Barry Lites, Esq. (Harvard Law ’86) is the owner and principal attorney at the Law Offices of Barry D. Lites LLP. Over the course of his 35-year career, he has represented clients in transactions having an aggregate value in excess of $50 billion. His career has spanned market highs and lows such that his experience ranges from multi-state portfolio acquisitions in up markets to debt workouts and bankruptcy in down markets. Mr. Lites spent the first ten years of his career at two major New York City law firms, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Weil Gotshal & Manges.  He then moved in-house to GE Capital, first as Real Estate Counsel at the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), then as Senior Counsel at Financial Guaranty Insurance Company and, finally, to GE Capital Real Estate in Stamford, Connecticut. Thereafter, Mr. Lites assumed the title of General Counsel and Senior Vice President at a Warburg Pincus portfolio start-up, TradeCard, Inc.  There, Mr. Lites developed online trade finance products for the company’s international trade platform and traveled the world opening markets for the company’s import/export clients.  Mr. Lites was eventually named CEO of TradeCard Middle East and built the business in the Middle East region from his office in Bahrain. Mr. Lites formed Law Offices of Barry D. Lites LLP in 2010, bringing all of his experience and expertise to the firm’s clients.

Currently, Mr. Lites is the Chairman of the Huntington Housing Authority, an agency of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and an Adjunct Professor at Hofstra Law School teaching international business transactions. He also serves as a court-appointed receiver under the auspices of the New York State Office of Court Administration.

EXPERIENCE. INTELLIGENCE.
COMMITMENT TO OUR CLIENTS.

The lawyers at the Law Offices of Barry D. Lites are enablers. We enable our Clients’ success – the success of their business and their overall personal success. Our practice,with offices in Huntington, New York, services Clients in Suffolk, Nassau and the five boroughs of New York City.   

We help our Clients to start new businesses, purchase a going concern or transition out of a business. Our Clients are entrepreneurs seeking to acquire a business or simply its assets.They are also physicians considering the sale of their practice or the formation of either single or multi-specialty group practice.  

 We also provide general real estate and other contractual matters to municipalities. Tasks such as company formation, navigating industry-specific regulations, real estate development and finance, office and retail leasing, employee policies and insurance issues are all well within our expertise at the Law Offices of Barry D. Lites.  

The healthcare industry has been in transition for a number of years. We work with healthcare providers to weigh the options available – selling a practice, merging, joining a physician’s health organization (PHO), an independent physician’s association (IPA) or an accountable care organization (ACO). We understand the risks and benefits of each direction and help our Clients devise a strategy that is best suited for their practice.  

Our Clients involved in real estate matters are business persons, municipalities, physicians, investors and developers. We work to maximize our Clients’ return on investment on their commercial office, multifamily and hospitality developments. We also assist our individual Clients in saving their homes from foreclosure, purchase their dream home or sell their empty nests. These are difficult times for homeowners and commercial tenants alike. At the Law Offices of Barry D. Lites, we have the knowledge of the law and the experience to craft affordable solutions for our Clients. 

SERVICES

Business success is no accident. Careful planning and due diligence are critical to both smooth execution and full realization of strategic business objectives. Having legal counsel with vast experience in business and corporate matters adds significant value: potential pitfalls are identified and dealt with before they become roadblocks.   

We help our Clients to start new businesses, purchase a going concern or transition out of a business. Our Clients are entrepreneurs seeking to acquire a business or simply its assets. They are also physicians considering the sale of their practice or the formation of either single or multi-specialty group practice.  

 We also provide general real estate and other contractual matters to municipalities. Tasks such as company formation, navigating industry-specific regulations, real estate development and finance, office and retail leasing, employee policies and insurance issues are all well within our expertise at the Law Offices of Barry D. Lites.  

HISTORY

Our practice centers around our Clients, their personal matters and the businesses that they operate or aspire to operate.Many of these issues require multi-disciplinary expertise and this is how our practice areas have developed over time. Business issues such as purchases and sales of assets, confidentiality, software development/licensing and financing often have a real estate component.

Formation of a healthcare practice or merger of several practices often give rise to regulatory issues under the Stark Law and/or the Affordable Care Act. Real estate issues (buying, selling, financing, leasing) are often have corporate and tax implications. Were present our Clients in all of these areas. We have the experience to create solutions that will benefit our Clients’ business (and their lives) as a whole. 

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The Law Offices of Barry D.Lites LLP is a multi-disciplinary law firm with global reach.  We represent individual investors, small, midsize and large companies and government agencies.  From the simple to the complex, our services include business formations, mergers, commercial and residential real estate acquisitions, financing and leasing and bond financing.    Our expertise is the result of many years of experience in business and in law.  Thus our services not only promote our clients' legal interests but also the strength and prosperity of their business. We enable our clients to focus on profitability, knowing that their legal issues are in good hands.  All of us at the Law Offices of Barry D. Lites LLP have both national and international work experience.  We bring that depth and breadth of knowledge to every assignment.  No matter the size or scope of our client's business, each benefits from our wealth of knowledge developed over 30+ years.

EXPERIENCE. INTELLIGENCE.
COMMITMENT TO OUR CLIENTS.

Business success is no accident. Careful planning and due diligence are critical to both smooth execution and full realization of strategic business objectives. Having legal counsel with vast experience in business and corporate matters adds significant value: potential pitfalls are identified and dealt with before they become roadblocks.   

We help our Clients to start new businesses, purchase a going concern or transition out of a business. Our Clients are entrepreneurs seeking to acquire a business or simply its assets.They are also physicians considering the sale of their practice or the formation of either single or multi-specialty group practice.  

 We also provide general real estate and other contractual matters to municipalities. Tasks such as company formation, navigating industry-specific regulations, real estate development and finance, office and retail leasing, employee policies and insurance issues are all well within our expertise at the Law Offices of Barry D. Lites.