David Green

Specialties & Capabilities

• Standard Residential Closings

Languages Spoken

English

Merritt Watson LLP, established in Atlanta, Georgia in 1979, is a distinguished law firm dedicated to providing comprehensive legal services in estate planning, estate administration, business planning, and real estate. The firm prides itself on working closely with clients and their financial advisors to design sophisticated, customized plans that meet individual and family goals, while preserving family wealth. Their deep knowledge of income, estate, and gift tax allows them to personalize strategies that respond to client objectives and mitigate future tax obligations.

The firm's diverse client base includes successful entrepreneurs, business executives, multi-generational families of substantial wealth, new business ventures, and real estate developers. Merritt Watson LLP specializes in gift tax and estate tax planning, business planning, and income tax planning for both domestic and international clients. A focal point of their practice is counseling clients on structuring, operating, and protecting their business and investment activities during their lifetimes, and preserving wealth across generations. Minimizing federal and state tax liabilities is a dominant objective in all their recommendations.

In addition to their core areas, Merritt Watson LLP also provides professional services in commercial real estate, business dispute resolution, executive compensation, and employee benefits. Their real estate clients include commercial and residential developers, general contractors, foreign investors, single-family homebuilders, and homeowners. They offer cost-effective real estate services covering land acquisition, development, and sales for both commercial and residential properties. Furthermore, the firm possesses extensive experience in landlord and tenant matters, negotiating and drafting complex leases, and handling various financing transactions such as acquisition and development loans, construction loans, long-term financing, refinancing workouts, foreclosures, and reorganization proceedings.

Merritt Watson LLP is committed to a "creative and results-oriented" approach, striving to offer proactive legal services that tailor plans to match clients' unique objectives and needs. They emphasize three basic tenets of quality legal service:

• Cost/benefit economic relationship, ensuring clients perceive and maximize their return on legal fees.
• Timeliness of work and accessibility to clients.
• Personal attention provided to each client.

The firm's seasoned attorneys, many with advanced law degrees and diverse professional backgrounds, contribute to their comprehensive and experienced approach to practicing law.