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Founded in 1971 by
the late William V. Cuddy and Robert Feder, Cuddy & Feder LLP has grown to be
one of the largest law firms based in Westchester County, New York, just
thirty
minutes from Manhattan. In addition to its primary location in
The Firm's Practice Areas Include:
Cuddy & Feder LLP initially earned its reputation through its land use practice representing a diverse client base of large and small developers. Cuddy & Feder's representation customarily includes zoning, land use, environmental and municipal law before state, county and municipal boards. Cuddy & Feder generally coordinates the consulting team in the pursuit of governmental approvals for development of sites. Cuddy & Feder has represented local, regional, national and multi-national clients with sites located throughout the metropolitan New York area, including Westchester County, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. The Firm has acted as counsel in connection with the development of retail and commercial buildings, office buildings, shopping centers, residential communities, apartment buildings, as well as institutional developments, such as nursing homes, schools, assisted-living facilities, and continuing-care retirement communities. For Cuddy & Feder's telecommunications' clientele, the land-use practice is actively involved in the siting and regulatory approval of wireless facilities throughout New York State and Connecticut. For its municipal clients, Cuddy & Feder has been special counsel to assist in the review of complex zoning and planning issues, and the drafting of zoning and planning regulations. For more
information, contact the head of Cuddy & Feder's Land Use Department:
Cuddy & Feder's real estate work encompasses all aspects of the practice area (purchases, sales, financing, leasing, development, etc.) principally throughout Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess and Orange counties, but also throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. The Firm has participated in numerous complex multi-party transactions of all kinds involving large scale commercial, office, retail and multi-family projects. The Firm also represents sponsors of condominiums, homeowners’ associations and cooperatives and is active in the development of subsidized housing. A Partner of the Firm has been elected as a fellow by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. For
more information, contact the head of Cuddy & Feder's Real Estate
Practice: Cuddy
& Feder serves as general counsel to a broad range of business entities
from sole proprietorships to large corporations, both privately held and
publicly owned. The Firm's clients are involved in such enterprises as
manufacturing, electronics, software development, cable television, radio
broadcasting, printing, publishing, banking, franchising, equipment leasing,
mortgage banking, professional corporations and financial consulting. Cuddy
& Feder advises owners of closely held businesses and solves the more
complex, challenging problems of major family owned enterprises. The Firm is
actively engaged in the organization of business entities, including limited
liability companies, corporations, limited partnerships, joint ventures and
strategic alliances, as well as not-for-profit corporations. Cuddy & Feder
also works closely with medical partnerships and professional corporations on
organizational matters including service agreements and employment contracts. For more
information, contact the head of Cuddy & Feder's Corporate Practice: Secured Lending Transactions. back to top Cuddy
& Feder acts as lender's counsel to numerous banks and insurance
companies in connection with their placement of secured loans in Westchester,
Putnam and Dutchess Counties, in New York City, in upstate New York and in
Connecticut. Most of these transactions are complex, sophisticated commercial
financings involving a variety of corporate businesses and their financial
needs. Some of these loans relate to real property development (construction
loans, 'mini-perms' and long-term 'take out' mortgage funding) for office
buildings, office parks, industrial parks, shopping centers, golf courses,
hotels, rental apartment houses and condominium projects. Others are
asset-based loans involving lines of credit and factoring transactions
secured by corporate assets other than real estate. For
more information, contact the head of Cuddy & Feder's
Secured Lending Transactions Practice: Industrial Development Agency Financing. back to top Cuddy
& Feder represents a cross-section of businesses and not-for-profit
entities in tax-exempt and taxable bond financings through Industrial
Development Agencies throughout New York and the United States. Cuddy &
Feder's representation includes the analysis of the availability of
financing, structuring the transaction to qualify for such financing, representation
before the appropriate Industrial Development Agency and closing.
Representative transactions include bond issues that have been purchased by
money funds and single institutions, or have been publicly marketed,
underwritten or privately placed, and bond issues that have been sold with
and without credit enhancement. Cuddy & Feder's attorneys serve as
borrower's counsel, as bond underwriter's counsel and as local counsel to
issuers of tax-exempt and taxable industrial development revenue bonds. For more information, contact the head of Cuddy &
Feder's Industrial Development Agency Practice:
Environmental
Law. back to top
Environmental considerations have become integral to virtually all real estate, corporate and financing transactions. To meet these demands, Cuddy & Feder maintains an environmental practice which complements all areas of the firm’s practice as well as functioning as a primary practice area in its own right. The environmental practice group handles the environmental, risk assessment and legal liability issues in pre-transaction due diligence and contract negotiation for real estate, corporate and financing matters as well as the litigation and settlement of such issues post-closing. It also handles litigation for plaintiffs, defendants and responsible parties regarding disputes over responsibility for environmental liability, as well as all manner of environmental compliance, and judicial and administrative practice under Federal, State and local ordinances, rules and regulations.
For more information, contact the head of Cuddy &
Feder's Environmental Law Practice:
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