Destin, Florida, Business and Commercial Law Attorney

Pleat & Perry provides comprehensive legal services to the businesses of the Florida panhandle communities. For more than 20 years, the lawyers of our firm have served a wide range of banks, property developers, municipal organizations, and retailers. Companies that come to us for initial formations frequently return for their subsequent legal needs.

From offices in Destin, Florida, the business and commercial law attorneys of Pleat & Perry offer a wide variety of services to our business clients, including:

• Business formation: The entity chosen for a new venture can have implications for every aspect of its future. Our firm assists our clients in deciding whether they want to operate as a closely held business, limited liability company (LLC), partnership, or corporation.
• Real estate matters: purchases, sales, escrow, titles, development, 1031 exchanges, etc.
• Preparation of contract agreements
• Sale and purchase of businesses
• Obtaining financing and funding for business operations
• Dissolution
• Directors' and officers' liability
• Franchising
• Reorganization
• Trade association membership and activity
• Joint ventures
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Divestitures
• Business successions
• Shareholders' rights
• Other aspects of business planning

Our law firm is itself a small business, and our lawyers and staff have a special understanding of the approach a small business must take. We understand that legal services are a business expense, and make sure our every action on behalf of our clients is cost-effective.

Pleat & Perry has strong ties to the community, reinforced by our long-term relationships with the following clients:

• Whitney National Bank
• Pelican Real Estate & Development, Inc.
• Dune-Allen Realty, Inc.
• Advance Title, Inc./First American Title Insurance Company
• Newman-Dailey Properties, Inc.
• Re-Max Coastal Properties, Inc.
• Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC
• Walton County, a political subdivision of the state of Florida
• Peoples First Community Bank

Contact Us

Please contact our Destin, Florida, business and commercial law attorneys and set up an appointment to discuss your needs.

From our offices in Destin, Florida, the business and commercial law attorneys of Pleat & Perry have helped clients across the United States. Many clients come from the Florida panhandle, including Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Pensacola, Santa Rosa Beach, Niceville, Crestview, Freeport, and other locations in Okaloosa County, Walton County, Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, and Bay County.