Band 1 Ranked Nevada Business Law and Transactional Attorneys
Our Business Entities & Transactions Practice Group attorneys offer extensive experience in all areas of corporate law, business contracts, and commercial transactions. The Practice Group is rated in the highest Tier 1 category in Best Law Firms for its Nevada business law and transactional law expertise in Reno and Las Vegas. The team is also ranked in the highest Band 1 category in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
We also advise on the formation, governance and operation of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, business trusts and other statutory entities. We represent shareholders, directors, partners, members and managers involved in all types of commercial transactions, including contract review, drafting and negotiation. Our Nevada business lawyers understand and provide perspective on a broad range of industries and specialized market segments: healthcare, mining, energy, gaming, tourism, real estate, construction, manufacturing, retail and professional services, and many others.
“The team has really done a terrific job, they have people covering all specialties and so we can bounce ideas off other attorneys within the firm. We have been very impressed and are 100% satisfied with their services, which have encompassed a wide range of services.”
– Ranked Band 1, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
We are dedicated to getting the deal done. Our team of business law and transactional law attorneys advises on the commercial business and tax law issues that permeate all facets of a commercial transaction. Our lawyers serve as local and general counsel not only to sole proprietors and closely held entities but also to publicly traded national and global corporations doing business in Nevada and far beyond state lines. Our expertise ranges from the purchase and sale of business entities and assets—to secured financing of commercial transactions—to representation of commercial loan borrowers and lenders. We are actively involved in all types of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and dissolutions that are subject to Nevada corporate law, limited liability company law, and partnership law. We deliver comprehensive legal counsel on the complete array of business contracts, as well as on all dispute mitigation and resolution, particularly among entities and their owners.
Our experience includes:
All commercial transactional law matters
Business planning and development initiatives
Contract review, drafting, negotiation, and documentation
Corporate Transparency Act
Corporate maintenance endeavors, including minutes, minute books and statutory records executed in affiliation with registered agent company Sierra Corporate Services
Formation of corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships
Labor and employment agreements
Mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, dispositions and dissolutions
Monitoring changes in Nevada laws that affect commercial transactions
In 2021, the U.S. Congress enacted The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) intended to combat money laundering and terrorist financing by expanding the regulatory power of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 19 areas of expertise in our Reno and Las Vegas offices received the highest “Tier 1” ranking in the U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 17 areas of expertise in our Reno office achieved the highest Tier 1 ranking in the U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2024 report. “Best Law…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 12 areas of expertise in our Las Vegas office achieved the highest Tier 1 ranking in the U.S. News–Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2024 report. “Best…
McDonald Carano congratulates Mark Knobel on receiving his 12th “Lawyer of the Year” award from The Best Lawyers in America® for the greater Reno region. In the 2024 edition of…
McDonald Carano congratulates Brian Schusterman on receiving the “Lawyer of the Year” award in Corporate Law from The Best Lawyers in America® for the greater Reno region. “Lawyer of the Year”…
McDonald Carano congratulates Eric Duhon on receiving “Ones to Watch” recognition in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in Real Estate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions…
McDonald Carano congratulates Andy Gabriel on receiving his second “Lawyer of the Year” award from The Best Lawyers in America® for the Las Vegas metropolitan region. In the 2024 edition of…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 15 of our Las Vegas office lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 21 of our Reno office lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and two…
Chambers & Partners produces publications named Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers High Net Worth Guide: Private Wealth Law. Combining the ranking results in both publications among…
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McDonald Carano is proud to announce that seven of our attorneys are recognized as “Rising Stars” in the 2023 edition of Mountain States Super Lawyers magazine. The list of top…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business awarded prestigious rankings to 10 attorneys covering six areas of legal expertise in our Reno and Las Vegas…
McDonald Carano congratulates Andy Gabriel on receiving the highest Band 1 ranking in Real Estate Law from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2023. Andy is also highly ranked in the Corporate/Commercial…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business awarded prestigious rankings to the following six Practice Groups in our Reno and Las Vegas offices – Commercial Litigation, Corporate…
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McDonald Carano proudly announces that more than half of our Partners, Of Counsel, and Senior Counsel have received the Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating™ for achieving “the highest level…
McDonald Carano is proud to announce that Michael Whittaker has been elevated to Partner, effective January 1, 2023. Michael is a Partner in our Trust & Estates Law practice which…
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McDonald Carano proudly announces that 11 women lawyers from eight Practice Groups in our Reno and Las Vegas offices have been recognized in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in…
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McDonald Carano proudly announces that 10 areas of expertise in our Las Vegas office achieved the highest Tier 1 ranking in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”…
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McDonald Carano congratulates Bill Magrath on an outstanding achievement of receiving eleven Lawyer of the Year awards in nine years from The Best Lawyers in America. In Best Lawyers 2023,…
McDonald Carano congratulates Mark Knobel on an excellent record of receiving ten Lawyer of the Year awards in five areas of expertise in seven years from The Best Lawyers in…
McDonald Carano congratulates Chris Molina on graduating from the NAIOP Southern Nevada Developing Leaders Institute, serving as 2023 Class President, receiving Emerging Star of Development recognition, and leading his team…
McDonald Carano congratulates Robert Armstrong for receiving the highest ranking of Band 1 in Private Wealth Law in the 2022 Chambers High Net Worth guide. 2022 is the sixth consecutive…
McDonald Carano congratulates 10 attorneys in our Las Vegas office who are recognized as “Top Lawyers” in the Vegas Inc./Las Vegas Weekly 2022 list of the “best in our community…
McDonald Carano congratulates Andy Gabriel on his 15th consecutive year of being ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In addition to earning individual recognition in both Corporate/Commercial…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that five of our Practice Groups received prestigious rankings in the Nevada section of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2022. The Nevada section evaluated…
McDonald Carano proudly announces having the most attorneys recognized in Nevada Business Magazine’s “Top Rank Attorneys” list for 2022, including four “Best Up & Coming Attorneys.” For the past 15…
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McDonald Carano proudly announces earning recertification in Meritas, the leading global alliance of independent full-service business law firms. McDonald Carano joined Meritas in 1990 as a founding member and we…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Eric Duhon has joined our Real Estate & Land Use Practice and Business Entities & Transactions Practice. Eric assists sellers, buyers, users, landlords, tenants, developers,…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that 17 Practice Groups in our Reno and Las Vegas offices have received the prestigious “Tier 1” ranking in the 2022 edition of the “Best Law…
McDonald Carano is pleased to announce that Zach Noland has joined the Business Entities & Transactions Practice and the Trusts & Estates Practice in the Reno office. Mr. Noland joined…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Best Lawyers in America recognized eight of our Reno and Las Vegas lawyers and six of their specialty areas of business law expertise: (1) Corporate…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Best Lawyers in America 2022 has named Andrew Gabriel “Lawyer of the Year” for the Las Vegas metropolitan region in Corporate Law. Best Lawyers in…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Chambers 2021 has recognized Robert McPeak as the “Up and Coming” lawyer in Nevada Real Estate Law. Chambers describes “Up and Coming” lawyers as those…
Women’s History Month is celebrated in March, but all year long McDonald Carano honors the women who lead our practices, provide excellent service to our clients, and assure the professional…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Chambers USA 2021 ranked three of our practices in the most highly regarded Band 1 category – Business Entities & Transactions, Commercial & Complex Litigation,…
McDonald Carano proudly announces that Chambers USA 2021 ranked the corporate and commercial law expertise of our Business Entities & Transactions Practice in the highly regarded Band 1 category, which…
McDonald Carano proudly congratulates Adam Hosmer-Henner, Chelsea Latino, Brian Pick, Brian Schusterman, and Ryan Works for being selected to Nevada Business magazine’s list of “Legal Elite 2021: The Silver State’s…
June 4th, 2021 (Las Vegas) – McDonald Carano is pleased to announce that James Robertson has joined the firm as a Partner in the Business Entities & Transactions Practice Group…
Las Vegas, Nevada, June 3, 2021 – McDonald Carano LLP is pleased to announce that eleven attorneys from the firm are recognized as 2021 Mountain States Super Lawyers and four…
July 9, 2020 – McDonald Carano is pleased to announce Chambers has again listed the Firm as a highly ranked law firm in both the Chambers USA and Chambers High…
Las Vegas, Nevada, May 31, 2020 – McDonald Carano LLP is pleased to announce that twelve attorneys from the firm are recognized as 2020 Mountain States Super Lawyers and three…
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