Many of GBGR’s family office and individual private clients have accumulated large real estate portfolios that are key components of their wealth. Such real estate and its ownership are necessarily intertwined with the client’s overall investment and business structures.
GBGR lawyers frequently counsel clients in connection with real estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development projects, tax-free exchanges, and all related lending transactions. Keenly aware of the tax pitfalls related to real estate portfolio ownership that becomes development activity, GBGR guides clients to achieve desired tax results and avoid undesired surprises. Income, estate, and gift tax issues and the related real estate issues are analyzed simultaneously by GBGR professionals versed in both areas. In addition, GBGR attorneys have gained significant experience in negotiating and structuring complex real estate lending transactions. Due to GBGR’s ability to examine a client’s financial issues holistically, GBGR can structure such loans advantageously not only as to the real estate transaction itself, but also taking into account tax, estate planning, and asset protection considerations.
Attorneys
Michael H. Ripp, Jr.
Partner
Michael represents high net worth individuals and family offices in the design, implementation, and administration of domestic and international trust, investment, and life insurance structures.
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Cindy L. Grossman
Partner
Cindy has a breadth of experience in corporate and partnership formation and operation, entity conversion and reorganization, business planning, business succession, and asset protection planning.
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Carol S. Kohler
Corporate Matters
Carol supports the firm’s income and estate tax attorneys in the design and implementation of domestic and international entity structures.
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