Practice Areas

Business Litigation

At the Salcedo Law Group, we represent clients in a variety of litigation matters affecting business owners, investors, employers, employees, and professionals. We have routinely handled the following types of claims prevalent in business settings:

• Wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment
• Breach of contract
• Fraud and misrepresentation
• Unfair business practices and unfair competition
• Trade secret violations
• Overtime, off-the-clock work, meal and rest period violations
• Lien foreclosure and failure to pay
• Premises liability
• Habitability, quiet enjoyment, and nuisance claims
• ADA violations

Business Transactions

The Salcedo Law Group offers a variety of transactional services for clients at all stages and in all types of business. We routinely counsel family businesses, joint ventures, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and LLCs in connection with the following:

• Selecting and forming LLCs, partnerships, and corporations
• Drafting operating agreements, partnership agreements, corporate bylaws, articles, and corporate filings
• Negotiating loans and drafting loan documents, such as credit agreements, security interest agreements, deeds of trust, promissory notes, and guaranties
• Acquisition due diligence including title and lease analysis
• Drafting and negotiating purchase agreements for the sale of assets, LLC membership interests, partnership interests, and corporate shares
• Drafting employee handbooks and HR-related policies and procedures

General Counsel Services

As Matt spent over 12 years running the in-house law department of a major Orange County real estate company, he is uniquely positioned to counsel owners, directors, officers, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, HR Managers, and investors in a variety of matters, including:

• Counseling owners, directors, and officers concerning lawsuits and actions against the company
• Leading company investigations into employee misconduct
• Counseling owners and managers in connection with disciplinary actions and terminations
• Counseling owners and managers concerning leave and accommodations under the FMLA, CFRA, workers’ compensation laws, and disability laws
• Drafting HR policies, procedures and employee handbooks
• Alternative dispute resolution and grievance proceedings concerning employees and staff members
• Corporate compliance
• Drafting corporate resolutions, minutes, and consents

Real Estate Transactions & Real Estate Finance

The Salcedo Law Group provides real estate transactional guidance to property owners/landlords, property management companies, tenants, and investors at all levels – including purchase and sale, leasing, management, financing, and evictions. We have significant experience working with lenders and banks, and advising and assisting clients in the following areas:

• Letters of intent
• Purchase and sale agreements
• Commercial leasing (including shopping center leases, NNN leases, office leases, and ground leases)
• Due diligence (including analysis of title, surveys, leases, guaranties, CC&Rs, easement agreements, insurance policies, common area expense reports and reconciliations, and escrow agreements)
• Management agreements
• Easements, common area agreements, and CC&Rs
• Loan documents and escrow matters (including deeds of trust, promissory notes, credit agreements, and guaranties)
• Deeds, estoppels, SNDAs, and memoranda of leases

Real Estate Litigation

Hand in hand with our Real Estate Transactions practice, the Salcedo Law Group focuses on a range of real estate disputes involving the following:

• Breach of purchase and sale agreement
• Breach of lease and guaranty
• Broker commission disputes
• Broker duties of care and loyalty
• Specific performance
• Quiet title
• Title disputes and quiet title actions
• Notices to pay or quit
• Unlawful detainer actions

Estate Planning Services

At the Salcedo Law Group, we provide estate planning services to all types of families and individuals. From simple will and trusts to more in-depth family business succession planning, Matt offers a variety of services that will provide you with peace and assurance that your property will be passed down to your loved ones effectively and efficiently. Our estate planning services include:

• Living Trusts
• Wills
• Powers of Attorney
• Advance Healthcare Directives
• Trust Transfer and Quitclaim Deeds
• Certifications of Trust
• Buy-Sell Agreements