The following is an overview of the legal services Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP provides to individuals and businesses in New York and New Jersey:

Intellectual Property Law
Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP’s comprehensive intellectual property practice includes matters related to:

• Trademark, Copyright, and Patent
• Licensing
• Entertainment law
• Domain names
• Security interests in intellectual property
• Legal areas dealing with technology
• Intellectual Property Litigation

For more information, see the Intellectual Property page.

Business Law

• Transactional
• Litigation

Whether you are designing a medical device, starting a publishing company, operating a manufacturing company or embarking on any business venture, you should first form a proper business entity.  Whether you are considering an   “S” Corporation, a Limited Liability Company, a Limited Partnership or any other type of business organization, choosing the proper business structure will protect you from personal liability while providing you with valuable tax benefits and other advantages. 

Operating a business in your personal capacity without any business structure, or committing yourself individually to a business contract, can lead to devastating personal consequences.  Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP can explain the advantages and disadvantages for each type of business structure and help you find the best fit for you. Once the business is formed, Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP is able to represent your interests in connection with the commencement of the business so that you can achieve your goal of profitability.  They have experience in shareholder, operating and employment agreements, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements as well as the purchase and sale of businesses.  As stated below, the firm is able to assist their clients with the location of its business, whether it be a commercial warehouse purchase or an assignment of lease for office spaces.

During the operation of the business, Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP will assist in the preparation of client or customer agreements, the negotiation of disputes and the prosecution or defense of any lawsuit related to the business.

In addition to helping new businesses get started, Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP can assist in the judicial dissolution of business partnerships – an area of law sometimes called “business divorce.”   A person who has been frozen out or abused by his partners has remedies available under New York State Business Corporation Law.  Some of these remedies include the payment of fair value for their shares, liquidation of the business, or the appointment of a receiver to ensure the fair operation of the business and distribution of the income.  In one representative case, the client was a minority shareholder for a printing business who had been forced out by his two partners.  Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP sued the minority shareholder’s partners for oppressive shareholder action and forced them to buy out the client at a fair value.

Real Estate

• Transactional
• Litigation

In their real estate practice, Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP represents buyers and sellers in residential and commercial property transactions, including those involving cooperatives and condos.  The firm works with both landlords and tenants on commercial leases including storefront leases, office leases, subleases, assignments and lease terminations.

For commercial buyers and sellers, Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP provide intricate negotiation of mortgage and lender terms as well as foreclosure workouts.  They also provide independent investigation of the property survey, the property title, as well as legal counsel on zoning and environmental issues. In the event there are multiple owners, C&M has extensive experience in drafting the specific owner related agreement such as partnership or operating agreements. It is also well versed in IRC Section 1031 exchanges.

In New York, investors often purchase multifamily apartment buildings and convert the buildings into condominiums or cooperative units.  The real estate law firm of Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP can prepare all of the legal documents required to purchase the properties, obtain the construction loan, negotiate the investor agreements and work closely with outside counsel who would create the condominium or coop plan.  Thereafter, Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP will coordinate, attend and complete the closing for the units.

The firm also represents buyers and sellers in all types of real estate disputes and litigation including shared driveways, easements and encumbrances, partition proceedings, specific performance of real estate contracts, enforcement of mechanic’s liens.

See a representative selection of matters that Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP has successfully concluded for clients. Please click here.

Call Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP for a consultation at (212) 962-6525.

Codispoti & Mancinelli, LLP
111 John Street, Suite 800
New York, NY 10038-3002

Phone Number: 212-962-6525
Fax Number: 212-962-6791

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