Real Estate

The Portland, OR real estate attorneys at Structure Law Group, LLP have developed a proven method for handling real estate transactions that meet or exceed the needs of our clients. We help companies purchase, sell, develop, or lease real estate. Our team of real estate attorneys will provide your Portland area company with dependable counsel, due diligence, and tax representation to ensure that all of your transactions are as profitable as possible.

Structure Law Group, LLP provides Portland businesses with individualized legal counsel that aligns with your company’s unique business plan. Our services include protecting your company from risk and liability emerging from a real estate transaction. When disputes do emerge, we provide representation during arbitration or litigation to ensure all parties keep their end of the agreement. We work closely with brokers, financial planners, property managers, accountants, and other skilled professionals to ensure that you have the strongest negotiating position while the deal is being struck.

SLG represents property owners, buyers, developers and financiers, investors, brokers, landlords, tenants, and more. Our Oregon real estate attorneys handle matters related to purchases, sales, leases, tax planning, and financing. Below, we will discuss our individual services in greater detail.

Due diligence is the professional research that lawyers do on behalf of our clients. In terms of real estate, our attorneys provide detailed due diligence investigations. This includes complex matters related to development, the use of real estate for a factory, special use facilities such as labs, medical spaces, or plants that use potentially dangerous materials. We provide counsel on buying, developing, or using real estate facilities that provide a clear risk/benefit analysis and what provisions need to be included to protect your interests.

• Analyzing the finances of other parties
• Analyzing zoning issues and other regulatory matters
• Evaluating the condition of the property

• Hospitality
• Industrial factories
• Multi-family dwelling spaces
• Media and entertainment spaces
• Mixed-use development
• Offices
• Retail spaces

While real estate agents are limited in the type of counsel they can provide, real estate attorneys offer a broad variety of services including, sometimes, a recommendation to walk away from a deal that doesn’t meet your specific needs. Agents cannot help your company maximize the profitability of a transaction, nor can they provide individual counsel that pertains to your business model, future growth plans, and potential liabilities that come along with the title of a real estate transaction.

The Portland corporate real estate attorneys at Structure Law Group, LLP have decades of legal experience, business instincts, and capital market connections to ensure that your Portland business makes the best possible choices for expansion. We provide vital counsel to companies that protect them from potential pitfalls.

SLG provides both buyer-side and seller-side representation. For sellers, we help you identify potential judgments, title problems, and zoning issues that may arise. For buyers, we do the same and ensure that the property can be used for the purposes you plan.

SLG’s job is to ensure your Portland business is making the best choice for your goals. We minimize the risk of litigation and when disputes do arise, we zealously represent your interests in arbitration or litigation.

Portland businesses can take advantage of numerous options when it comes to purchasing a piece of real estate property. Your corporate attorneys will work closely with your company to understand your business plan, your short and long-term goals, and will advise you on the risks and benefits of every real estate transaction you pursue. Our attorneys focus on adding value to every decision you make. We can help structure joint ventures, tenancies, and more. We will work closely with your company to structure tax-deferred exchanges under 1031 of the IRS code.

Portland businesses can take advantage of several major tax benefits of owning commercial real estate. Our attorneys will help you maximize your deductions after the purchase of a piece of real estate and keep a strict ledger of any expenditures made in terms of real property, maintenance, renovation, and development. Providing your company with a comprehensive tax strategy maximizes your company’s profitability while keeping you out of trouble with the IRS.

The global pandemic created a situation where companies that had a detailed contingency plan were better equipped to ride out a difficult period. For some companies, a good plan can mean the difference between bankruptcy and survival. Few would have been able to predict, for example, that a global pandemic would have resulted in a mass moratorium on evictions. Having a contingency plan in place for such an event can prevent you from being forced to cannibalize your company’s assets to pay off increasing debts.

No contingency plan can foresee everything, but having the right contingency plan in place can help you through difficult periods. Lease and contingency-related disputes including force majeure clauses can resolve matters that emerge from natural disasters, pandemics, and more. SLG represents the interests of both tenants and landlords in these disputes, including leases, rent, construction, hazardous materials, insurance, and sublet provisions.

Structure Law Group, LLP provides top-quality representation for Portland businesses engaging in real estate transactions. Our firm has locations in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Austin, TX, and Lake Oswego, OR. With locations in four of the major tech hubs in the U.S., we are ideally suited to provide multi-state companies with the resources of a large firm and the personalized attention of a small firm. We represent both Fortune 500 companies and emerging startups. Call today at (503) 388-3000 to schedule a consultation or fill out our online form and we can begin discussing your business plan, current and future goals, and help you strategize your company’s future with actionable steps.