Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
185 South State Street
Suite 800
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Tel: (801)532.7840
Fax: (801)532.7750
Email: dgee@parrbrown.com
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless is a leading Salt Lake City-based commercial law firm. Since its formation in 1975, the firm has grown to nearly seventy attorneys who provide corporate clients and individuals with transactional, litigation and regulatory assistance.
Founded in 1975, Parr Brown Gee & Loveless - "Parr Brown" - is one of Utah's largest commericial law firms, providing a full range of legal services to a diverse group of corporate and individual clients. For 33 years, the lawyers of Parr Brown have gained a reputation for their extensive experience in handling complex financing, acquisition and commercial transactions, as well as litigation, arbitration and mediation on a local, regional, national and international basis.
We take pride in the quality of our lawyers, and aggressively recruit the top graduates of the nation's most prominent law schools. Our lawyers graduated with honors, and many have served as Judicial Clerks in state and federal courts throughout the country, including the United States Supreme Court.
The firm's legal talent is enhanced by practical and geographical experience. Several of our lawyers have been employed by private businesses, working in management and in-house counsel capacities, and many have practiced at law firms located in states other than Utah, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Washington D.C., as well as Japan.
Our attorneys have experience facilitating business transactions in international markets, including South America, Canada, Europe and Asia, and roughly one-third speak a second language, including Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Lao, Portuguese, French, Russian, Tagalog, German, and Thai. Our ability to provide national and international services to our clients is complimented by the firm's participation in Meritas, the world's largest organization of independent and commercial law firms. Through this international network, we can assist clients through access to legal counsel throughout the world.
Real Estate
Our real estate attorneys have multi-disciplinary experience that spans the spectrum of real estate development, investment and finance. We represent developers, contractors, banks and insurance company lenders for both transactional and litigation matters.
The firm's Real Estate practice was ranked number one in Utah in the first Chambers USA guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers. According to the Guide, "The firm's real estate practice handles many of the state's top-end real estate deals and is doing great work for major developers." David Gee was ranked as a leading real estate attorney and was widely endorsed by peers as a "top real estate attorney" who is "always willing to make the deal work well for both sides."
Charles Maak, also ranked number one in the guide was regarded as "the dean of real estate law in Utah," and is described as "thorough, meticulous and reasonable in negotiation," with a forceful yet "honest" style. Bruce Maak was praised as a "hard negotiator with a broad range of experience."
Our legal expertise in the real estate industry includes:
Commercial projects, ranging from office towers and residential developments to retail and entertainment complexes.
Real estate finance, including lender representations in large, complex loan closings to development engagements on the borrower's behalf.
Pre-development issues, such as negotiating and structuring ownership entities, tax planning, property due diligence (including title examination and certification), and land use planning and regulation, including zoning and subdivision regulation.
All aspects of the development process, including preparing contracts for the design and construction of buildings, negotiating and closing private or government-supported project financing, negotiating and preparing leases, and handling project disposition
Breach of real estate contracts, landlord- tenant disputes, and fraudulent transfers and brokerage commission disputes.
Boundary disputes, land and real property appraisals and arbitrations, and real property tax reduction.
Foreclosures and loan workouts.
For more information about our Real Estate group, please contact David Gee.
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