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Banking and Financial (open/close)
Firm attorneys act on a regular basis as both lender's and borrower's counsel, giving our lawyers a unique understanding of the business and regulatory needs of both parties in a financing transaction. Our depth of experience with lending institutions’ regulations, lending practices and required documentation permits us to respond quickly and effectively.
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Construction and Design (open/close)
The Construction Law Team serves construction and real estate development businesses in the Asheville area and throughout Western North Carolina in simple to complex matters, providing thoughtful and practical advice with respect to a wide range of construction, design, and development related matters.
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Health Care and Medical (open/close)
Our attorneys advise a wide range of healthcare organizations, hospitals and clinical professionals in regulatory and corporate matters, contract and commercial litigation, labor and employment, real estate, compliance, managed care, credentialing, reimbursement and taxation issues. We can serve as general and special counsel to healthcare institutions, professionals, not-for-profit agencies and for-profit companies serving the healthcare industry. Our attorneys can provide healthcare clients with transactional, tax and corporate advice, as well as representation in litigation in administrative, state and federal trial and appeals courts.
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Hospitality Services (open/close)
Our firm has the in-depth knowledge and ability to provide practical advice to support business objectives in the hospitality and tourism industry. Owners, developers, lenders, franchisees and others require skilled, innovative and comprehensive legal services dealing with all phases of the hospitality business: construction and development, ongoing general counsel, financing, acquisitions and dispositions, restructuring and leasing. Firm attorneys also offer practical advice in many areas, such as contract negotiations, management contracts, hotel development and financing, restaurant leases and restaurant management agreements, work-outs and restructuring, and labor and employment issues.
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Manufacturing (open/close)
The vitality of manufacturing companies continues to be challenged by marketplace demands for product innovation, as well as regulation, competition, economic restraints and employee issues. Our firm attorneys understand the pressures facing our manufacturing industry clients and we strive to help our clients develop industry specific solutions. Our attorneys are experts in a wide range of legal counsel areas to the manufacturing industry, including product liability law, business litigation, personal injury litigation, employment law, taxation, real estate development and government relations.
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Media and Entertainment (open/close)
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Non-Profit and Religious (open/close)
The firm recognizes the importance of nonprofit organizations to our local and statewide communities. Our firm’s attorneys have a wealth of experience when it comes to handling the legal issues of nonprofit organizations -- lending expertise to individuals, institutions, families and businesses seeking to accomplish standard nonprofit objectives. In addition to a broad range of traditional corporate legal services, we also provide tax expertise to tax-exempt organizations. Our clients include numerous types of nonprofit corporations, private foundations, hospitals and health organizations, public charities and churches.
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Real Estate Development and Investment (open/close)
Our Development Legal Team provides a full range of services to residential, commercial, mixed use condominium, and urban village development clients. Our attorneys have a wealth of knowledge and experience in North Carolina condominium law, and in applicable municipal and county development codes and ordinances. We understand that developers face unique challenges in Asheville, Buncombe County and Western North Carolina due to the diverse nature of our community. These challenges begin with project design, technical review and the planning process, where quality representation before the City or County, and adequate consideration of local competing interests, is crucial.
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Real Estate Syndication and Private Placement Ventures (open/close)
McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A. has extensive experience in providing legal counsel, services and advice to real property developers and investors in the area of real estate syndication and private placement structures for the raising of capital for real estate ventures, providing services in the areas of entity formation, traditional real estate services and real property development, as well as providing documentation in the areas of private placement/SEC Regulation D compliance. The firm also has experience in the area of SEC Rule 506 private placements in ventures outside of real estate development.
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Technology (open/close)
Firm attorneys have drafted, negotiated and reviewed for clients a wide array of commercial agreements in the information technology industry, including agreements relating to computer consulting; software and systems (including acquisition, development, valuation, testing, licensing, distribution and marketing and maintenance); source code; outsourcing and disaster recovery; and data processing. In addition, the firm provides traditional legal services to its technology clients, including entity formation and representation, and litigation services uniquely tailored to the specific client. Our litigation attorneys have experience in protecting the intellectual rights of our clients in technology areas.
