• Construction.  The firm represents owners, developers, public agencies, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and consultants in all phases of the construction process, including formation of entities, financing, preparation and negotiation of contracts, compliance with public contracting, licensing and other regulations, resolution of disputes, including bond claims, labor and employment issues, and insurance claims.  We provide specialized, experienced service in negotiating and documenting design and construction arrangements, including bids, contracts, specifications, and joint venture arrangements.  We also represent major contractors and subcontractors, including one of the largest electrical contracting firms in the nation.  Our representation in the construction contracting field has covered a wide range of projects, including high-technology plants, office parks, hotels, high rises, residential subdivisions, conference centers, condominiums, educational facilities, prisons, and sports stadiums.

• Hospitality.  The firm assists owners in the development, acquisition, financing, workouts, renovation and sale of a broad variety of hospitality facilities, including nationally flagged hotels, boutique luxury hotels, resort hotels and convention and conference center hotels.  In connection with our hospitality practice, we have negotiated franchise and management agreements with most of the regional, national and international hotel companies.  Our representation of hotel owners includes the negotiation of leases and other contractual arrangements with restaurants, parking facilities and providers of other hotel amenities.

• Destination Resorts.  The firm has significant experience representing developers in every stage of destination resort development, including the most prominent resorts in Central Oregon.  Our resort experience includes obtaining development permits, negotiating utility and other service contracts, obtaining rights of way and access easements, forming homeowners’ associations in compliance with the Oregon Planned Community Act and complying with the Interstate Land Sales Act.  We have assisted in creating or modifying “Destination Resort” zoning overlays to enable the siting of resorts.

• Medical Facilities.  The firm represents two of the Portland area's largest medical services providers in the acquisition, development, permitting, leasing and disposition of property.  Our work in this area has included assisting one client in the acquisition of land for a new hospital in Vancouver, Washington and assisting another client with a substantial expansion of the client's existing facilities in the City of Portland’s South Waterfront District.

• Natural Resources/Timber.  The firm assists clients in a broad variety of transactions directly and indirectly involving natural resources, with a particular emphasis on timber and water rights matters.  We have represented individual timberland owners as well as private and publicly traded timber companies in the acquisition, sale, exchange and harvesting of timber and timberlands, in transactions ranging from a few thousand dollars to several hundred million dollars.  We also routinely represent property owners and developers in residential, commercial and industrial settings in evaluating, permitting and transferring water rights.

• Energy Generation.  The firm represents power generators (including natural gas powered and wind powered facilities) in the acquisition, permitting, development and financing of power generation facilities, and has extensive experience helping clients obtain the necessary permits, approvals and real property rights required for the operation of energy facilities.

• Fuel Facilities.  The firm represents fuel distributors, jobbers and fuel facility operators in connection with the acquisition, redevelopment, environmental remediation and compliance, financing, leasing and sale of service stations and other fuel facilities.  In addition, our representation of fuel facility buyers and sellers routinely encompasses the acquisition and sale of related businesses such as convenience stores and automobile service centers, as well as the negotiation of fuel distribution and supply agreements involving all of the major oil companies serving the Pacific Northwest.

• Telecom and Utilities.  The firm represents both owners and providers in connection with negotiation of license and easement arrangements for telecommunications, cable and utility arrangements.  Our clients have included owners converting space to telecommunication hotels, developers of new facilities requiring utility infrastructure, collocation companies, and owners approached by telecommunications companies for use of space in and on their buildings.

• Real Estate Licensing and Compliance.  The firm assists developers, real estate brokers, contractors, mortgage brokers and other real estate professionals in meeting and understanding licensing compliance requirements within Oregon and Washington.

• Environmental.  The firm has represented developers of some of the most significant and challenging land use, environmental and natural resource projects in Oregon in recent years.  We represent clients in all phases of project development.  In addition to representing land use applicants in local proceedings and appeals throughout Oregon, our attorneys have significant experience in environmental and natural resources law, including water law, wetlands, water quality, endangered species, historic preservation, NEPA and redevelopment of contaminated properties.  Attorneys in this group work closely with the firm's other departments to address land use and environmental permitting, compliance and liability issues as they arise in real estate and corporate transactions, litigation, bankruptcy, and estate planning and probate.

• Government Affairs.  The firm has the largest federal practice of any Oregon firm working in Washington, DC.  The Ball Janik Government Affairs Practice Group includes 17 professionals and six staff people focused exclusively on issues and opportunities relating to the federal government, including federal regulatory and land management oversight.  We have developed particular expertise in the areas of federal appropriations, natural resources, transportation, and taxation.  Clients include private industry and businesses, as well as a host of public clients such as cities, counties, state agencies, port authorities and educational institutions. For many clients, our work focuses on regulatory issues and/or passage and modification of proposed federal legislation that can negatively or positively affect a client’s ability to accomplish its objectives.  Federal representation can also include securing federal appropriations, which can be used to supplement private or local sources of revenue to advance a particular project or proposal.

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