Carney Badley Spellman Revenue and Competitors

CARNEY BADLEY SPELLMAN is servicing the fast-growing industry of alternative fuels including ethanol and biodiesel. As the government mandates the country to use 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuels by the year 2012, ethanol production is stepping on the gas while demands for new and expanded plants are ever increasing. News on some of the more important developments in this rapidly evolving area can be viewed here. Most recently Carney attorneys have been involved in this industry with joint ventures, construction contracts, vendor agreements, land use and real estate transactions. We have represented owners, developers, construction companies, production facilities and investors. Carney attorneys provide the following services in the alternative fuel industry: Construction Real Estate Land Use Environmental Business Corporate Corporate Finance Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation Carney's Construction Practice Group attorneys work with our clients in contract planning and negotiations to insure that our clients' interests are protected and to provide practical mechanisms for dispute resolution. Since we have both commercial law expertise and construction litigation experience, we excel at providing a thorough look at the many important aspects of a contract. We represent developers, owners, architects, engineers and contractors regarding contracts, bids, performance bonds, claims and defending against liens. We have a team of litigators with broad experience in trial and arbitration of construction cases. We handle surety, construction liability, indemnity claims and coverage claims, as well as claims for cost overruns. Our Real Estate Practice Group offers a wide range of experience including acquisitions and dispositions of developed and undeveloped properties for ownership, evaluation and due diligence for existing or future projects. Our Land Use Practice Group represents both public and private sector clients including counties and municipalities, property owners, and developers throughout Washington state. We focus on a wide range of issues arising out of federal, state and local regulation, including property acquisition, permitting for development, property rights, and condemnation. Carney's Environmental Law Practice Group represents developers, owners, lenders and insurance companies regarding administrative matters, including regulatory violations, fines and TROs, air quality, brownfields and cost recovery, energy and utilities. Other services include matters such as environmental impact on fish and wildlife, hazardous waste, land use, natural resource damage and marine pollution, solid waste management, toxic tort and water rights. Our Business-Corporate Practice Group combines our business practice with our tax practice to offer a full range of corporate and commercial services to businesses in Washington state and throughout the region. In addition, we offer our clients advice regarding daily operations. We act as general counsel and advise management, directors and owners about the full range of legal and regulatory issues facing them in their industry. We counsel clients regarding formal ownership, including formation of limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships. Other services include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, tax, employment law, antitrust, distributorship and licensing, interstate commerce and transportation. Our Corporate Finance Practice Group represents clients from entrepreneurs of startup companies to closely-held businesses to national corporations with real estate financing, land and development loans, construction loans, refinancing and loan restructuring. Carney attorneys also work closely with clients through financial transactions that include secured and unsecured loans, lines of credit, asset-based loans, loan workouts and debt restructuring. Carney's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group attorneys have advised clients on all types of transactions, including buy-outs, reorganizations and the restructuring of corporations. Carney attorneys assist clients with business and legal strategies and advise them on tax impacts, environmental concerns, employee benefit complications, estate planning and other issues anticipated or discovered during simple or complex transactions. Our insight into the issues enables us to offer cost-competitive services. We represent purchasers and sellers, public and private companies, investors and venture capital groups, local and international firms, management and owners. We focus on the legal aspects of the transaction as well as the business perspective of the deal. We can provide solutions to debt or equity financing problems as well as structural changes to an existing business entity or the formation of a new entity, with a full discussion on the correct choice of entity. Our litigation team works closely with clients to counsel them on the most cost-effective means of resolving disputes. We provide litigation services including alternative dispute resolution through arbitration and mediation for transactions pertaining to construction, real estate, land use, environmental issues, insurance coverage, and business in state and federal courts.