Real Estate Transactions

Real estate transactions across the New York metropolitan area demand sophisticated legal supervision, sharp risk mitigation, and seamless execution. At Mazzy Law we deliver institutional-grade legal counsel with the agility of a boutique practice.

Operating at the intersection of complex commercial development, luxury wealth management, and residential capital deployment, we protect your equity and advance your positions in one of the world’s most competitive property markets. Whether you are breaking ground on acquiring your very first single family home, a multi-family development, or restructuring a high-value portfolio, our firm ensures your transactional structures are resilient and your risk is controlled.

The Real Estate practice at Mazzy Law represent clients in all aspects of the transactions, from the drafting and negotiation of transaction documents to performing a full range of diligence on every type of complex commercial real estate asset. Mazzy Law’s real estate professionals have a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate asset acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, leasing and real estate financing.

Capabilities

1. First-Time Homebuyers & Residential Closings

Navigating the hyper-competitive tri-state residential market requires a proactive legal partner who protects your hard-earned capital. We de-risk the closing process for a seamless transition into property ownership.

  • Contract Analysis & Negotiation: Demystifying complex rider terms, structural contingencies, and financing conditions.
  • Title & Co-op/Condo Due Diligence: Uncovering hidden liens, analyzing building financial health, reviewing board minutes, and clearing title issues before they stall your closing.
  • Proactive Closing Management: Coordinating flawlessly with lenders, title companies, and sellers to ensure a predictable, stress-free settlement.

2. Commercial Development & Institutional Transactions

We partner with developers and sponsors across the Five Boroughs, Westchester, and Northern New Jersey to navigate the complexities of urban and suburban real estate lifespans.

  • Acquisitions & Dispositions: Structuring joint ventures, managing complex property assemblages, and drafting rock-solid purchase and sale agreements.
  • Financing & Capital Stacks: Advising on senior debt, mezzanine financing, construction loans, and private equity placement.
  • Land Use & Due Diligence: Conducting exhaustive structural, zoning, and environmental due diligence to protect your downside before capital is deployed.

3. High-Net-Worth Investors & Portfolio Optimization

For private clients and investment syndicates moving significant capital into real estate assets, we provide discreet, high-tier legal infrastructure.

  • Luxury & High-Value Asset Acquisitions: Executing high-end residential and commercial purchases with maximum privacy and precision.
  • Entity Structuring & Asset Protection: Utilizing customized corporate structures (including Delaware and New York LLCs) to shield liability, streamline multi-jurisdictional tax filings, and facilitate smooth wealth transitions.
  • Commercial Leasing & Yield Protection: Drafting and negotiating retail, office, and industrial leases tailored to secure investor cash flows and mitigate tenant defaults.

Business & Corporate Law

Mazzy Law represents business entities in all stages of growth, from small startups and emerging businesses to large and long-established business entities.

Capabilities

  • We serve as trusted general corporate counsel for small and mid-sized businesses across New York and New Jersey. Our firm guides entrepreneurs through every phase of business ownership, from initial entity formation (LLCs, S-Corps, and partnerships) to ongoing operational legal support, we protect your interests so you can focus on growth.
  • We offers legal advice on corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, contracts, capital markets, and risk management for companies at every stage of growth.
  • Our team advises companies on legal rights and obligations, drafts and reviews contracts, facilitates business transactions, and helps ensure compliance with federal and state corporate regulations.
  • We guide companies through complex business transactions, including negotiation, due diligence, contract drafting, and establishing governance frameworks to manage company operations.

Tax Planning & Advisory Services

Our tax attorneys deliver proactive counsel to minimize tax liabilities and ensure compliance at every level.

Capabilities

  • We guide clients through the tax aspects of corporate deals, whether structuring mergers and acquisitions or optimizing real estate transactions. For high-net-worth individuals and family offices, we provide personal tax and estate planning counsel, crafting strategies to preserve wealth across generations.
  • We represent clients in audits, negotiations, and other tax controversies with the IRS or state tax authorities, advocating to protect their interests in disputes. In all these areas, Mazzy Law offers the sophisticated, solution-oriented approach that business clients expect from an experienced tax adviser.

Estate Planning

Our team supports clients with trust and estate planning from simple wills and trusts to the most sophisticated tax savings techniques and charitable giving vehicles. We help clients plan for the transfer of wealth in a tax efficient and cost-effective manner and provide comprehensive and attentive estate-planning counsel.

Capabilities

We help clients make informed choices with respect to a variety of personal and technical issues including:

  • Wills, Health Care Proxies and Powers of Attorney;
  • Transferring assets during lifetime or upon death;
  • Creating insurance trusts, family trusts, grantor-retained annuity trusts (GRATS) and Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRTs);
  • Using trusts, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies and other devices to hold, preserve, and dispose of assets;
  • Charitable giving and philanthropic planning;
  • Reducing or eliminating estate and gift taxes;
  • Planning for liquidity to meet personal needs, tax liabilities, and other obligations through the use of life insurance policies and other arrangements.

Litigation

Our team manages a broad spectrum of civil litigation, specializing in commercial disputes.

The commercial litigation attorneys at Mazzy Law are dedicated to protecting your business and securing your objectives. Our attorneys have broad experience at all levels of the federal and state judicial systems as well as in arbitration, mediation and administrative proceedings. We represent clients across the corporate spectrum, from emerging startups to Fortune 500 companies. Our trial attorneys favor a cost-effective, strategic approach, resolving disputes through savvy negotiation whenever possible, and aggressive, efficient litigation when necessary.

Capabilities

We routinely handle commercial litigation involving:

  • Breach of contract
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Business and partnership fraud
  • Business torts
  • Real estate and land disputes
  • Debtor/credit disputes
  • Bankruptcy claims
  • Accounting and auditing actions
  • Domestic and international arbitrations
  • Fraud and misrepresentation claims
  • Insurance coverage disputes
  • Investor claims
  • Intellectual property infringement
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Securities Litigation
  • Trade secret and unfair competition claims