Steeg Law attorneys are known for being able to handle unique and difficult real estate issues for virtually any type of property and have been involved in precedent-setting business litigation in Greater New Orleans and throughout Louisiana, including in Jefferson Parish and St. Tammany Parish. Following are some recent transactions our attorneys have handled for purchasers, property owners, lenders, developers and other clients.

Recent Transactions and Cases

• Represented the developer and issued owner’s and lender’s title insurance in connection with the development of a multi-million-dollar, ground-up new apartment complex in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
• Represented the purchaser of a property in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, to be utilized as part of an educational facility, and issued owner’s title insurance to the purchaser
• Represented the lender and issued lender’s title insurance in connection with a loan for the refinancing of a large medical office building on the West Bank, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
• Served as title agent and issued owner’s title insurance with respect to a major chemical facility in central Louisiana
• Represented shopping center owner in Metairie, Louisiana, in connection with negotiation and consummation of a lease with a national retailer of 15,000 square feet of space
• Successfully arrested the Sheriff’s sale of property worth over $1mm to prevent a lender’s mortgage ranking from being “wiped out” by the sale, where another mortgage had been improperly recorded ahead of the lender’s mortgage
• Successfully obtained the granting of a writ of certiorari by the Louisiana Supreme Court that reversed the Court of Appeal and reinstated the trial court’s correct judgment that a suit for damages and specific performance of a lease does not affect the title to the leased property, nor does it assert a mortgage or privilege on the leased property, and therefore a notice of lis pendens concerning the lawsuit was improper