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diligence such as shifting the risk or cost of indemnifying a party based on conditions found during due diligence. ML: Can you walk us through a recent case where your firm successfully protected a client’s property investment? Campbell: The Campbell Law Group successfully protected a client’s property investment that was under an assault by alleged members of the clients’ company. In the lawsuit, several members of the clients’ family alleged that they were owners of the clients company and that the company was the true owner of the property which was in our clients individual names. The alleged members placed a lis pendens on the property and attempted to hold the property hostage as part of their member lawsuit, despite the fact that the property was not even in the company’s name. After a year of meritless litigation, the alleged members dismissed their case as they lacked any evidence of being a member of the company and no merit or basis whatsoever to allege that the property in question belonged to the company. ML: How do you ensure that lease agreements are fair and protect both parties involved? Campbell: The best way to ensure that a lease agreement is fair and protects both parties is by knowing our client and its business well and ensuring that the lease agreement and its terms are in line with what our client needs. We understand the nature of all provisions and how it affects our client and their business specifically. By doing so, we can immediately assess whether a particular lease agreement is suitable for our client’s needs and whether the agreement on its face contains what we call deal breakers. If there are any deal breakers, we first attempt to discuss them with the landlord to see whether the landlord has any flexibility as to the deal breaking terms. If they don’t, then we advise our client to seek another location. If there is some flexibility, we continue discussions with the landlord to see if the parties can reach a middle ground on the terms. However, this is more difficult with commercial leases as these types of leases are known to be one sided and protective of the landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our office attempts to gauge the landlord’s interest and flexibility to see if we can reach an agreement that meets our client’s needs and spreads the risk and concerns a little more evenly between the parties. If the client truly wants the property, despite terms that may not be ideal or a compromise (i.e. very one sided), we attempt to negotiate the best contract for our client and ensure that the client understands the