Baker & Daniels understands the business and government sides of economic development. Our professionals have provided legal advice on both public and private projects as well as public-private economic and community development projects. In helping business and government connect, we provide the big picture.
Whether it's expansion, relocation or startup, our professionals have guided foreign and domestic businesses and nonprofit and government clients in a wide range of economic development initiatives throughout the United States. Projects have involved advanced manufacturing and industrial, distribution and logistics, life sciences and high technology, housing and commercial, downtown community development and redevelopment, alternative/renewable energy, agriculture and other sectors in urban, suburban and rural communities. We also have developed sports strategies for a number of cities.
Baker & Daniels' professionals possess the experience and resources to guide economic development projects from A to Z, beginning to completion. We listen to your vision, understand your needs and tailor our services to fit your objectives. Our range of services include strategy, site selection, environmental issues, incentive procurement, grants and loans, tax exemptions and credits, permitting and construction contracts, and ongoing regulation and compliance.
We help find the best strategies and incentives — from local to state to federal government — for your projects. That helps reduce upfront costs and lower ongoing expenses, paving a path for business and government to achieve their goals. Our experience in government gives you an advocate in city halls and state capitols and their agencies and in Washington, D.C. That can help business and government achieve the best return on their investments.
Baker & Daniels' versatile economic development team includes a past economic development director and deputy mayor for a large metropolitan city, a former state public finance director and other former government leaders. The experienced professionals at B&D Consulting, our consulting division, provide special insight from Washington, D.C. whenever federal issues arise, as they often do.
As a full-service law firm with more than 370 lawyers and consultants, Baker & Daniels also assists clients in any number of other legal issues that develop through economic development. We counsel clients in more than 40 practice areas and industries, including real estate, construction, labor and employment, state and local tax, corporate finance, municipal law, public finance and environmental law.
SERVICES
- Pre-development — including comprehensive strategy
- Public-private partnerships
- Real estate — including site selection, site preparation and environmental issues
- Environment — including brownfield redevelopment assistance
- Incentive procurement — including Tax Increment Financing, Tax Abatement, Certified Technology Park, tax exemptions and credits and other assistance
- Joint ventures and land development deals
- Government approvals — including permits and zoning
- Grants and loans — state, local and federal
- State and local tax advice — including analysis, planning, incentives, compliance and regulations
- Request for Proposals and Requests for Qualifications — preparation and responses
- Public procurements
- Construction contracts
- Incentive compliance
- Plant closure and clawback issues