Top Real Estate Lawyers Near Me in Saint Louis Area

Ira has been practicing law in the St. Louis area for over thirty years.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of business law, labor and employment relations and business litigation.  Ira’s litigation experience includes both jury and non-jury trials in the state and federal courts and representing clients before the National Labor Relations Board and various federal and state agencies.  He has extensive experience in advising clients on a variety of corporate matters including labor and employment issues, mergers and acquisitions, contracts and business planning.  Ira has also handled matters before various arbitration panels in the securities industry representing both financial advisors and individual investors. He is a founding member of Affinity Law Group, LLC.

Calvin Matthews, a member of the Corporate Services practice group, serves as outside counsel to a number of major businesses including Sterling Bank, First Community Bank and the area developer and master franchisee for Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shops in Missouri and Illinois. In these positions, Calvin handles a wide-range of corporate issues including those related to financial transactions, real estate, employment and labor, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.. He offers clients a unique combination of skills due to an unusual background that includes in-depth experience as a corporate services attorney, litigator and even a securities trader. Because of this, Calvin has a diverse practice representing a variety of companies from industries as different as apparel, banking and food services. His practice also includes representing clients with cutting edge legal issues such as those in the medical marijuana business in both Missouri and Illinois.. In the corporate services area, many of Calvin’s clients are mid and large-sized closely held businesses. He takes a holistic view of a company’s operations and thus provides a range of needed services, including the review of corporate structure, contracts and policies. He develops strategies aimed at improving operations and minimizing risks.. When clients face litigation issues, Calvin employs his experience handling contract, insurance, banking, and finance disputes as well as complex multiparty national class action cases. His widely publicized cases include the representation of Jos A. Bank Clothiers Inc. against national class actions as well as the representation of Randall Sutton, the CEO and president of the defunct National Prearranged Funerals Inc. in one of the largest fraud schemes ever prosecuted in the Missouri.

Brad counsels and represents companies and entrepreneurs in a broad range of corporate and real estate transactions, with extensive experience in the following areas: (i) new business formation, funding and strategy; (ii) business succession, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; (iii) private equity and venture capital transactions; (iv) general business counseling; (v) drafting and negotiating all types of commercial contracts; (vi) structuring, negotiating and documenting credit facilities, loans and other financing arrangements; and (vii) all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, financing, development, sale, and leasing of retail, office, hotels and other commercial properties.. Brad has experience with companies in a number of different industries, including manufacturing, distribution, construction, oil and gas, precision machining, hotels, restaurants, financial services, employment staffing, biomedical, life sciences, transportation, medical goods and services, software, technology, telecommunications and consumer goods.  Brad is a founding member of Affinity Law Group, LLC.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.

Experienced Real Estate attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.