Boone, Richard W.

Mr. Book excels in all areas of business transactions. He serves as general counsel for multiple business organizations, including a global foreign-market expansion consulting company, an auto-transport brokerage firm, residential housing developers and commercial real estate firms. He has handled multi-million dollar mergers, acquisitions and asset sales. Utilizing the firm’s extensive expertise, he has counseled clients on all aspects of large and small business operations, including employment matters, estate planning, vendor agreements and dispute resolution.

Mr. Book has particular expertise in a variety of real estate transactions, including commercial real estate sales and purchases, commercial and residential development, zoning and land-use planning. He works on a daily basis with real estate investors and developers on a regional and national scope. Primary clients in his real estate practice include a major regional grocery store chain, a national shopping center developer and an office complex management company.

His practice also includes private and public financing. Mr. Book is very familiar with public incentives financing for real estate transactions, including tax increment financing, improvement districts and sales tax enhancements. His private financing work has focused on asset-based lending transactions such as real estate mortgages, ground leasing and other forms of security. His practice includes financing and refinancing transactions involving Fannie Mae, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Missouri Housing Development Commission and the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing. In addition to his practice, Mr. Book has served as an adjunct professor teaching Real Estate Finance at the University of Kansas School of Law.

Mr. Book also specializes in lease negotiations and drafting. He has had experience with leasing for offices, commercial and industrial properties, retail properties and residential properties.