We tell you
what it will cost
before we start.
First 30 minutes free
Written estimate within two business days
Attorneys at 55 Water Street, Brooklyn
Company deals, disputes, property and estates for founders, family businesses and private clients across New York and Ohio.
Handled between 2024 and 2026, and published with client consent or in anonymized form.
2026/031
Sale of a family-owned logistics group to a German strategic buyer
Private sale, New York law
2026
$45M
Closed
2026/018
Defense of a Cleveland manufacturer in an $18M supply-chain arbitration (AAA)
AAA arbitration, New York
2026
$18M
Dismissed
2026/007
Series A for a New York fintech, term sheet to closing in six weeks
Private financing round
2026
$9.5M
Closed
2025/112
Acquisition of three retail parks in Ohio for a family office
Recorded in Franklin County, Ohio
2025
$110M
Closed
2025/097
Executive dismissal dispute, New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division
NY Supreme Court, Commercial Division
2025
14 months’ salary
Settled
2025/074
Cross-border estate with assets in New York, Austria and Germany
Kings County Surrogate’s Court
2025
7 months
Completed
2025/041
Ten-year lease for a 34,000 sq ft flagship store on Fifth Avenue
Negotiated lease, Manhattan
2025
10-year term
Closed
2024/126
Shareholder dispute in a family manufacturing group
Mediation, New York
2024
Buy-out at our expert’s valuation
Settled
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Attorney Advertising.
Ten business days
from first call
to first draft.
What happens after you call the office, with the typical day counts for a new matter in 2026. Urgent matters skip the queue: the 24/7 line reaches a partner.
0
same day
Conflict check
Tell us who is involved. Nothing becomes a file until it clears the check, and we tell you the result either way.
Calls answered 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM ET
1
business day later
A partner calls you back
Thirty minutes at 55 Water Street, by phone or by video, and it costs nothing.
First 30 minutes free
2
business days
Written estimate
Hourly, fixed or capped, with the scope in plain words and a price we hold for the calendar year.
You choose the fee basis
5
business days
Engagement letter signed
Scope, fee and who works on your file, on two pages. If the scope grows later, we stop and re-quote before we continue.
Re-quoted in writing if the scope grows
10
business days
First work product
A merits memo, a draft agreement or a demand letter, depending on the matter. Merits memos arrive within five business days of instruction.
Merits memo, $3,500 fixed
Fixed fees,
priced in writing.
One price for a defined scope, agreed in writing. If the scope grows, we stop and re-quote before we continue. Rates are held for the calendar year.
$1,900
Formation of an LLC or corporation
Certificate, operating agreement, filings and EIN
$2,500
Will and estate-plan memo
New York and cross-border assets
$3,900
Condo or co-op purchase
Contract, escrow and closing, including the title check
NDA or contract review, up to 15 pages
$1,500
Pre-litigation demand letter
$1,500
Merits memo within five business days
$3,500
Commercial lease, tenant side
$2,900
Prenuptial agreement
$4,500
Family holding governance charter
$12,500
First 30 minutes free. Hourly work runs $350 to $650 an hour; capped work stops at a ceiling you sign. Court costs and disbursements are billed at cost. All prices in USD.
Four partners.
One answers for each file.
Admitted in New York between 2004 and 2012, each with a direct line. Associates, counsel and staff are on the people page.
“They told us on day two what the case was worth and what it would cost to find out. Nobody else did.”
Short notes on New York law for people who run companies and families. A partner signs every one.
55 Water Street,
Brooklyn.
Thirty minutes, free, this week. Tell us the outline of the matter and a partner calls you back, not an assistant. If we are not the right firm, we say so and suggest who is. Leave out confidential details until the conflict check has cleared.
Office hours
Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM ET
Getting here
Two blocks from the York Street F train
Office line
Urgent, 24/7
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