The property management company you hire will play a key role in the success of
your property investment venture.
Not exact matches
While the project is massive, it's just one of the Aquilinis» many high - profile, highly profitable
ventures: Through Aquilini
Investment Group, now more than 50 years old, the family controls one of British Columbia's biggest development conglomerates, as well as its NHL team, the Rogers Arena, blueberry and cranberry farms, restaurants and some $ 80 - million worth of vineyard
properties in Washington state.
The National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts («NAREIT») defines funds from operations («NAREIT FFO») as net income / (loss) attributable to common shareholders computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States («GAAP»), excluding gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets and change in control of interests, plus (i) depreciation and amortization of operating
properties and (ii) impairment of depreciable real estate and in substance real estate equity
investments and (iii) after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint
ventures calculated to reflect NAREIT FFO on the same basis.
Finally, have your attorney and accountant provide letters and documents about the
venture, such as: articles of incorporation,
investment letters, opening balance sheet and income statements (when applicable), documentation on patents pending and other intellectual
property and trademarks / copyrights in place or in process, and an initial capitalization sheet outlining the founding team's stakes in the
venture.
Venture capital
investments and the acquisition of office
properties are also on the table.
Harvest Properties is a vertically - integrated, full - service commercial real estate
investment firm that specializes in the acquisition, reposition, entitlement, development, management and financing of commercial
property, primarily through joint -
venture investments in Northern California.
Negotiated a platform joint
venture agreement with Morgan Stanley Real Estate
Investment Funds on behalf of co - investor / managers for management, development and investment in retail property located in the People's Republic of China and India (venture size of $ 30
Investment Funds on behalf of co - investor / managers for management, development and
investment in retail property located in the People's Republic of China and India (venture size of $ 30
investment in retail
property located in the People's Republic of China and India (
venture size of $ 300 million)
over-promising and under - delivering is how shrewd
venture investors take control of your company and intellectual
property and realize a return on
investment using their own strategies not yours.
Filing for intellectual
property protection for a
venture Capital business goes beyond protecting your company's logo and other documents, but also protecting your
investments, patents and of course the name of your company.
The first
venture I started was a
property investment and brokerage company called Quadrant 3 Properties, an outfit that provided sale / purchase and rental services to the working class mostly in Accra.
Nash, founder of academy trust Future, will have a new responsibility for capital
investment — covering school maintenance, land and playing fields — suggesting the former
venture capitalist will be tasked with overseeing the
property firm's performance from Whitehall.
If you're opting out of the rental
property investment business and putting your money in another
venture, then you'll owe the capital gains taxes on the profit.
Award Winning Real Estate Investor; Owner & Managing Director, Five Properties Inc.; Managing Director,
Venture Property Investments
«While most homeowners believe the tax benefits alone make an income
property a worthwhile
investment, it's critical to understand how it fits into your overall financial plan, and be mindful of all of the tax implications of going this route so you can make the most of the
venture.»
PURE MULTI-FAMILY REIT LP, $ 9.16, symbol RUF.UN on TSX
Venture Exchange, is a Vancouver - based real estate
investment trust that owns multi-family
properties in seven different U.S. states, including Texas and Arizona.
The good news is that the funds needed to
venture in real estate can be acquired in the form of
investment property loans.
After successfully funding to the Business class in the form of Business Loans for new & existing
ventures, loan against
property & capital
investment the Bank has made an aggressive foray into funding to the Salaried.
If you are planning to buy the
property as an
investment venture, make sure that you have researched the neighborhood promptly.
Fourth, some alternative
investments can't be quickly sold, including rental
properties, hedge funds and
venture capital funds.
But the list might include gold, silver, stocks of mining companies that focus on these two metals, hedge funds, mutual funds that endeavor to act like hedge funds, timber, farmland, private equity funds that buy privately held companies, residential and commercial rental
properties, real estate
investment trusts, commodity funds that buy everything from agriculture to energy futures contracts, stocks of energy and natural - resource companies,
venture capital funds that invest in startup companies, and even bitcoin.
Brand, Business Model Canvas, Business Models, Due Diligence, Early Stage Startups, Economic Moat, Innovation, Intangibles, Intellectual
Property,
Investment Analysis, Margin of Safety, Persuasion, Strategy,
Venture Capital
Universe Holdings, a privately held multifamily
investment firm, along with joint
venture partner Hanover Financial, and with preferred equity from Essex
Property Trust, has acquired a 400 - unit, institutional quality apartment community in Ventura, CA for USD100 million.»
For example, better returns may be available for people by paying down high interest debt, by investing in leverages
investment property or allocating more of their funds to supporting their small business
ventures.
Up to 15 % of the portfolio may be invested in development projects, and vacant
property purchases are also possible — I suspect joint
venture (JV)
investments are more likely at this point.
For example, management continues to find attractive
investment opportunities, not just in new
properties that offer attractive cash yields, but also by working with numerous partners via joint
ventures to remodel its existing assets and construct brand new buildings from the ground up.
Minor Hotel Group has invested approximately US$ 101 million to acquire 49 per cent of a hotel and mixed - use
property project in Maputo in a joint
venture with Rani
Investment.
The resort, a joint
venture between Hotel Properties, a major international
property group, and ASB Development, Dubai's leading
investment group, marks the much - anticipated entry of Four Seasons into Vietnam, one of the world's fastest growing tourist destinations.
Hersha Hospitality Management (HHM), a leading hotel management company that operates approximately 70 premium limited - service, upscale, upper - upscale and luxury lifestyle hotels and asset manages an additional 19 hotels, today announced that it will add four new
properties to its management portfolio in the first 45 days of 2010, including three hotels owned by third parties and one joint -
venture investment.
We help companies,
investment banks and
venture capitalists achieve their business goals and protect their intellectual
property rights — both externally and internally — by conducting landscape analyses of competitors» patents, as well as clearance studies and patent portfolio audits.
Kristin also counsels companies,
venture capitalists, angel investors, and individual investors by helping them evaluate the viability of patent portfolio assets and properly understand the strengths and weaknesses of the intellectual
property assets which enables them to make critical
investment decisions.
Norburg & Scherp has extensive experience of disputes in a number of different industries and fields, including mergers & acquisitions, joint
ventures, construction, insurance, foreign
investments, mining, energy, manufacturing, company law, renting law, IT and telecom, intellectual
property, marketing and licensing.
Experience in the construction, financial (in particular securitization), industrial
property, competition, joint
venture and
investments sectors.
A total of 26 lawyers are ranked in the following practice areas for Massachusetts: Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankrupcty / Restructuring, Corporate / M & A, Environment, Health Care, Hedge & Mutual Funds, Intellectual
Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment.
The review, which began in July, sees the insurer combine its advisers into one single panel, as opposed to the separate rosters it had previously used for
property,
investment management,
ventures,
The loan is the third financing deal Hermes
Investment Management has provided to the joint
venture of Thor Equities and Chenavari
Investment Managers following the funding of two central London
properties — 145 Oxford Street and Dover Street — last year.
In addition, the firm itself was ranked in the Corporate / M & A, Environment, Healthcare, Insurance, Intellectual
Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment, Technology and International Arbitration practice categories.
The lawyers were ranked in the following practice categories: Antitrust, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Corporate / M & A, Environment, Healthcare, Hedge and Mutual Funds, Intellectual
Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White - Collar Crime and Government Investigations, Private Equity: Buyouts, and Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment.
Advising on the establishment of a A$ 600 million real estate joint
venture investment trust with Heitman LLC (on behalf of a large Korean pension scheme) with the acquisition of
properties at Walker Street Sydney and St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Foley Hoag was ranked in 10 practice categories: Antitrust, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Corporate / M & A, Environment, Healthcare, Hedge and Mutual Funds, Intellectual
Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment, and Technology.
Legal services provided by us include determining the appropriate business entity, jurisdiction and taxation status, structuring and formation of new entities, foreign
investments, foreign collaborations, joint
ventures, and technology absorption, setting up of branch offices, liaison offices or project offices, tax planning, developing and documenting shareholder agreements, creating executive employment agreements that attract and retain key leadership, identifying and securing intellectual
property via trademarks, patents and copyright protection, creating business financing strategies, advising clients for ongoing business needs and transactions, distributorships, sales agreements, stockholders» buy - sell agreements, franchise agreements, intellectual
property and license agreements, outsourcing agreements, licensing agreements and technology transfers, including hardware, software and other services and products, trade practices, advertising and promotions.
Phil Anker: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (New York) Paul Architzel: Capital Markets: Derivatives (Nationwide); Capital Markets: Derivatives: Mainly Regulatory (Nationwide) Michael Bain: Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment (Massachusetts); Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) Keith Barnett: Real Estate (Massachusetts) Charlene Barshefsky: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide) Michael Bevilacqua: Intellectual
Property: Licensing (Massachusetts); Technology (Massachusetts) Molly Boast: Antitrust (New York) Mark Borden: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts); Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment (Massachusetts) Jay Bothwick: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts) Sean Boulger: Real Estate (Massachusetts) Peter Buckland:
Venture Capital (California) Robert Burke: Tax (Massachusetts) A. William Caporizzo: Tax (Massachusetts) Patrick Carome: Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia) James H. Carter: International Arbitration (Nationwide); International Arbitration: Arbitrators (Nationwide) David Cavanaugh: Intellectual
Property (District of Columbia) Steven F. Cherry: Antitrust (District of Columbia); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide) Jason Chipman: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide) Jamie Class: Banking & Finance (Massachusetts) Meredith B. Cross: Securities: Regulation: Advisory (Nationwide) Chris Davies: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) Peter Dichiara: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts) Stephanie Evans: Corporate / M & A & Private Equity (District of Columbia) Benjamin Fernandez: Intellectual
Property (Colorado) Robert M. Finkel: Outsourcing (Nationwide); Technology & Outsourcing (New York) Mark Ford: Antitrust (Massachusetts) D. Reed Freeman: Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide) Craig Goldblatt: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (District of Columbia) Andrew Goldman: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (New York) Jamie Gorelick: Government: Government Relations (Nationwide) Leon Greenfield: Antitrust (District of Columbia) Robert Gunther: Intellectual
Property: Patent (New York) Franca Harris Gutierrez: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)(Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)(Nationwide) Jay Holtmeier: FCPA (Nationwide); Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) Fraser Hunter: Litigation: Securities (New York) Paul Jakubowski: Real Estate (Massachusetts) Robert Keefe: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts) Rachael Kent: International Arbitration (Nationwide) Robert Kirsch: Environment (Massachusetts) Jason Kropp: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts); Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment (Massachusetts) Natalie Hanlon Leh: Intellectual
Property (Colorado) Randall Lee: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California) William Lee: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts); Life Sciences: IP / Patent Litigation (Nationwide); International Trade: Intellectual
Property (Section 337)(Nationwide); Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide) Yoon - Young Lee: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)(Nationwide) Hal Leibowitz: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts) Ron Machen: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia) Lori Martin: Litigation: Securities (New York); Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) William McLucas: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) Ronald Meltzer: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide) Elizabeth Mitchell: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Enforcement)(Nationwide) Joseph Mueller: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts) Thomas Mueller: Antitrust (District of Columbia); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide) Bruce Newman: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)(Nationwide) Stephanie Nicolas: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)(Nationwide) Robert Novick: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide) Amy Null: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts) David Ogden: Litigation: General Commercial (District of Columbia) William O'Reilly Jr.: Real Estate (Massachusetts) Andre Owens: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)(Nationwide) Kimberly Parker: FCPA (Nationwide) William Paine: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts) John Pierce: International Arbitration (Nationwide) Lisa Pirozzolo: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts) Benjamin Powell: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide) Andrea Robinson: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts) Julie Hogan Rodgers: Tax (Massachusetts) Jonathan Rosenfeld: Labor & Employment (Massachusetts) David Ross: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide) Anjan Sahni: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) Ken Salazar: Natural Resources & Environment (Colorado) Matthew Schnall: Tax (Massachusetts) Hartmut Schneider: Antitrust (District of Columbia) Mark Selwyn: Intellectual
Property: Patent (California) Howard Shapiro: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia) John Sigel: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (Massachusetts); Banking & Finance (Massachusetts) Steven Singer: Life Sciences: Corporate / Commercial (Nationwide) Erin Sloane: FCPA (Nationwide); Litigation: White Collar Crime & Investigations (New York) Andrew Shipley: Government: Government Contracts (Nationwide) Andrew Spielman: Natural Resources & Environment (Colorado) Danielle Spinelli: Appellate Law (Nationwide); Native American Law (Nationwide) Wayne Stoner: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts) Tim Syrett: Antitrust (Massachusetts) Heather Tewksbury: Antitrust (California); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide) Keith Trammell: Corporate / M & A (Colorado) Naboth van den Broek: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide) John Walsh: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Colorado) Seth Waxman: Appellate Law (Nationwide); Native American Law (Nationwide) Harry Weiss: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) David Westenberg: Corporate / M & A: Capital Markets (Massachusetts) Kimberly Wethly: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts) Amy Wigmore: Intellectual
Property: Litigation (District of Columbia) Roger Witten: FCPA (Nationwide) Paul Wolfson: Appellate Law (Nationwide) Jonathan Yarowsky: Government: Government Relations (Nationwide) Heather Zachary: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia); Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
Massachusetts Antitrust Banking & Finance Bankruptcy / Restructuring Corporate / M & A Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Intellectual
Property Litigation: General Commercial Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment Real Estate Tax Technology
Lawyer: Practice Area (Region) Phil Anker: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (New York) Michael Bain: Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment (Massachusetts); Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide) Keith Barnett: Real Estate (Massachusetts) Charlene Barshefsky: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide) Dan Berkovitz: Capital Markets: Derivatives (Nationwide) Michael Bevilacqua: Intellectual
Property: Licensing (Massachusetts); Technology (Massachusetts) Molly Boast: Antitrust (New York) Mark Borden: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts); Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment (Massachusetts) Jay Bothwick: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts) Sean Boulger: Real Estate (Massachusetts) Robert Burke: Tax (Massachusetts) A. William Caporizzo: Tax (Massachusetts) Patrick Carome: Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia) James H. Carter: International Arbitration (Nationwide); International Arbitration: Arbitrators (Nationwide) Steven F. Cherry: Antitrust (District of Columbia); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide) Jamie Class: Banking & Finance (Massachusetts) Meredith B. Cross: Securities: Regulation: Advisory (Nationwide) Christopher Davies: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) Douglas Davison: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) Peter Dichiara: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts) Stephanie Evans: Corporate / M & A & Private Equity (District of Columbia) Benjamin Fernandez: Intellectual
Property (Colorado) Robert M. Finkel: Outsourcing (Nationwide); Technology & Outsourcing (New York) Mark Ford: Antitrust (Massachusetts) D. Reed Freeman: Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide) Craig Goldblatt: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (District of Columbia) Andrew Goldman: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (New York) Jamie Gorelick: Government: Government Relations (Nationwide) Leon Greenfield: Antitrust (District of Columbia) Robert Gunther: Intellectual
Property: Patent (New York) Natalie Hanlon Leh: Intellectual
Property (Colorado) Franca Harris Gutierrez: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)(Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)(Nationwide) Jay Holtmeier: FCPA (Nationwide); Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) Fraser Hunter: Litigation: Securities (New York) Paul Jakubowski: Real Estate (Massachusetts) Boyd Johnson: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) Robert Keefe: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts) Rachael Kent: International Arbitration (Nationwide) Robert Kirsch: Environment (Massachusetts) Jason Kropp: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts) William Lee: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts); Life Sciences: IP / Patent Litigation (Nationwide); International Trade: Intellectual
Property (Section 337)(Nationwide); Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide) Yoon - Young Lee: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)(Nationwide) Hal Leibowitz: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts) James Lowe: Antitrust (District of Columbia) Lori Martin: Litigation: Securities (New York); Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) William McLucas: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) Ronald Meltzer: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide) Thomas Mueller: Antitrust (District of Columbia); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide) Bruce Newman: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)(Nationwide) Stephanie Nicolas: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)(Nationwide) Robert Novick: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide) Amy Null: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts) David Ogden: Litigation: General Commercial (District of Columbia) William O'Reilly Jr.: Real Estate (Massachusetts) Andre Owens: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)(Nationwide) William Paine: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts) Kimberly Parker: FCPA (Nationwide) John Pierce: International Arbitration (Nationwide) Lisa Pirozzolo: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts) Benjamin Powell: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide) Andrea Robinson: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts) Julie Hogan Rodgers: Tax (Massachusetts) Jonathan Rosenfeld: Labor & Employment (Massachusetts) Anjan Sahni: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) Ken Salazar: Natural Resources & Environment (Colorado) Matthew Schnall: Tax (Massachusetts) Mark Selwyn: Intellectual
Property: Patent (California) Howard Shapiro: Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia) John Sigel: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (Massachusetts); Banking & Finance (Massachusetts) Steven Singer: Life Sciences: Corporate / Commercial (Nationwide) Erin Sloane: FCPA (Nationwide); Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) Andrew Spielman: Natural Resources & Environment (Colorado) Danielle Spinelli: Appellate Law (Nationwide); Native American Law (Nationwide) Wayne Stoner: Intellectual
Property (Massachusetts) Tim Syrett: Antitrust (Massachusetts) Heather Tewksbury: Antitrust (California); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide) Naboth van den Broek: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide) Seth Waxman: Appellate Law (Nationwide); Native American Law (Nationwide) Harry Weiss: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) David Westenberg: Corporate / M & A: Capital Markets (Massachusetts) Kimberly Wethly: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts) Amy Wigmore: Intellectual
Property: Litigation (District of Columbia) Roger Witten: FCPA (Nationwide) Jonathan Wolfman: Corporate / M & A (Massachusetts) Paul Wolfson: Appellate Law (Nationwide) Heather Zachary: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia); Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide) Practice areas ranked in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA: Nationwide Antitrust Antitrust: Cartel Appellate Law Capital Markets: Derivatives Corporate Crime & Investigations FCPA Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations) Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement) Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance & Litigation) Government: Government Relations Intellectual
Property International Arbitration International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy International Trade: CFIUS Experts International Trade: Intellectual
Property (Section 337) Life Sciences Native American Law Privacy & Data Security Securities: Litigation Securities: Regulation Startups & Emerging Companies California Intellectual
Property Corporate / M & A:
Venture Capital Colorado Intellectual
Property District of Columbia Antitrust Bankruptcy / Restructuring Corporate / M & A & Private Equity Intellectual
Property: Litigation Intellectual
Property: Patent Prosecution Litigation: General Commercial Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations Media & Entertainment Massachusetts Antitrust Banking & Finance Bankruptcy / Restructuring Corporate / M & A Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Intellectual
Property Litigation: General Commercial Private Equity:
Venture Capital
Investment Real Estate Tax Technology New York Bankruptcy / Restructuring Intellectual
Property: Patent Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded Litigation: Securities Litigation: White - Collar Crime & Government Investigations
The date of separation may also be of interest to an unmarried («common law») couple if the couple is asserting a joint
venture / constructive trust (such as where an unmarried couple invested in
property together during the relationship and share that
investment upon separation).
Mr. Bennett assists clients with development and structuring of upstream and midstream
investments and joint
ventures, including in respect of project development agreements, joint development agreements, participation agreements, farmouts, production sharing arrangement and acquisitions of interests in oil and gas and midstream
properties and LNG, pipeline and other energy projects.
Recent transactions have ranged from small premises leases to
investments in trophy assets and joint
ventures owning
properties worth more than $ 2 billion.
Seh Ping also regularly advises start - ups on financing,
investments, joint
ventures, general employment law, and commercialisation of intellectual
property rights in the Asia Pacific region (including licensing, franchising and technology transfer).
Ms. Gardner also regularly advises clients with respect to various commercial transactions involving intellectual
property, including acquisitions, licenses, development agreements, and
venture capital
investments.
Represented a real estate
investment company in connection with its joint
venture related to the ownership and refinancing of a Manhattan office tower; advised client on complex transfer tax issues idiosyncratic to New York City commercial real estate transfers and the formation of a REIT for purposes of acquiring the
property.
The Commission found that the joint
venture investors intended to pay their
investment amounts, and then let the sisters develop the
property without input from the investors.