An experienced tax and business lawyer, Lawrence H. Brenman assists clients in structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies. Larry counsels institutional lenders and borrowers in connection with commercial finance matters and has helped structure and carry out tax planning for private equity investments and private placement offerings. He is experienced in tax planning for businesses, real estate development and syndication.
Larry counsels business owners on a wide range of issues, including business entity structuring, capitalization of the business, compensation of its executives, buy-sell arrangements, and day-to-day contractual matters such as leasing, licensing, and purchase and sale contracts.
Education
- LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1983
- J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 1982
- B.S., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1979
Concentrations
- Tax
- Partnership taxation
- Real estate taxation
- Corporate taxation
- State and local tax
- LLCs and S corporations
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate acquisitions, sales and syndication
- Real estate development
- Tax-free exchanges and reverse exchanges
- Business
- Mergers and acquisition
- Choice of business entity
- Shareholder agreements
- Partnership agreements and LLC operating agreements
- Joint ventures
- Commercial lending
- Employment agreements and noncompete covenants
- Deferred compensation plans
