Watterson Law has experience representing land owners, developers, builders and entrepreneurs in all matters relating to real estate acquisition, financing, tax structuring, entitlement, construction, and divestiture, including the following:
Advise various ownership groups of master planned subdivisions in the acquisition, entitlement, and divestiture of single family lots, multi-family sites, and commercial sites.
Representation of homebuilders in general corporate, acquisition and entitlement matters.
Ongoing representation of investment partnerships in all phases of the acquisition, entitlement, and divestiture of a mixed use subdivision from raw, unentitled land, including organizing private/public partnership for the extension of critical utilities to site, and ultimate divestiture of the project.
Representation of multiple investment partnerships in tax planning and structuring of land banking structures to maximize capital gains treatment of sale proceeds.
Advise multi-family ownership group in all operational aspects of business, including acquisition and divestiture of projects, and financing and refinancing of commercial loans.
Represent land-owners in the formation of joint venture structures for land entitlement and development.
Representation of borrowers in loan work-outs and debt restructuring matters.
As the former US General Counsel for TFI International, Inc., Watterson law has extensive experience in a broad range of matters confronting oilfield services transport companies, courier companies, crane companies, and trucking companies:
Managed extensive litigation portfolio for international transportation company, including:
various class action suits and individual suits involving employee/independent contractor misclassification claims;
wage and hour claims;
breach of contract claims.
cargo claims
administrative claims
Representation of various heavy-haul oilfield services firms in contesting claims for IRS federal excise tax (FET) on heavy vehicles.
Assist clients in acquisition and management of financing and banking relationships, including operating lines of credit, equipment financing, asset-based lending, etc.
Representation in all legal aspects of managing real estate portfolio, including acquisition, divestiture, leasing matters, environmental matters, etc.
Assist clients in mergers and acquisitions, including share and asset acquisitions/divestitures and all associated matters.
Provide advice on all matters related to DOT compliance, including the applicability of the wait-time exemption from hours of service rules.
