Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, & Financing
Riess LeMieux has extensive experience with advising and handling complex commercial transactions and legal issues arising out of buying, selling, developing, leasing, and investing in commercial real estate assets. Our work involves leases and purchase agreements for complex, multi-million-dollar real estate transactions. Riess LeMieux represents borrowers and lenders in financing matters in accordance with complex state and federal law. Our attorneys have experience in lending and secured transactions, loan workouts, mortgages and foreclosures, public finance, state and municipal bonds and financing, venture capital, and international banking matters.
Our attorneys have experience in handling the following matters:
- Handling every aspect of a purchase agreement from preliminary negotiations through closing
- Negotiating and resolving issues involving neighborhood groups
- Drafting leases that foster cooperation and mutual interest from the start
- Resolving financing matters, including mortgage and non-traditional finance sources
- Proactively developing comprehensive and enforceable contracts
- Dealing effectively with all the “what ifs,” including debt relief measures
- Addressing all title insurance matters associated with a sale
Recent News
Riess LeMieux Receives National Recognition in Construction Industry
Riess LeMieux is pleased to announce that Construction Executive Magazine, one of the most respected publications in the construction industry, has selected the firm among The Top 50 Construction Law Firms in the nation. Competing with many older and larger firms from across the country, Riess LeMieux was ranked 40th after only a year of practice, making it the newest law firm in the inaugural report.
Riess LeMieux Welcomes Margaret Davis to the Firm
Riess LeMieux is pleased to welcome Margaret N. Davis to the firm. A graduate of Tulane University Law School, her experience includes securities, maritime, and commercial litigation. During law school, Margaret served as Managing Editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and was a semifinalist on the Admiralty Moot Court team. She also served as a judicial intern at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Margaret is also a legal writing instructor in business law at Tulane’s Freeman School of Business.
