Assouline & Berlowe, P.A.

Assouline & Berlowe, P.A.is a Florida based business litigation and transactional law firm serving the business needs of local, national, and international clients. Now in its twenty-first year, the firm has worked on a broad range of business matters in a wide-range of industries. The firm consists of a dedicated team of recognized professionals with hundreds of years of collective business and technology law experience. Its mission is to exceed client expectations and provide client-specific legal services at competitive prices.

The firm is led by its founding partners, Eric N. Assouline and Peter E. Berlowe. Visit the firm at http://www.assoulineberlowe.com/.

Main Areas of Practice

BUSINESS LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Assouline & Berlowe maintains an extensive business litigation and dispute resolution practice. The firm's litigation practice involves high stakes matters for private and public companies, family-owned businesses, start-ups and growth firms, individual entrepreneurs, and financial institutions. Assouline & Berlowe's attorneys litigate claims related to contract disputes, complex commercial disputes, intellectual property, antitrust, unfair competition, trade secrets, asset recovery, civil fraud, RICO, foreign judgment enforcement, fraudulent conveyances, commercial collections, labor and employment, real estate, construction, and creditors’ rights.

CREDITORS RIGHTS & BANKRUPTCY

Assouline & Berlowerepresents debtors and creditors in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts in liquidation, reorganization, and adversary proceedings. The Firm's attorneys handle commercial collections, enforcement of rights in secured transactions, and adversary proceedings and appeals. The Firm also represents parties in: asset recovery; assignments for the benefit of creditors; contested garnishment proceedings; judgment enforcement proceedings, including the execution and sale of seized assets; preferential and fraudulent transfers litigation in bankruptcy court; proceedings supplementary, under Fla. Stat. § 56.29; receivership related actions; contested Uniform Commercial Code issues; voluntary and involuntary business bankruptcy; and out of court workouts of troubled or non-performing loans.

CORPORATE AND FINANCE

Assouline & Berlowe regularly handles business and corporate transactions of every kind. It is well-positioned to advise on almost any corporate or finance matter, and it represents entrepreneurs and businesses throughout the entire business life cycle from formation to dissolution. Assouline & Berlowe's lawyers can prepare all types of transactional documents, including purchase and sale agreements, merger and acquisition agreements, shareholder agreements, operating agreements, and partnership and joint venture agreements. The attorneys plan, structure, negotiate, and execute complex, high-value business transactions. Its partners have experience helping clients secure debt or equity. The firm often serves as outside counsel, advising business managers on every aspect of corporate governance, management, and compliance with governmental regulations. Many of the Firm's attorneys are licensed in multiple jurisdictions.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

A business’ most important assets may be intangible intellectual property rights. It may be crucial to pursue or defend against litigation related to these rights. The business attorneys at our Florida firm handle intellectual property litigation, along with the registration of copyrights, trademarks, and patents. Assouline & Berlowe performs a wide range of legal services in connection with intellectual property, including filing and prosecuting non-provisional utility patents and design patents, filing provisional patent applications, evaluating new technologies for patentability, formulating and conducting right to use or freedom to operate searches, identifying and policing our clients’ intellectual property rights, providing portfolio counseling, and representing clients at Markman hearings, as well as Trademark Trial and Appeal Board inter-party disputes. It also can structure and negotiate IP business transactions.

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ARBITRATION

Cultural nuances and different business practices can create additional challenges and costs in any transaction. Its attorneys are familiar with international law and arbitration, and we have experience handling cross-border transactions in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Many of its partners have lived and practiced in foreign jurisdictions, and it can represent clients in international mediation, arbitration, and litigation. The firm has represented major banking, food, construction, metals, manufacturing, oil, and technology companies. When cross-border relationships break down, and it becomes necessary to consider the best method to resolve a dispute, Assouline & Berlowe represent domestic and international clients in matters involving international law and arbitration.

REAL ESTATE

Assouline & Berlowe's real estate practice has represented real estate developers, entrepreneurs, syndicates, corporations, construction companies, and banks and other financial institutions. It serves as strategic legal and transactional counsel on high-value real estate projects, including hotels, resorts, office buildings, multi-family housing, shopping centers, restaurants, petrochemical plants, and infrastructure projects. The firm has working relationships with appraisers, accountants, and construction and engineering experts, when a multi-disciplinary project team is needed. Several firm attorneys have practical experience in building construction, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering, and they bring their real-world experience to bear on any legal issues that arise during development and construction.

Trust & Estates, Probate and Guardianship

Assouline & Berlowe 's Trust & Estates practice group handles estate and trust administration, guardianship administration, estate planning, and estate and trust litigation. The firm works with individuals and business owners to ensure effective transfer of family wealth, with minimal estate and gift taxes.

Offices

For a consultation, call Assouline & Berloweor contact the firm via its online form.

Miami: (305) 567-5576 -- Miami Tower, 100 S.E. 2nd Street, Suite 3650, Miami, Florida 33131

Fort Lauderdale: (954) 929-1899 -- 213 East Sheridan Street, Suite 3 Ft. Lauderdale-Dania, Florida 33004

Boca Raton: (561) 361-6566 -- 2385 N.W. Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Boca Raton, Florida 33431