REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS AND DISPUTES
Jimerson Birr’s lawyers have been active real estate law counselors through both strong and weak real estate and capital market cycles, including those markets which accompanied the rapid expansion and subsequent market collapses related to the dot.com busts around the turn of the century, the consumer- and debt-driven housing bull market of the mid-2000’s, the financial crisis which precipitated the “Great Recession” of 2008 and 2009, and the period of long, slow recovery since the Great Recession ended. During these market cycles, Jimerson Birr lawyers have demonstrated that our clients can rely on our sound judgment and wisdom as they weigh risks and opportunities in deciding when to invest, when to sell, and importantly, when to stay on the sidelines.
Jimerson Birr is a real estate transactional and litigation-oriented law firm that is committed to helping our clients build wealth through quality investments in real estate. Our lawyers earned their established value-add brand and positive reputation by delivering on that commitment. Adding real estate to a portfolio often provides much-needed diversification to almost every investor. At Jimerson Birr, we are devoted to making such real estate ownership and investment simple, straightforward, and rewarding. Through any market cycle that comes our way, Jimerson Birr will remain a dependable law firm ready to handle your real estate matters.
Real Estate Transactions
Jimerson Birr works with clients of all industries to mitigate risks and pursue opportunities in a real estate development and investment environment that continues to be influenced by several forces, including urbanization, demographic fluctuations, and technological advances. Through years of practice, we have learned that the successful execution of real estate transactions requires the expertise of a capable and seasoned legal support that understands how market forces and the legal process intersect. Jimerson Birr’s real estate transactional lawyers work with clients to anticipate potential issues and opportunities associated with each deal as part of our integrated, innovative service delivery methods.
We provide a complete range of real estate transaction legal services, regularly offering counsel in areas such as:
- Real estate acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing
- Affordable housing development and finance
- Borrower representation
- Bond financings
- Construction law issues
- Construction and bridge lending
- Real estate development
- Economic Development and Government Incentives
- Environmental Diligence, Compliance, Permitting and Mitigation issues
- Insurance Procurement and Coverage
- Land Use and Zoning issues
- Landlord/Tenant (commercial) issues
- Loan and loan portfolio acquisitions and dispositions
- Mixed-Use Real Estate Developments
- Opportunity Zone Investing
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Receiverships
- Recapitalizations
- Structured lending and securitizations
- Tax credit financings and other tax matters
- Defaulted loan workout and restructuring
- Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Transactional counsel on issues affecting different asset types: retail, office, industrial, hotel/resort, healthcare and multi-residential
Jimerson Birr offers a fully integrated team approach to real estate transaction issues, drawing on our knowledge and experience of real estate acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing to provide seamless legal support. Our team is adept at providing value-add counsel to our clients in their transformational real estate transactions and legal issues they encounter when expanding into and operating in markets that we serve.
Real Estate Disputes and Litigation
Jimerson Birr’s real estate dispute resolution and litigation team blends a broad knowledge of real estate law and business practice with well-honed skills in litigation and alternative dispute resolution. In addition, we pride ourselves on our familiarity with business concepts that transcend traditional real estate issues, and on our ability to unify the many disciplines necessary to litigate sophisticated transactions. We have successfully and regularly litigated and resolved real estate disputes on the following issues:
- Real estate contract disputes
- Complex real property improvement issues
- Quiet title issues
- Ejectment issues
- Eminent domain condemnation issues
- Easement or restrictive covenant issues
- Premises liability issues
- Boundary line issues
- Slander of title issues
- Partition issues
- Mortgage foreclosure
- Lien foreclosure
- Recreating and correcting instruments and agreements
- Land Use and Zoning issues
- Landlord/Tenant (commercial) issues
- Construction law issues
- Environmental Diligence, Compliance, Permitting and Mitigation issues
- Property Insurance Claims
- Property Tax issues
- Receiverships
Our specialized knowledge in real estate law, combined with excellent advocacy skills, puts clients in the best possible position to obtain a positive outcome in their real estate litigation. Jimerson Birr’s real estate dispute resolution and litigation team provides methodical and cohesive advocacy in response to client demands for legal advice on diverse real estate-related issues. Our practice strives to provide comprehensive legal advice in litigation, arbitration, administrative actions, and environmental disputes to help our clients make prompt and informed decisions in various real estate-related disputes. As part of our dispute resolution and litigation services, we seek to provide our clients with strategic consultation and advice in order to prevent and avoid potential real estate disputes. Our clientele informs us that we are able to meet their real estate-related needs because we have an in-depth understanding of their businesses, and we provide solutions based on a steadfast commitment to delivering practical and impactful results.
Jimerson Birr is a premier law firm with a market-leading real estate transactions and disputes practice that is tailored to the nuances of the industries we serve. Our teams have a global perspective and strong Florida roots. Our clients look to us to bring a distinctively high degree of quality, passion and creativity to resolve real estate transactions and dispute challenges effectively and cost efficiently.
We’re honored to work with some of the world’s most accomplished organizations and the leaders who drive them. We know that on any given day our clients are confronting competition, corporate advancement, risk management, process and product innovation, resource allocation, efficiency stewardship and talent oversight problems; some days all the above. When our clients place real estate transactions and disputes matters with us, they enlist sets of broad shoulders that carry their burdens for them so that they no longer feel their weight. This deep business partnership will give us both an opportunity to be at our best.
We draw on the strength of our character and talents to deliver the best of our firm to every client through true collaboration. On those occasions where our client is concerned it may have erred or is accused of being in the wrong, we help them become right. We don’t confuse effort with results, and we focus on the immutable, allied goals at all times. Partnership with Jimerson Birr on real estate transactions and disputes matters means that you are not looking in any direction but ahead.
We live by our 7 Superior Service Commitments
- Conferring Client-Defined Value
- Efficient and Cost-Effective
- Accessibility
- Delivering an Experience While Delivering Results
- Meaningful and Enduring Partnership
- Exceptional Communication Based Upon Listening
- Accountability to Goals
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Jimerson Birr is pleased to announce that Ponte Vedra-based real estate attorney Hunter Faulkner joined the firm as partner