- Embezzlement
- Money Laundering
- Corporate LawGovernance: Corporate governance and training for boards of directors and committee members (with a focus on compliance and ethics policies) has taken on increased focus and importance in the current business environment, and our team has the expertise to assist our corporate and business (for profit and non-profit) clients develop and implement the necessary programming.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsDrawing on the firm’s other resources, we bring to our corporate and business clients wide experience in contracts and vendor agreements, employment matters (including covenants not-to-compete), mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, licensing (multiple industries, including software), real estate, taxation and succession/transition planning (including orderly distribution of assets for beneficiaries/heirs), and, if and when the need arises, commercial litigation.
- Business DisputesFor-Profit: WilliamsGautier offers a full range of services essential to the success of growth-oriented businesses of all sizes, ranging from start-up/entrepreneurs to billion dollar institutions. We have experience in all stages of business development, from initial formation and entity selection through commercial and/or venture financing, to late-stage realization of value through sale/exit.
- Real Estate LitigationMBL’s/CUSO’s:, WilliamsGautier has significant experience in all areas of Member Business Lending (MBL’s), including program strategies, processes, documentation and closing loans/deals (including the issuance of title insurance in real estate matters). From assisting in the preparation of the loan commitment to serving as the actual closing agent for the loan/deal, our attorneys can and do close transactions wherever the CU/borrower is located, utilizing technology and collaboration to maximize member-experience/satisfaction. The firm has also assisted in the planning, formation and operation of many CUSO’s (including assistance in identifying partners) in areas ranging from technology-focused, to indirect, MBL and micro-lending.
- Real Estate TransactionsWilliamsGautier specializes in commercial real estate transactions, including representing both lenders and developers in complex financing, land use and title insurance matters.
- Eminent DomainThe firm’s real estate practice includes representing clients in connection with acquisitions, sales, financing, leasing and development of commercial and residential properties, commercial and residential condominiums, closings, title insurance and eminent domain proceedings. The firm’s clients include landowners, developers and financial institutions, universities and cities/counties.
- Land Use and Zoning
- Estate PlanningWilliamsGautier has the experience to handle our clients’ needs from the basic estate to the complex. We assist our clients in minimizing estate and gift taxes in the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next. We advise our clients in the use of wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, family limited partnerships and business succession planning tools.
- WillsOur attorneys have significant experience and a record of success in resolving a broad variety of business and commercial disputes. We practice in federal and state, trial and appellate courts, as well as in the full range of alternative dispute resolution venues. Our firm has obtained successful outcomes (both by verdict and at summary judgment) on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving commercial loan and real estate liquidations, lender liability disputes, work-outs, surety matters, director and officer disputes, title insurance claims, check-kiting, Ponzi schemes, embezzlement, money laundering, TCPA, shareholder/investor disputes, will contests, and general civil litigation matters.
- TrustsOur experience in the administration of estates in probate and trust administration, including contested matters, will guide the client through the often-confusing process. There are also post-mortem planning tools available after the death of an individual which should be considered. Our goal is to help the client achieve a prompt and cost-effective administration of the estate.
- Power of AttorneyWe also assist our clients in preparing for the possibility of incapacity during their lifetime through the preparation of a durable power of attorney, health care surrogate designation and living will.
- Probate