Commercial & Agricultural Law

Commercial transactions take many forms. Amy K. Murphy has a great breadth and depth of experience in commercial and agricultural transactions. The services we provide include:

Real Estate
  • Negotiating and drafting commercial, industrial, and agricultural real estate purchase and sale agreements, whether acting for the vendor, purchaser, or lender.
  • Negotiating and drafting commercial retail and agricultural leases.
  • Drafting and registering easements, encroachment agreements, rights of first refusal, options to purchase, development agreements, home owner association and industrial lot owner association by-laws, restrictive covenants, postponement and non-disturbance agreements.
  • Overseeing residential, agricultural, and industrial subdivisions.
  • Transfer and assignment of government grants including:farm development leases, sand and material leases, grazing leases, and recreational lake lots.
  • Negotiating of private sand and gravel lease.

Financings
  • Acting for both lenders and borrowers on agricultural and commercial financings up to $17 million dollars.
  • Reviewing freehold and leasehold real property searches and equipment serial number searches.
  • Conducting court house, bankruptcy, WCB, and Municipal searches.
  • Negotiating and drafting security documentation including:mortgages, debentures, personal and corporate guarantees, assignments of rents, of shareholders’ loans, and of life insurance policies, promissory notes, general and specific security agreements and registering financing statements at the Personal Property Registry.

Purchase and Operations of a Business
  • Negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements for various businesses including: industrial plants, farms and a range of retail and service businesses.
  • Negotiating and drafting partnership and joint venture agreements.
  • Negotiating and drafting contracts for the supply of goods and services.
  • Drafting equipment lease agreements and distributorship agreements.
  • Negotiating and drafting employment and non-competition agreements.
  • Reviewing and negotiating franchise agreements.