KRISTOPHER L. GOTZMER
Kris Gotzmer practices primarily in the areas of real estate, corporate, business, banking & finance and estate planning. Kris provides counsel and strategic direction to business clients and individuals, guiding them through a variety of transactional matters.
Recent Experience
- Commercial, industrial and residential real estate purchases, sales and development, including warehouses, office buildings and complexes, hotels, condominiums, retail facilities and shopping centers
- Drafting and negotiating complex commercial, retail and industrial lease agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions including asset purchases and sales, stock purchases and sales, and entity conversions
- Structuring and formation of legal entities including limited liability companies, corporations, non-profit entities and partnerships
- Drafting and negotiating loan documents and agreements for commercial and construction loans, including loan agreements, real estate mortgages, security agreements, promissory notes, subordination agreements and inter-creditor agreements
- Estate planning including drafting revocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, wills, marital property agreements, durable powers of attorney and health care powers of attorney
- Responsible outside counsel for one of the United States “Big Three” automobile manufacturer’s retail operations in its northeast, south central and western regions, assisting the client with purchasing, selling, restructuring and relocating automobile dealerships, and providing legal support for its minority and women’s dealer development programs
Areas of Practice
- SBA Loans and Finance
- USDA Loans and Financing
- Conventional Business Loans
- Banking & Finance Law
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Organizations
- Contracts
- Real Estate Law
- Wills, Trusts, Estates & Probate Law
Bar Admissions
- Wisconsin, 2005
- Colorado, 2000
Education
- University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado
- J.D. – 2000
- Honors: With Honors
- Law Review: University of Denver Law Review, Member, 1998 – 1999
- Law Journal: Transportation Law Journal, Member, 1999 – 2000
- University of Colorado
- B.S. cum laude – 1996
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Wisconsin Bar Association, Member
- Sheboygan County Bar Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, 2004 – 2006
- Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, 2004
- Lowe, Fell & Skogg, LLC, 2001 – 2004
- LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP, Denver, 1999 – 2001