Attorneys at Law
Law Office of David Kahan, P.A.
My goal is simple. To provide the highest level of knowledge, guidance and experience within my practice areas of expertise, while delivering a personal level of service generally unseen in the legal profession, all at cost-effective rates and within the budgetary constraints and requirements of my clients. Whether my clients' needs are for the complex, the innovative or the routine, my pledge is to consistently provide high-quality representation and legal solutions that my clients demand and deserve.
Servicing Clients in the following areas of expertise:
- Banking and Lending
- Corporate Governance and Structuring
- Advisory Services
- E-Commerce and Web-Based Business
- Employment
- Intellectual Property and Technology
- Licensing
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Securities and Private Placements
- Secured Transactions
- Strategic Private Investments
- Structured Finance
- Venture Capital
- Acquisitions and Sales
- Condominium Associations
- Construction
- Development: Commercial and Residential
- Distressed Property
- Financing: Acquisition, Bridge
- Financing: Construction, Permanent
- Homeowners Associations
- Land Use and Entitlements
- Leasing
Outside General Counsel:
- Represent multi-faceted real estate development, lending and construction company in all of their legal need, including, drafting and negotiation of development agreement, financing and mortgage loan documents and packages, employment matters (including confidentiality and non-compete agreements with employees), leasing and construction contracts.
- Represent financial services and investment company in negotiating and drafting all of their investment transactions, including, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, debt and equity investments and licensing agreements.
- Represent internet-based software company in all of their legal need, including, drafting and negotiating all of their licensing and software development agreements, click-thru and other internet-based marketing agreements, confidentiality, non-compete and work for hire agreements with employees and independent contractors, as well as their internal general business needs, such as implementing and managing employee stock option plan, office leasing, insurance matters and related general corporate governance, structure and corporate maintenance.
- Represent web-based public company in drafting and negotiating standardized software licensing, services, marketing and OEM agreements for their products, as well as handling all of their general intellectual property management and protection, including managing specialized IP lawyers in Washington D.C. through the company’s patent, trademark and copyright processes, as well as developing, implementing and managing overall corporate strategy for protection of intellectual property with employees and third parties.
Given the breadth of expertise, personal level of service and cost effectiveness provided by David Kahan, PA., many small and medium sized private and public companies retain my firm to serve as “Outside” General Counsel. In such a role, my firm handles virtually every aspect of a client’s legal needs, including managing outside lawyers engaged through this Outside General Counsel relationship for specialized litigation or other legal needs not handled by my firm. Differing levels of involvement and creative billing arrangements can be achieved to meet a client’s needs.
Transaction Highlights
Corporate and Business:
- Represented early stage Internet Company in first and second round private equity investments totaling excess of $12 million.
- Represented mortgage lending company in negotiation and structure of $100 million warehouse credit facility.
- Represented hard money lending company in negotiation and structure of $10 million rediscount credit facility.
- Represented issuer in private placement of secured notes in excess of $15 million.
- Represented issuer in private placement of limited liability membership interests of $5 million.
- Represented investor group in $2.5 million equity investment in early stage online gaming company.
- Represented internet-based company in $5 million stock acquisition of strategic business partner.
- Represented technology-based company in oversight, protection and management of all of their intellectual property assets.
- Represented CEO in negotiation of multi-year employment agreement worth in excess of $10 million with public telecom company.
Real Estate and Finance:
- Represented developer in acquisition, development, construction, finance and leasing of over 13 grocery-anchored shopping centers (average transaction size in excess of $5 million).
- Represented developer in acquisition, development, construction, finance and leasing of business and commerce park (transaction size in excess of $12 million).
- Represented developer in $35 million development agreement with a municipality for multi-use condominium and retail complex, including negotiation of TIF financing package.
- Represented mortgage lender in workout and unwind of mortgage loan portfolio in excess of $25 million.
- Represent shopping center owner in portfolio sale of multiple centers to REIT totaling in excess of $12 million.
- Represented various condominium associations in management of lien and foreclosure process for delinquent unit owners and general association matters.