Partners Anthony B. Barton, Anthony V. Curto and Barbara Shaheen Alesi

The Firm's Corporate and Commercial Department is among Long Island’s largest in terms of number of attorneys and breadth and depth of practice and experience. The Department helps clients maximize their full potential and accomplish their business goals by providing a complete array of services, including advanced capabilities in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dispositions, equity and debt financing (including angel, mezzanine and venture capital financing), commercial real estate purchase and lease financing, securities regulation and compliance, joint ventures and strategic alliances, business formations, organization and governance, shareholder agreements, LLC operating agreements, workouts and restructurings, reorganizations, liquidations, business divorce, employment and consulting agreements, severance arrangements, stock option plans, licensing agreements, distribution and supply agreements, vendor agreements, and numerous other types of commercial contracts and agreements.

The Department provides comprehensive business law and transactional advice to a wide range of clients, including privately-held companies, public corporations, emerging businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs. Forchelli, Curto, Crowe, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Cohn, LLP serves as “outside” general counsel to numerous private middle-market companies on Long Island, in the NYC metro area and beyond. Our attorneys have successfully represented major financial institutions and corporate borrowers in connection with commercial and real estate financing. The Department also represents institutional and individual investors (including venture capital funds, corporate venture capital programs, and angel investors), and private equity funds with respect to their portfolio company investments and transactions. The Firm has frequently served as local counsel and special counsel to various national and international companies in a variety of corporate and commercial transactions and matters.

Forchelli, Curto, Crowe, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Cohn, LLP regularly works on matters involving key governmental agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the General Services Administration (GSA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the U.S. Department of Treasury (Internal Revenue Service) and various New York State agencies.

Attorneys practicing in this field:

Anthony V. Curto
Barbara Shaheen Alesi
Anthony B. Barton
Peter Alpert
Robert H. Groman
Brian R. Sahn
Donald Jay Schwartz
Terence E. Smolev


Andrew E. Curto
Joseph V. Cuomo
Steven G. Gaebler
Lauren A. LaGrua
• Lisa A. Perillo
Barry C. Feldman
Janet Ganio
Richard C. Goldberg
Thomas Glascock


Related Information

October 02, 2006
Partner Anthony V. Curto Seals Deal to Bring Lamborghini to Champion Motor Group


July 14, 2006
Partner Barbara Shaheen Alesi Secures Sale of Bethpage's "Il Donatello" Restaurant

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