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SMGQ Law

MBE WBE

  • MBE

Firm Size

  • 20-50

Willing to Act as Local Counsel

  • Yes

SMGQ Law is an AV-rated, certified minority-owned, full service law firm with offices in Florida and Georgia, offering extensive experience in the handling of legal matters for key industries and clients ranging from Fortune 500 to privately-held businesses and high-net worth individuals. The firm serves as counsel to several national clients, representing them in all state and federal courts throughout Florida and Georgia, as well as before arbitration tribunals. With its Florida office located in the gateway city of Miami, our attorneys represent clients in transactions and legal proceedings, including arbitrations, both domestically and abroad. The firm enjoys client relations throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Contact

Miami, FL

201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1205

Person of contact: Emilia Quesada, Esq.

Atlanta, GA

3355 Lenox Rd., Ste 750, Atlanta, GA 30326

Person of contact: Emilia Quesada, Esq.

Practice Areas

  • ADR/Arbitration
  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Agency and Distributorships
  • Banking and Finance
    • Asset-Based Financing
    • Collections and Foreclosures
    • Commercial and Industrial Lending and Financing
    • Debt Placements
    • Litigation
    • Private Banking Transactions
    • Private Equity & Fund Transactions
  • Construction
    • Architectural and Design Professional Agreements
    • Construction Contracts
    • Consulting Agreements
    • Equipment Procurement
    • Litigation
    • Mechanics and Materials Lien Law
  • Corporate
    • Corporate Governance
    • Crisis Management
    • Records Retention
  • Corporate, M&A & Securities
    • Asset Purchases, Stock Purchases, and Leveraged Buyouts
    • Corporate Governance
    • Equipment Procurement, Leasing, and Finance
    • Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
    • Master Services and Supply Agreements
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Private Placements
    • Recapitalizations, Restructures, Spin-Outs, and Divestitures
    • Venture Capital and Early-Stage Financing
  • Defamation
  • Government Contracts
  • Insurance
    • Construction
    • Employment Practices
    • Extra Contractual/Bad Faith
    • Life, Health, Disability/ERISA
    • Litigation
    • Product Liability
    • Professional Liability/E&O/D&O
    • Subrogation
    • Umbrella
  • Intellectual Property
    • Copyright
    • IP Agreements/Licensing
    • Litigation
    • Other Transactions
    • Software Distribution Agreements
    • Trademark
  • International Transactions
    • Cross-Border Acquisitions & Sales
    • Cross-Border Lending
    • Off Shore Business Entities
    • Real Estate
    • Trade and Finance
  • Labor & Employment
    • Arbitration
    • Class Actions / MDL
    • Compliance
    • Drafting Employee Handbooks / Policies / Documents
    • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
    • ERISA
    • Investigations - Internal/Agency
    • Leave and Pay Acts (e.g. FLSA / FMLA / Service Contracts Act / Davis Bacon Act / Walsh-Healey)
    • Litigation
    • Regulators/Regulations (e.g. DOL, NLRB, OFCCP, OSHA, OWBPA, SOX,)
    • Trade Secret
  • Litigation/Trials
    • Administrative
    • Class Action
    • Construction
    • Consumer and Product Liability Litigation
    • Corporate/Commercial (Shareholder Derivative Suits, Securities, FINRA, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, etc.)
    • Criminal (White Collar)
    • Employment (HR, Discrimination, ERISA, Labor, Workers Comp, etc.)
    • Health and Healthcare Law
    • Insurance
    • International Law
    • Personal Injury (Torts, Premises Liability, Toxic Torts)
    • Real Estate
    • Restaurant Retail & Hospitality
    • Taxation
  • Media
  • Music
  • Privacy and Information Security/Cyber
    • Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Privacy
    • E-signature/E-delivery
    • International Regulatory Counseling
    • Litigation
    • TCPA
  • Private Equity
  • Private Funds
  • Products Liability
    • Automotive
    • Industrial equipment
    • Litigation
    • Medical/pharmaceutical
    • Oil & Gas
    • Retail
  • Real Estate/Commercial Transactions
    • Acquisitions, Leasing, and Dispositions
    • Commercial Leases
    • Development
    • Equipment Lease Agreements/Finance
    • Equipment Procurements
  • Securities
    • Asset Securitizations
    • Compliance/Regulatory
    • Derivatives/Futures
    • Finance
    • FINRA Litigation
    • Litigation
  • Sports
  • Tax/Tax Credits
    • Representation Before IRS and State Tax Authorities
    • Tax Law Change
    • Tax Opinions
    • Tax Planning and Transactional Implementation
  • Technology Transactions
    • Acquisition and Licensing of Patents, Software, Trademarks and Trade Secrets
    • Blockchain and Smart Contracts
    • Enterprise Resource Platforms: Cloud/SaaS/PaaS Computing
    • Joint Ventures and Technology Development Agreements
    • Master Services Agreements
    • Master Supply Agreements
    • Social Media and Internet Law
  • Telecommunications
  • Venture Capital
  • White Collar / Investigations
    • Compliance
    • Whistleblower

Firm Bio

SMGQ Law (Sanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, Gomez & Machado, LLP) is an AV-rated, certified minority-owned, full service law firm with offices in Florida and Georgia offering expertise in a wide range of practice areas including corporate, securities and lending transactions, complex commercial and business litigation, life/health/disability and ERISA litigation, healthcare and pharmaceutical litigation and transactions, insurance coverage litigation, labor and employment, real estate litigation, trial practice, commercial and residential real estate transactions with an emphasis in both lender and developer representation, tax, asset protection and estate planning, white-collar criminal defense, government relations, and entertainment, including sports and art law. Our attorneys have extensive experience in handling matters for key industries including financial services, banking, insurance organizations, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial, telecommunications and entertainment, having represented numerous Fortune 500, publicly traded, and privately held businesses, as well as high-net worth individuals. With its Florida office located in the gateway city of Miami, our attorneys represent clients in transactions and legal proceedings, including arbitrations, both domestically and abroad. The firm enjoys client relations throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Providing clients with unsurpassed legal representation and responsive, personal attention in a cost-efficient and results-oriented manner is the cornerstone of our firm’s philosophy. We apply our experience and sound judgment to determine how to best resolve problems, especially when there is no apparent solution. We fully engage with our clients to learn and analyze their businesses, the nature of their problems or disputes to better understand their immediate legal concerns, and to account for their long-term goals. Our hard work, intelligent and incisive approach to problem solving, and unyielding commitment to clients’ interests, help us provide continuous legal and business solutions that surpass expectations. As a result, we enjoy long-standing professional relationships with our clients, and value working hand-in-hand with in-house counsel and management, as well as with the individuals and families we represent.

We are not only here to serve our clients, but to also contribute to our community. Members of the firm are involved in various organizations that provide legal services to the indigent through local pro bono programs. Committed attorneys and staff also contribute their time, money and resources to local, national and international charitable, philanthropic and religious organizations, with the common purpose of giving back.