Business & Corporate

The Business & Corporate Group at Pietragallo blends talent, experience and innovation to address your businesses’ legal, transactional and compliance issues.  The Group’s lawyers leverage their years of legal practice, their backgrounds as in-house general counsel, and decades of law firm experience to assist business and corporate clients of all sizes and forms, from global financial institutions and public companies, to entrepreneurial start-ups.

Because of our unique and diverse backgrounds, the Group’s lawyers have the ability to counsel on a wide range of business transactions, entity formations, financing, supply chain contracts, and the implementation of complex, multi-tiered, local, regional and international business ventures.  We also perform a full spectrum of real estate transactions, ranging from development, site acquisition, commercial loans, land use and zoning, environmental problems, leases and leasehold disputes.

Business & Corporate

  • Business Formation and Structuring
  • Equity and Debt Financing, and Capitalization
  • Joint Ventures and Partnerships
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Contract Review and Entity Governance
  • Business and Debt Restructuring
  • Securities Issuances and Disclosures
  • Business Liability Control
  • Employee and Unfair Competition Issues
  • Licensing and Regulatory Compliance
  • Lender Relations
  • Vendor/Supply Issues
  • ERISA Compliance
  • Litigation Support for Resolution of Business Disputes and Disputes between Interest Holders

Real Estate

  • Acquisition and Development (including distressed property acquisitions)
  • Representation of Financial Institutions
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Land Use and Zoning
  • Real Estate Broker/Sales Licensee Compliance
  • Management of Real Estate Brokerage Businesses
  • Tax Assessment Appeals
  • Oil and Gas Leasing
  • Landlord/Tenant Issues

We have the talent and experience to deliver legal services for every aspect of business and corporate life … and do so at the most competitive rates.

One look, one matter will state our case.

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Blogging & Tackling

Contact

Richard J. Parks — RJP@Pietragallo.com

Business Law Blogging and Tackling

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August 4, 2026
Think your property tax bill is too high? Allegheny County property owners have a limited window to do something about it. The deadline to file a real estate tax assessment appeal for the 2027 tax year is September 1, 2026 — and this year, the numbers are working in owners’ favor. Here’s why. The common... Read more »
How to Avoid Failure to Promote Claims
July 9, 2026
If you have read some of our previous legal blogs, you know that the vast majority of single plaintiff employment litigation is precipitated by an adverse action, most often a termination. When an employee is terminated—purportedly for an illegal reason—they may have a claim for economic damages like back pay and front pay, which flow... Read more »
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