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
• Overtime, off-the-clock work, meal and rest period violations
• 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, partnerships, corporations, 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, arbitration agreements, 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, 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, arbitration agreements, 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
• Title disputes and quiet title actions
• Notices to pay or quit
• Unlawful detainer actions

Estate Planning Services

At the Salcedo Law Group, we provide general estate planning services to families and individuals. 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