LIEBER & LIEBER LLP

The Firm, founded in 1997, offers a full range of legal services to its business and individual clients in commercial and transactional matters.  Our practice is divided into the following principal practice areas: (1) Corporate and Business, (2) Bankruptcy, Creditor and Debtor Rights and Collections, (3) Commercial and Residential Real Estate, (4) Commercial Litigation and (5) Employment and Benefits.

Corporate and Business:

• Formation and financing of start-up, emerging and mature business entities (corporations, LLC’s and partnerships)
• General corporate and business advice and counseling
• Negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts
• Purchases and sales of businesses, including asset and stock deals
• Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and leveraged buy-outs for strategic and financial buyers and sellers
• Formation and representation of private equity and venture capital funds 
• Private equity and venture capital investments
• Corporate finance, including commercial loans
• Strategic investments and joint ventures
• Corporate governance matters
• Private placements
• Confidentiality & license agreements
• Shareholder and buy-sell agreements

Bankruptcy, Creditor/Debtor Rights and Collections:

• Representation of consumer and business debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, principals, committees of creditors and equity holders, lender, trustees, licensors, landlords and lessors in bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings (chapters 7, 11 and 13) and out of court restructurings 
• Debtors' and creditors' rights
• Foreclosure proceedings
• Debt restructuring and work-outs
• Settlement of credit card debt
• Asset protection and planning
• Collections
• Third party purchases of claims, debt instruments and assets
• Analysis of third-party claims
• Preference actions

Commercial/Residential Real Estate:

• Sale and purchase of residential coops and condos, houses, second homes and vacation homes
• Commercial leasing transactions
• Real estate due diligence
• Financing and refinancing of residential and commercial properties
• Representation of coop and condo boards
• Litigating real estate contract defaults

• contract disputes
• disputes among business partners/shareholders
• real estate litigation
• construction litigation
• employment discrimination
• bankruptcy litigation 

Employment and Benefits: 

• Hiring and terminating employees
• Employment and severance agreements
• Non-compete and non-solicitation agreements
• Management and consulting agreements
• Employee stock option plans and other equity compensation arrangements
• Employee handbook and personnel policies
• Benefit related disputes and employment discrimination suits