TRANSACTIONAL DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCE

Transactional Department Services:

Public Finance: Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, L.L.P.’s public finance practice is active and growing. Our attorneys have experience in all phases of public finance. We represent issuers, underwriters, credit providers, trustees and private beneficiaries in various types of tax-exempt and taxable financings. We serve as bond, underwriter’s disclosure, credit provider’s, trustee’s and special counsel. Our experience includes serving as counsel in transactions involving governmental bonds, qualified hospital and health facilities bonds, qualified section 501(c)(3) bonds, qualified mortgage bonds and other activity bonds.

Banking: Our banking practice engages in all types of financing transactions in the United States on behalf of U. S. money center and regional banks including unsecured loans to corporate borrowers; treasury products; structured finance; asset-based and other secured financing, including project finance; and leasing and credit enhancement. We advise extensively regarding electronic banking and the laws concerning payment and settlement systems. Our attorneys have also represented clients in foreclosure transactions in both judicial and deed of trust jurisdictions.

Complex Contracts: The firm has extensive experience working with several types of contracts including but not limited to: technology agreements, confidentiality agreements, joint venture contracts, acquisition contracts, construction contracts, leasing, financing, insurance, professional services, asset purchase and sale agreements, advertising and sponsorship contracts, joint promotion contracts, franchise agreements, nondisclosure agreements, joint development agreements and research and development agreements.

Real Estate Acquisitions & Development: Our attorneys have experience in acquisition or sale of properties including preparation of agreements, offers or options to purchase, counteroffers, negotiations, environmental considerations, tax-deferred transactions, closing preparation and review. The Transactional Department has dealt with all aspects of condemnation proceedings including the representation of public and private entities throughout the acquisition process and with valuation appeals. Transactional Department lawyers have expertise in drafting and negotiating terms of commercial leases for lessor or lessee. We also have the ability to assist in the overall structuring of a development including acquisition of necessary zoning, special use permits, approvals from governing entities and tax incremental financing for proposed development. We are able to provide our expertise in drafting, negotiating, and structuring construction contracts for commercial office buildings to major developments.

Representative Transactional Clients:

ABN AMRO
Accenture
Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc.
AES New Energy
A.G. Edwards, Inc.
Allstate Insurance Company
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
City of Milwaukee
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Johnson Bank
Loop Capital Markets, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Miller Brewing Company
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Milwaukee Public Schools
Morgan Stanley
Ramirez & Co., Inc.
Redevelopment Authority of Milwaukee
Robert W. Baird & Company, Inc.
Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., L.L.C.
Smith Barney Inc.
State of Wisconsin
Sun Chemical Corporation
The Conservation Fund
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA)

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