BE Creative
The lawyers of Bocarsly Emden routinely represent nonprofit and for profit developers using federal and state low income housing tax credits in the development of affordable and mixed income multi-family housing projects.

BE Focused
Bocarsly Emden provides owners and prospective purchasers with a wide range of land use related services which include land use due diligence, processing discretionary approvals and land use compliance.

BE Current
Bocarsly Emden has extensive experience working directly with developers, institutional investors and independent power producers who are developing and/or investing in renewable energy projects that utilize the investment tax credit in connection with solar projects and the production tax credit in connection to wind projects.

BE Supportive
Bocarsly Emden believes all people in the communities we serve deserve access to legal representation, regardless of their economic status.

BE Efficient
The lawyers of Bocarsly Emden have been at the forefront of the New Market Tax Credit program by providing clients with a wide range of structuring and leverage options.

BE Versatile
Bocarsly Emden represents leading mezzanine lenders in real estate and personal property secured transactions.

BE Helpful
Bocarsly Emden lawyers represent an extraordinary group of active and successful nonprofit developers.

BE Creative
The lawyers of Bocarsly Emden routinely represent nonprofit and for profit developers using federal and state low income housing tax credits in the development of affordable and mixed income multi-family housing projects.

BE Accessible
The lawyers of Bocarsly Emden provide general tax counseling services to individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations.

BE Diligent
Bocarsly Embden lawyers have represented developers and investors in numerous transactions financed with the proceeds of private activity, 501(c)(3) and tax increment bonds.

BE Reliable
The lawyers of Bocarsly Emden have extensive experience in the financing of historic buildings throughout the United States using historic tax credits.

BE Capable
Whether a transaction involves vacant land, a car dealership, a mobile home park, a national retail chain, an assisted living facility, a regional shopping center, an apartment building or a major sports franchise, the lawyers of Bocarsly Emden have helped clients buy it or sell it, often utilizing tax advantaged structures.

BE Dynamic
Bocarsly Emden provides a full range of services to leading tax credit equity syndicators and investors, including fund formation and syndication matters, tax structuring, overseeing project specific investments, project related asset management and asset disposition.
Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt LLP, is a transactional law firm whose primary focus is on matters relating to the financing, development, leasing, acquisition and disposition of real estate and real estate secured assets.
The firm represents a different approach to the practice of law, based on accessibility to experienced senior lawyers, responsiveness to client needs and a practical and creative approach to complex business and tax problems.
Who We Are
Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt LLP, is a transactional law firm with offices in Los Angeles and Bethesda, Maryland dedicated to providing the highest quality of client service.
The founders of Bocarsly Emden are former partners of large national and international law firms. The firm represents a different approach to the practice of law, based on accessibility to experienced senior lawyers, responsiveness to client needs and a practical and creative approach to complex business and tax problems.
While we undertake a variety of transactional matters, our primary focus is on matters relating to the financing, development, leasing, acquisition and disposition of real estate and real estate secured assets.