Barnes & Turner was formed on July 7, 1983 by Barry Barnes, Sylvester Turner and others. The principals of the firm, previously employed by major Houston law firms and a major corporation, formed the firm for the purpose of practicing law primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law and related litigation. Additionally, the firm represented individuals in non-corporate/commercial matters in a variety of substantive legal fields.
Over the years Barnes & Turner attorneys have represented many clients in many industries and various matters.
Some of the industries represented by our clients are as follows:
Banking
Communication
Construction
Education
Energy
Fast Foods
Federal Agencies
Health Care
Insurance
Local Government
Multi-Family
Housing
Public Housing
Publishing
Real Estate Development
Real Estate Management
Single Family Housing
Sports
Title Insurance
Utilities
Some of our Representative Cases are as follows:
- Representation of borrower in restructure of $35,000,000.00 multi-loan, multi-asset franchisee debt.
- Representation of buyer in buy-out of major shareholder in multi-location franchise operator.
- Government lender representation in multi-family apartment housing developments involving senior and subordinated debt with land use restriction agreements.
- Representation of purchaser in purchase of land for development as utility substation with joint development agreement.
- Seller representation in sale of commercial office buildings.
- Lessor representation in lease of commercial space in multi-tenant building.
- Developer representation in connection with mixed-use development.
- Purchaser representation in connection with purchase of franchise operations.
- Sponsor representation in connection with HUD financed senior citizens project.