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Business Entity Planning and Organization and Real Estate Transactions
 The firm’s Business Entity Planning and Organization and Real Estate Practice serves our clients through the following areas:
Real Estate
The firm’s Real Estate Practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate development and finance transactions. Turner Padget attorneys represent
- Buyers
- Developers
- Equity Investors
- Landlords
- Lenders
- Sellers
- Tenants
Our real estate attorneys address issues in all aspects of the real estate market throughout South Carolina and the United States. We have an in-depth knowledge of sophisticated real estate transactions. Our experience includes:
- Acquisition, leasing, sale and financing of shopping centers, lifestyle centers, apartment complexes, residential developments, office buildings, medical offices, warehouses, manufacturing facilities and similar properties.
- Development and financing for condominium, apartment conversion and planned-unit developments.
- Representation of a diverse group of large and small property owner associations in all areas of development, from creation of entities to the preparation of declarations of restrictive covenants and governance of the associations
- Representation of hotel developers in the development of numerous hotel projects, including the creation of limited partnership private placements and the acquisition and development of all aspects of the project, from financing to land development to franchise negotiations to employment policies and practices
- Representation of lenders in connection with loans involving shopping centers, condominium projects, freestanding drugstore projects, manufacturing facilities and office buildings.
- Preparation of office, industrial and retail leases for developer/landlord clients.
Turner Padget owns and operates Capital City Title Agency, Inc.. Capital City Title is an agency for several national title insurance companies. Turner Padget lawyers regularly work with state counsel for these companies and have in-depth experience in managing underwriting issues affecting titles and surveys for complex real estate projects.
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Business Entity Planning and Organization
Turner Padget has the ability to provide comprehensive services to diverse business clients, from family limited partnerships to large manufacturing organizations, the hospitality industry, service providers and financial institutions. We regularly represent business clients in nearly every area, including
- Selection of the appropriate type of entity
- Formation of partnerships
- Corporations and limited liability companies
- Sales
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Reorganizations of businesses
- Equity (private offerings of securities) and debt financing
- Contractual negotiations of all types, such as buy-sell agreements, distribution arrangements, management and employment contracts and benefits.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Turner Padget is experienced in representing organizations involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and provides a broad range of integrated due diligence, tax, employment, real estate, environmental, litigation and securities advice. We assist our clients in every phase of the M&A process from due diligence, structuring, documenting and closing to post-closing activities.
The firm has played a significant role in some of the largest transactions in South Carolina with a scope of reach in states beyond our borders. Bringing value to our M&A clients is fundamental to our service philosophy. Our work has had direct, concrete and substantial benefit for these clients and has impacted the profitability of the transactions. We assist our clients in every step of the acquisition process including:
- Acquisition and merger agreements
- Tax structuring
- Due diligence review (tax, financial, legal and business)
- Financing (senior, subordinated and equity)
- Post-transaction services (e.g. employment, retirement plans, contractual arrangements, etc.)
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Attorneys
Shareholders
Michael G. Roberts,
Business Entity Planning and Organization Team Leader, Florence
Lanneau Wm. Lambert, Jr., Columbia
Elaine H. Fowler, Charleston
J. Munford Scott, Jr.,
(Special Counsel) Florence
John M. Scott, III, Florence
Associates
Daniel G. Hart , Florence
J. David Johnson, IV,
Florence
Ryan W. Newton, Columbia
Christopher H. Pearce,
Myrtle Beach
Of Counsel
David G. Fawcett, Columbia
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