Robert Klein

Robert Klein serves as Of Counsel for McNaul Ebel. In his 30 years of practicing law, Mr. Klein has amassed broad litigation, business and real estate experience. His current practice focuses primarily on representing business owners and real estate developers, lenders and contractors. Mr. Klein also assists clients with planning their long-term business strategies and negotiating business transactions; structuring and documenting corporations, joint ventures, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, tenancies in common, and trusts; negotiating, drafting and reviewing business contracts and financing; and negotiating the purchase and sale of assets, services and businesses.

Mr. Klein's business and intellectual property experience is extensive, including negotiating and documenting spin-offs, licensing and manufacturing agreements, international sales, development contracts for start-up software firms, non-compete agreements, acquisitions, mergers, shareholders' agreements, marketing agreements, formation of LLCs, stock option agreements, and more.

In complex commercial and residential real estate transactions and planning, Mr. Klein deals with purchases and sales, title and title insurance questions, tax-deferred exchanges, reorganizations, financing, refinancing, loans, loan workouts, foreclosures, landlord and tenant matters, leases, permits, design, construction, and land use planning. His real estate dealings have included retail/office centers, office buildings, commercial land development projects, residential plats, apartment buildings, restaurants, service stations, road improvements, and hotels.

Mr. Klein graduated from Gettysburg College in 1971, obtained his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1974, and has special training in alternate dispute resolution. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the Commercial Law League of America, a volunteer advocate at the Northwest Justice Project, a former president of the Greater Seattle Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, and a trustee of the Municipal League of King County.