Brian Ellis is a Partner in our Rehoboth Beach and Georgetown offices at Morris James LLP. His practice focuses on providing legal guidance and advice to individuals and businesses in a variety of areas, concentrating on business, transactional and real estate law.

Business and Transactional Practice Includes:
• Family business formation and planning
• Preparation and negotiation of various commercial agreements
• Business restructuring and reorganization
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Joint ventures and strategic partnerships
• Legal guidance as to new business formation
• Business finance
• Legal advice as to Delaware business law
• Delivery of Delaware Opinion Letters, as to Delaware corporations and other entities

Real Estate Practice Includes:
• Residential and commercial real estate settlements
• 1031 like-kind exchanges
• Preparation and negotiation of leases, purchase and sale agreements and other real estate agreements
• Preparation of easements
• Formation and document preparation for condominiums, subdivisions and commercial complexes

Following law school, Brian spent seven years practicing corporate and securities law in New York City, returning to Sussex County in 2005.

Practice areas:
• Tax, Estates and Business Practice
• Commercial Transactions
• Business Transactions, Strategic Planning and Counseling
• Real Estate
• Structured Finance Transactions
• Corporate Advice
• Corporate Governance Counseling
• Corporate Trust and Fiduciary Services
• Delaware Advantage Trusts
• Small Businesses and Start-Ups
• Succession Planning
• Private Clients
• Energy Industry