Practice Areas
At RSPC, we provide trusted legal guidance for businesses and property owners across New York City, including Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Long Island. Our clients rely on us to handle their most important business and real estate matters with precision and care. From complex real estate transactions and high-stakes litigation to ongoing corporate counsel, our attorneys bring the knowledge and experience needed to protect your interests and support your long-term success.
Real Estate Financing
We guide lenders and borrowers through complex financing transactions, providing creative solutions backed by decades of experience.
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RSPC represents both lenders and borrowers in all of their financing needs, including preferred equity investments, “hard money” loans, conventional, bridge and mezzanine financing, mortgage refinances and assignment of mortgages and CEMA transactions. Our transaction team has combined over 40 years of experience in the commercial real estate finance space and can assist in structuring and executing creative financing solutions for both our lending and borrowing clients.
Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales
Our team assists individuals and businesses with buying, selling, and structuring deals for all types of commercial and residential properties.
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RSPC represents both individual and corporate clients in their acquisitions and sales of both residential and commercial real estate of all asset types. RSPC represents clients acquiring and selling commercial, industrial, retail, multi-family and mixed-use properties, and ground leases. RSPC will assist in all partnership and ownership needs, including joint ventures, partnerships and equity investment agreements, and negotiation of ownership and operating agreements.
Leasing
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RSPC brings an added insight when preparing and reviewing leases for both commercial landlords and tenants. RSPC’s litigation team has collective extensive experience representing landlords and tenants in lease disputes, non-payment and holdover proceedings. This insight assists our transaction team in representing clients in office, industrial, retail, restaurant and other commercial leasing.
We represent landlords and tenants in negotiating and reviewing leases, with insight shaped by years of litigation experience.
Litigation
Our litigators handle a wide range of commercial disputes, offering strategic advocacy in state, federal, and appellate courts.
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Our litigation team handles a wide variety of commercial litigations in State Supreme Court, the Appellate Divisions and the Eastern and Southern District of New York. Our real estate related representation includes commercial landlord and tenant proceedings, commercial foreclosures, co-op and condo disputes, adverse possession, construction defects, access agreements and RPAPL 881 proceedings, specific performance and brokerage commission disputes. We also appear and represent both plaintiffs and defendants in general commercial litigations such as partnership disputes, breach of contract related to various industries, fraud, replevin and conversion, and corporate dissolution.
General Counsel Services
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RSPC serves as outside “in-house” counsel for large corporations on project-based matters, and assists small to mid-size companies and start-ups with their everyday legal needs. Our general counsel services include drafting organizational and corporate documentation and resolutions, drafting, reviewing and negotiating various agreements including confidentiality agreements, non-solicitation and non-compete agreements, service or vendor agreements and other company-specific agreements.
We act as outside ‘in-house’ counsel, supporting companies of all sizes with their day-to-day legal needs and agreements.
Neighbor License Agreements
We represent developers and property owners in negotiating neighbor access agreements, ensuring fair protections and compliance during construction projects.
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RSPC has a designated team that handles negotiations of license agreements also known as “neighbor” agreements for access to adjoining properties during construction for New York City Department of Buildings required protections and otherwise. RSPC represents both developers seeking access to neighboring properties and property owners seeking protections from construction on adjoining properties. RSPC works hand in hand with licensed engineers and architects to have equitable and expedient agreements executed.