Alayne F. Serle is a corporate, commercial, finance and media lawyer. She has spent the majority of her 35+ year legal career practicing at large New York City law firms, handling a broad array of complex commercial and transactional matters.Through The Law Offices of Alayne F. Serle, Ms. Serle continues to provide the same high quality legal services at lower and more reasonable rates that can accommodate the budgets of companies and individuals facing the pressures of the current economic climate. Ms. Serle offers not only traditional legal representation and counseling, she also draws on her extensive transactional experience to advise and guide her clients through the multitude of issues which arise in today's complex business environment, providing alternatives to address these issues. Ms. Serle works with her clients, as a trusted advisor, to determine the right course of action in each matter.
Ms. Serle's practice includes representing individuals and business entities in corporate, commercial and real estate transactions. She counsels her clients in the formation and restructuring of businesses, business entities and affiliate groups, as well as in the purchase and sale of whole businesses, divisions and assets. She has represented both lenders and borrowers in structuring, drafting and negotiating traditional loan agreements and other traditional and nontraditional forms of financings. Ms. Serle also represents clients in a variety of commercial agreements, including franchising, licensing, manufacturing, distribution, and outsourcing agreements, as well as employment agreements, confidentiality agreements and services agreements. Ms. Serle has subspecialties in media and entertainment law and outsourcing law, and represents clients in the purchase, sale and financing of real property.
Practice Areas
Ms. Serle's areas of practice include the following:
• Business and Entity Formations and Restructurings • Real Property Acquisition, Financing and Leasing • Mergers, Acquisitions and Sales, Post-Acquisition Restructurings • Loans, Leasing and Corporate Finance • Joint Ventures/Venture Capital/Private Equity/Transactions • Franchising and Licensing Transactions Manufacturing, Distribution and Sales Arrangements • Media, Entertainment and Technology Law
Education and Bar Admittance
Ms. Serle received her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1980 and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1983. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
