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Meister Seelig & Fine LLP

Family Law

Divorce
Paternity

Criminal Law

Criminal Defense
Our dynamic and creative Criminal Defense team at MSF has decades of experience zealously advocating for clients facing criminal prosecution. We specialize in litigating complex criminal cases on issues ranging from securities and financial fraud to healthcare offenses, as well as antiquities and violent crimes.
Sex Crimes
Federal Government Bars Pre-Dispute Non-Disclosure & Non-Disparagement Clauses for Sexual Assault & Harassment Claims – Meister Seelig & Fein PLLC
Assault
Extortion
We have a proven track record of resolving crises before they cause irreversible harm to our clients, including extortion and blackmail attempts, potential photo and video scandals, harassment and stalking allegations, paternity-related issues, assault and harassment allegations, physical and cybersecurity breaches and encounters with law enforcement.

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Our attorneys function as an integrated team. We have not only bench strength, but also significant depth and breadth of experience. Recognizing that real estate issues often require expertise in many other areas of the law, Meister Seelig & Fein builds cross-disciplinary teams according to each client’s needs. The team works effectively and efficiently across jurisdictions and practice areas drawing upon expertise in specialty areas such as tax, litigation and corporate law. Our lawyers bring concrete and cost-effective advice for any issue facing our clients.
Mergers and Acquisitions
The attorneys in our private equity and venture capital practice have substantial experience assisting private equity and venture capital funds and their portfolio companies. We regularly represent companies seeking private equity, venture capital or angel investment with respect to control and minority investments through debt or equity financings, including negotiations of terms sheets and investment documents relating to acquisitions, dispositions and restructurings. We assemble the right team of attorneys with experience in mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance, tax, employment, intellectual property and real estate, to advise clients on market terms for transactions and assist investors and company-side clients with all aspects of venture capital and private equity transactions.
Business Disputes
This commitment to excellence – delivered at a reasonable cost – was the mission of MSF’s founding partners. The firm’s unwavering dedication to that mission has enabled MSF to grow to a 70-lawyer business-law powerhouse, respected by the bar and judiciary alike.
Business Transactions
Our clients include high net worth individuals and families, entrepreneurs and businesses who rely on our proven ability to address planned or unexpected intergenerational transfers of wealth issues and facilitate business transactions and restructuring opportunities to maximize tax efficiencies and to free-up assets, time and energy for the revitalization of a family or business. Our attorneys also provide counsel on Life Insurance planning.
Limited Liability Companies
The Commercial Litigation Group has extensive experience with “corporate divorces,” derivative actions, corporate dissolution proceedings, fair value determinations, receivership and other disputes between co-owners of closely held business entities, including limited liability companies, general partnerships, limited partnerships and business corporations. Such matters often include claims of breach of fiduciary duty, minority oppression or freezeout, breach of the governing agreement, failure to provide access to corporate books and records, dissipation of assets and indemnification.
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property
Attorneys in the IP Group regularly prosecute and defend litigations across the country related to intellectual property and technology, including actions focused on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and rights of publicity and privacy. We handle IP cases related to varied subject matter, such as software, telecommunications, IP-centric commercial disputes, databases, technical know-how, apparel, pharmaceuticals, music, literary works (such as books and other digital assets), television and film.

Employment Law

Wrongful Termination
Attorneys in the Commercial Litigation Group defend employment law litigations, including individual and class actions related to wage and hour practices, misclassification, discrimination, harassment, wrongful-discharge claims, family and medical leave claims and whistleblower claims, in addition to prosecuting and defending non-compete/restrictive covenant claims. We litigate practically, but aggressively, and regularly represent clients in state and federal courts across the country.
Employment Contract
The employment arena can be very complex. MSF’s Employment Group assists clients as they navigate through rapidly evolving employment laws and regulations, and delivers business minded, creative and practical advice to solve problems and mitigate risk. Our clients run businesses across a wide variety of industries and range from family offices and startups to more established privately held and publicly traded companies. We represent both U.S. companies as well as international companies with operations or looking to establish a footprint in the U.S. In addition to our management side practice, we also represent executives in negotiating employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements and separation agreements and in enforcing their rights under such agreements.
Employment Litigation
We review and conduct risk assessments of our clients’ employment practices and draft and/or review workplace agreements, manuals, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with rapidly changing laws and regulations. We counsel our clients on employment issues as they arise, handling matters pertaining to interviewing and hiring, wage and hour compliance, medical and other leaves of absence, performance management, reasonable accommodations, protecting proprietary and confidential information, social media and electronic communications use by employees, termination and severance, discrimination and harassment, workplace investigations and other matters.
Severance Agreement
Sexual Harassment
With the various federal and state laws passed governing claims alleging sexual harassment, it appears that both transparency relating to these claims and settlements is at the forefront.

Property Law

Real Estate Litigation
We regularly represent some of the most well-known restaurant and hospitality names in the world. Our attorneys have represented restaurant and hospitality business owners and operators, investors, chefs and management companies in all aspects of their business, including organization, formation, capital raise, financing, structuring partnerships and joint ventures; real estate matters including purchase and lease of space in malls, mixed-use buildings, casinos, hotels, stand-alone pad sites, food courts, office buildings and airports; employment matters ranging from defense of wage and hour litigations, policy drafting, contracts, and advising on day-to-day industry specific human resources matters and litigation prevention; and, purchase and sale of restaurants, bars, night clubs and related assets.
Construction Litigation
Be it a zoning analysis to determine a property’s suitability for development, the negotiation of a construction management agreement, or the administration of an insurance claim, our Construction and Development attorneys assist clients from before the first shovel hits the ground through project close-out and beyond. We regularly handle a broad range of projects, spanning large mixed-use public-private partnerships and hospital expansions to leasehold renovations and adjacent construction issues. Our attorneys have represented all members of the construction and development team: owners and developers, lenders and borrowers, landlords and tenants, and contractors and design professionals. This experience has afforded us with an in-depth understanding of how a project comes together and insight into the varying interests and goals of each team member, enabling us to leverage that practical understanding to achieve a successful project for our client.
Real Estate Transactions
We provide advice to clients on the tax implications of real estate investments and advise them on the tax aspects of real estate transactions, from property acquisitions and sales, to 1031 or “like-kind” exchanges, to structuring management and other ancillary service programs. Our attorneys also structure state and local property tax and documentary transfer tax efficient transfers.
Easement
Land Use and Zoning
MSF is one of a small number of firms in New York City with a zoning and land use practice. We have had many years of experience in dealing with the use and development of land in the city. Lawyers in the firm have represented clients in obtaining discretionary approvals from the City Planning Commission (approvals for development projects in all five boroughs), as well as obtaining approvals from the Board of Standards and Appeals and Landmarks Preservation Commission. We also deal with other city agencies, such as the Departments of Buildings, Finance, Transportation, Parks and Recreation, Citywide Administrative Services and Environmental Protection. In addition, we have interacted with the Public Design Commission, Economic Development Corporation and Metropolitan Transportation Authority. We advise clients on the potential use and development of real estate, and represent them in transfers of development rights, negotiation and drafting of easements and licenses and revocable consents from the city.
Condominium Law
Our Real Estate Group includes attorneys with broad capabilities in condominium and cooperative law and conversions. We represent developers, owners, unit owner associations, operators, licensors and lenders, helping them realize new projects from the ground up, as well as handling acquisitions, dispositions and conversions of condominium and cooperative properties. Many of our projects have involved multiple commercial, residential and hotel aspects within the same property.

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
Our attorneys provide personalized and sophisticated advice on estate and personal planning to individuals and families, and charitable giving. Our clients come to us to help them to navigate the pitfalls of estate planning, including domicile issues, family dynamics and retaining wealth over multiple generations. Our experience in structuring tax-advantaged charitable gifts, including charitable lead and remainder trusts, gift annuities and retirement accounts is a valuable asset to our clients.
Trusts
Whether it is complex commercial litigation, employment, M&A, tax work, trusts & estates, or virtually any other area, MSF’s non-siloed approach allows the Firm to serve Japanese clients globally and U.S. clients with Japan interests, deploying maximum skill and efficiency. Coordinated by Group Chair F. Frederic (Ric) Fouad, MSF will identify the right team of attorneys for any matter and tailor services to a client’s needs and budget.

Finance Law

Bankruptcy
MSF’s bankruptcy litigation practice focuses on the representation of creditors, purchasers, and third-party defendants in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, including lift-stay and bad faith dismissal motions, plan confirmation disputes, relief from stay, Section 363 sales, claw back and avoidance actions and dismissal and conversions. Our bankruptcy litigation clients have included lead secured creditors, unsecured creditors, administrative creditors, critical vendors, asset purchasers and plaintiffs and defendants in bankruptcy adversary proceedings.
Tax Law
The attorneys in our group work with business and individuals on general business and personal income tax planning. We counsel clients on a broad range of tax issues, including handling sensitive audits, counseling on tax compliance and reporting, compromising tax debts, defending reporting positions, resolving employment tax issues and obtaining contested tax refunds and advise on the tax collection process and dealing with sensitive tax issues that arise in business and personal settings.

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