Chicago Business Transactions and Real Estate Lawyer
Achieving success as a business owner, entrepreneur or commercial real estate developer requires vision, hard work, access to capital and good timing. Not all of these factors are within your control - but as a business owner, some decisions you make can improve your chances of success by choosing the right legal partner.
If you can see the value of having a trusted legal and business advisor that you can call to discuss your ambitions and concerns with, call the law offices of DeVries and Associates, in Chicago, Illinois. Attorney Laurence J. DeVries has counseled business people regarding the legal matters relating to their businesses for more than 20 years. We provide the leadership, legal guidance and financial understanding that businesspeople need to succeed
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Whether you are launching a new venture, acquiring a business, building a business or selling a business, we have the legal experience, the financial know-how and the negotiating skills needed to help you succeed.
- Business Formation: We do more than just help clients select an entity structure and file paperwork with the state of Illinois. With a perspective that comes from years of working with businesses, we help clients create effective business models, design appropriate reward mechanisms and risk allocations, and structure decision making processes. We also help our clients clarify and document important expectations among parties to create productive business relationships and minimize the likelihood of future disputes. We can help turn a business idea and friendly discussions into the reality of an actual business.
- Business and Commercial Law: We provide a wide range skills and expertise to assist clients with business and commercial law matters. We can provide effective support and assistance on important undertakings or problems, which can range from organizing and leading a meeting, managing sensitive and perhaps emotional negotiations, offering advice and perspective on deal structuring or the advisability of a particular deal, documenting or reviewing agreements or resolving disputes through mediation or negotiation.
- Strategic Business Planning: We provide knowledgeable advice, informed by more than 20 years of legal experience, for businesses of all sizes and at various stages of growth. Our counsel is based not only on abstract legal principals, but on practical realities which bear on a client's situation.
- Business Transactions: We provide leadership and expertise to help clients conclude their significant business transactions. Examples of transactions for which we have assisted clients include, buying and selling business, forming joint ventures, establishing strategic relationships, borrowing money and raising capital. We bring powerful communications skills to our projects to facilitate the process of concluding transactions on behalf of clients. We are also financially sophisticated and can understand and discuss intelligently balance sheets, income statements, financial projections and taxes.
- Commercial Real Estate: Our experience includes negotiating, structuring and documenting the financing for large-scale condominium developments, including mixed-use residential and retail properties and other commercial industrial projects. We assist clients through all phases of their important real estate projects.
Whatever your business law needs, please e-mail us today. We offer free initial attorney consultations and meet with clients outside general office hours by appointment when needed.
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DeVries and Associates
900 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 7E
Chicago, IL 60607-3024
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