Celebrating 20 Years as Advisors and Advocates for South Florida Clients
Real Estate
Real estate transactions have become increasingly more complicated as a result of the increased regulatory and economic environment. Carney Stanton helps its clients navigate this complex landscape by delivering expert, experienced and cost-effective real estate legal services. Carney Stanton can frequently deliver these services to our condominium/townhouse development and banking clients or real estate acquirors on a fixed fee basis with an upfront agreed to budget for our services.
Tom Carney, Peter Carney and Walt Stanton bring together comprehensive industry knowledge of property acquisition, financing, development, construction financing, uniform commercial code and usury law to facilitate the following:
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Commercial and residential property acquisitions and sales
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Bank financings and related mortgages
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Commercial property leasing
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Condominium formations and condominium documents
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Condominium conversions and terminations
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Counseling on zoning and land use issues
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Structuring of real estate transactions
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Interest Rate Swaps
​Carney Stanton has also litigated problem real estate loans. Carney Stanton has represented lenders in foreclosure actions, have obtained the appointment of receivers to manage troubled real estate projects and have brought suit against developers and their responsible affiliates in order to enforce the terms of the purchase related contracts.
Banking
The Carney Stanton lawyers have extensive experience in various regulatory matters and representations before financial institution regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation. Carney Stanton has represented banking institutions in the filing and processing of regulatory responses, applications for de novo bank charters, changes in bank control and the negotiation and documentation of bank regulatory enforcement actions.
Carney Stanton also represents banks and financial institutions in litigation involving lending-related and other financial business disputes. Carney Stanton has litigated matters involving the enforceability of guarantees, the effectiveness of confession of judgment clauses, the appropriateness of contractual interest rates, the enforceability of various self-help clauses and issues relating to letters of credit.