Reidy Law Group/CMPR provides the following legal services:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Development and protection of wine brands through cost-effective worldwide trademark development and protection strategies in over 40 jurisdictions, including emerging wine markets in China, Canada, Mexico, Macau, and Hong Kong. Services include all aspects of trademark and copyright law, including, clearances, worldwide registration, and infringement prosecution and defense. Our lawyers have successfully arbitrated and mediated many trademark disputes before JAMS, AAA, and court-supervised Alternative Dispute Resolution programs.
WINE BRANDS, WIneries & vineyards SALES & ACQUISITIONS
The firm offers a full range of services relating to the purchase and sale of wine brands, wineries, and vineyards, including, working with valuation experts to accurately determine brand and asset value, conducting due diligence, and drafting and negotiating purchase agreements and ancillary documents related to the transaction. During the past decade, our attorneys have represented clients in nearly $1.5 billion worth of asset and business sales transactions. Please see the “News” section for links to articles reporting a sampling of our notable buy-sell transactions.
GENERAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONs.
The firm represents developers, investors, and owners in complex commercial real estate transactions. These services include the acquisition, development, and disposition of commercial real estate, drafting and negotiating purchase, sale, easement, construction, development, leases and other real estate and real property ownership and management-related agreements.
COMMERCIAL FINANCE TRANSACTIONS
The firm offers a full range of services relating to commercial real property secured transactions, including the review, negotiation, and documentation of loan transactions (including bridge and mezzanine financing, A/B structured loans, and construction loans), loan workouts, and participation agreements.
CORPORATE FORMATIONS, GOVERNANCE, AND DISSOLUTIONS
General corporate counseling, from start-ups to established companies, including the formation, governance, and dissolution of business entities and review and documentation of business and commercial contracts. These services include preparing and negotiating asset, stock, membership interest purchase and sale agreements, partnership agreements, and buy-sell agreements.
WINE INDUSTRY Business Contracts
Specific to the wine and alcoholic beverages industry, the firm handles a wide array of business contracts relating to brand or entity ownership, including work-for-hire, grape purchase, distribution, winemaker and consulting agreements, import agreements, partnerships, joint ventures, and LLC operating agreements.
EMPLOYMENT/LABOR LAW
The firm’s employment attorneys provide counsel and services in employment and labor matters across the human resources spectrum, at both a business and litigation level. Services include all aspects of hiring and termination/severance, handbooks and employment policies, wage and hour claims, discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, and classifications (exempt, independent contracts, etc.).
LAND USE
Land use services in Sonoma and Napa counties include title review, environmental compliance, zoning and use permits, easements and covenants, conservation easements, and representation before planning commissions and county supervisors.
LITIGATION
When needed, the firm offers a skilled and experienced litigation team in support of all of the transactional legal services offered to clients, whether in the prosecution or defense of claims.
TAX LAW
Experienced tax attorneys are available to advise clients on tax allocations and implications that may arise in the course of business or as a result of specific transactions, including buy-sell agreements and partnership and corporate formations and dissolutions.