors, school districts, and municipalities. We zealously defend premises claims that implicate a broad range of issues, such as wrongful death; entertainment and sports-related injuries; labor law violations; assaults; marine accidents; negligent supervision; false imprisonment; defamation; dram-shop liability; exposure to lead paint, asbestos, mold, and toxic chemicals; and roadway design and maintenance.
As counsel to the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) since its inception, we have represented the utility in its acquisition of LILCO, in litigation related to the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, and in Superstorm Sandy litigation. Many local municipalities, special districts, public utilities, and other governmental bodies, including Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead, turn to Rivkin Radler to help resolve a wide array of matters. We have protected their interests in litigation involving constitutional and federal voting right challenges, condemnation and zoning issues, Section 1983 and other discrimination issues, storm-related events, and general tort claims.
Rivkin Radler has built an impressive reputation, successfully representing owners, general contractors, and subcontractors in construction accident cases involving New York Labor Law Sections 200, 240(1) (the Scaffold Law), and 241(6). Our general liability lawyers understand the intricacies of this complex field of law and the important role that indemnity, hold harmless, insurance procurement, and other risk transfer agreements play in protecting clients from potential liability.
Our attorneys have been at the forefront of representing universities for more than 30 years. Beyond providing advice to general counsel and university risk managers on a full range of issues that routinely confront institutions of higher learning, our lawyers have gained a unique ability to help our clients manage the competing influences that so often impact decisions in this unique setting, whether those issues involve community relations or interaction with local governments.
We have represented colleges and universities in a wide range of matters, including:
- General liability and property-related accidents
- Construction accidents and labor law violations, including review and analysis of university contracts with general contractors, construction managers, and subcontractors
- Athletic department liability
- Toxic tort claims arising from exposure to asbestos, lead, chemical spills, and other hazards
- Enforcement of university rules and prosecution of students for rules infractions
- Intellectual property disputes involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and misappropriation
- Medical malpractice suits against university hospitals and medical staff
- Building architecture and landmark-related issues
- Political interaction with surrounding community
Our transportation attorneys are committed to providing Rivkin Radler’s longstanding tradition of excellent representation of the firm’s clients. We have defended thousands of owners and operators of automobiles, motorcycles and commercial vehicles (including buses, trucks, trailers and ambulances) against personal injury and property damage claims. We have tried every conceivable type of traffic accident case, from simple two-vehicle collisions to complex claims concerning multi-vehicle accidents, road design and wrongful death.
We are dedicated to the most cost-efficient representation of our transportation clients. Our attorneys aggressively defend motor carriers in litigation while staying mindful of our clients’ need for confidential and cost-effective resolution of claims. Our team has won hundreds of cases, through dismissals or defense verdicts, throughout the New York metropolitan area.
Working closely with accident reconstruction and other experts, our team can immediately mobilize around any accident scene to ensure that all potential evidence is safeguarded and preserved, and our clients are protected. For assistance in such a situation, please contact:
Matthew Lampert, Esq., (516) 357-3245
James Finn, Esq., (516) 357-3544
Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers represent clients in the sale and purchase of various businesses, generally serving companies in the middle market. Our clients include manufacturing, service, retail, real estate, telecommunication, generic pharmaceutical companies, and healthcare providers.
Working closely with our clients’ investment bankers and tax and financial advisors, we help develop an acquisition or disposition strategy that maximizes our clients’ economic benefits.
Transactions include tax-free reorganizations, divisive split-ups or spin-offs, recapitalizations, and equity restructurings.
We represent lending institutions and borrowers in secured and unsecured commercial loan transactions, including asset-based lending. Our corporate attorneys handle the documentation, review, and negotiation of loan and ancillary documents.
We have experience with complex transactions, including Industrial Development Agency and other government-assisted loan transactions. In these matters, our corporate attorneys work closely with the lawyers in our Real Estate Practice Group.
We handle loan restructurings and work-outs and draw from various disciplines within the firm to assist lenders in dealing with troubled borrowers. In general, the teams include lawyers experienced in bankruptcy matters and corporate, real estate, and finance transactions, who work together to help assure that our clients receive the maximum recovery from borrowers in distress. Their measures typically include obtaining additional collateral and other security, often in the form of third-party guarantees, to support the repayment obligations on an outstanding loan. Where appropriate, the team draws on the resources of our commercial litigators to buttress and advance our clients’ positions.
We advise issuers, selling security holders, and purchasers in private equity financings. Our experience extends to all types and combinations of debt and equity instruments.
For those companies seeking to raise capital through private debt or equity financings, our corporate attorneys draft, review, and negotiate appropriate agreements and private placement memoranda, helping to ensure compliance with applicable statutes and regulations.
We also represent companies and their holders of equity securities in sell-side private equity transactions.
