WATERMAN, SICHON & CARAVETTA LLP

Real Estate

TRANSACTIONAL PRACTICE

Our attorneys are experienced in serving clients’ real estate needs from acquisition, development, leasing and management to the sale and related financing. Waterman, Sichon & Caravetta LLP has particular expertise in the structuring, negotiation, documentation and implementation of various types of real estate transactions including the following:

Acquisition, development, sale and option of real property
Lease negotiation, documentation, and evaluation
Residential and Commercial Purchase/Sale Agreements
Financing
Sale/Leaseback transactions
1031 Like-Kind Exchanges
Master Planned Community Development and Community Association Documentation
Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs)
Department of Real Estate and other regulatory agency filings
Construction agreements for developers, contractors and design professionals
Governmental agency entitlements
Insurance
Homeowner maintenance manuals and warranty agreements

Waterman, Sichon & Caravetta LLP represents builders, developers, small and large property management companies, investors, brokers, and lending institutions. We help to protect their interests in all types of real property, including office, retail, industrial and residential.

LAND USE AND EMINENT DOMAIN

The goal of our land use and eminent domain practice area is to help our clients achieve the highest productivity from their real property. Waterman Sichon & Caravetta LLP’s attorneys have extensive expertise in counseling and representing developers, institutional entities and public entities.

Our attorneys handle all aspects related to the use and development of land. This encompasses due diligence, entitlement, environmental requirements, and litigation to defend or obtain the right to make economic use of real property. Our expertise encompasses:

Planning and zoning law – both statewide and local
Application and processing of development entitlements, including conditional use permits, specific plans, general plan amendments, vesting maps, building permits, grading permits and site development permits
Subdivision Map Act issues
Development Agreements and other vested rights agreements
Easements
Conditional Use Permits
Growth control ordinances and moratoria
Exactions and dedications
Nuisance law
Tort law as applied to real property and real property rights
Constitutional and Civil Rights Act law as applied to real property and real property rights, including inverse condemnation

Waterman Sichon & Caravetta LLP has experience in both federal and state courts. The Firm’s lawyers are also skilled in administrative and legislative hearings, arbitrations and mediations.

REAL ESTATE LITIGATION

Waterman Sichon & Caravetta LLP represents clients in litigation involving commercial, residential and industrial properties. We represent real estate developers, investors, public agencies, real estate brokers and agents, mortgage bankers and brokers, property managers, escrow companies, title companies, and trustees, design professionals, and contractors. Clients value the expertise that our attorneys have gained through handling hundreds of real estate litigation matters. Our representation is primarily in real estate litigation matters arising from transactions and also in day-to-day counseling on general business litigation concerns. Matters involved include:

Contract disputes
Construction disputes
Eminent domain
Condemnation
Environmental/toxic issues
Financing and security issues
Insurance coverage analysis and negotiations
Mechanic’s liens
Property lease disputes
Unlawful detainer
Title issues
Tenant improvements
Fraudulent conveyances
Judicial foreclosures on deeds of trust
Landlord and tenant issues
Commercial collections

Our attorneys are experts at creating solutions for legal problems that arise during the course of a real estate transaction. We have broad trial experience in federal and state courts at all levels. Our trial experience enables us to negotiate from a position of strength, and to obtain excellent results for our clients, both in the negotiation process and in the courtroom.



		Real Estate TRANSACTIONAL PRACTICE Our attorneys are experienced in serving clients’ real estate needs from acquisition, development, leasing and management to the sale and related financing. Waterman, Sichon & Caravetta LLP has particular expertise in the structuring, negotiation, documentation and implementation of various types of real estate transactions including the following: Acquisition, development, sale and option of real property Lease negotiation, documentation, and evaluation Residential and Commercial Purchase/Sale Agreements Financing Sale/Leaseback transactions 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges Master Planned Community Development and Community Association Documentation Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs) Department of Real Estate and other regulatory agency filings Construction agreements for developers, contractors and design professionals Governmental agency entitlements Insurance Homeowner maintenance manuals and warranty agreements Waterman, Sichon & Caravetta LLP represents builders, developers, small and large property management companies, investors, brokers, and lending institutions. We help to protect their interests in all types of real property, including office, retail, industrial and residential. LAND USE AND EMINENT DOMAIN The goal of our land use and eminent domain practice area is to help our clients achieve the highest productivity from their real property. Waterman Sichon & Caravetta LLP’s attorneys have extensive expertise in counseling and representing developers, institutional entities and public entities. Our attorneys handle all aspects related to the use and development of land. This encompasses due diligence, entitlement, environmental requirements, and litigation to defend or obtain the right to make economic use of real property. Our expertise encompasses: Planning and zoning law – both statewide and local Application and processing of development entitlements, including conditional use permits, specific plans, general plan amendments, vesting maps, building permits, grading permits and site development permits Subdivision Map Act issues Development Agreements and other vested rights agreements Easements Conditional Use Permits Growth control ordinances and moratoria Exactions and dedications Nuisance law Tort law as applied to real property and real property rights Constitutional and Civil Rights Act law as applied to real property and real property rights, including inverse condemnation Waterman Sichon & Caravetta LLP has experience in both federal and state courts. The Firm’s lawyers are also skilled in administrative and legislative hearings, arbitrations and mediations. REAL ESTATE LITIGATION Waterman Sichon & Caravetta LLP represents clients in litigation involving commercial, residential and industrial properties. We represent real estate developers, investors, public agencies, real estate brokers and agents, mortgage bankers and brokers, property managers, escrow companies, title companies, and trustees, design professionals, and contractors. Clients value the expertise that our attorneys have gained through handling hundreds of real estate litigation matters. Our representation is primarily in real estate litigation matters arising from transactions and also in day-to-day counseling on general business litigation concerns. Matters involved include: Contract disputes Construction disputes Eminent domain Condemnation Environmental/toxic issues Financing and security issues Insurance coverage analysis and negotiations Mechanic’s liens Property lease disputes Unlawful detainer Title issues Tenant improvements Fraudulent conveyances Judicial foreclosures on deeds of trust Landlord and tenant issues Commercial collections Our attorneys are experts at creating solutions for legal problems that arise during the course of a real estate transaction. We have broad trial experience in federal and state courts at all levels. Our trial experience enables us to negotiate from a position of strength, and to obtain excellent results for our clients, both in the negotiation process and in the courtroom.

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