Areas of Practice

A thorough, customized estate plan will help ensure the effective management and administration of your assets during incapacitation and transfer upon death. We help ensure that your estate plan accurately reflects your intentions through Trusts, Wills, Powers Of Attorney, and Advanced Healthcare Directives. 

Services include: 

• Wills
• Trusts
• Asset Protection Planning
• Protection Planning for Children and Family Members with Special Needs
• Powers of Attorneys
• HIPAA Authorization Forms

If you are planning to start your own business in New Mexico, or if you have an existing business and seek assistance with governance, mergers, acquisitions, commercial transactions, succession planning, etc, the experienced and knowledgeable business attorneys at Briones Law Firm can help. We assist individuals and businesses of all sizes.

Services include:

• Business entity selection, formation, and advice
• Business succession planning
• Annual legal compliance services
• Mergers, acquisitions, and conversions
• Commercial sale and purchase transactions
• Purchaser and Seller due diligence
• Redemption, Cross Purchase, and Hybrid Agreements
• Contract review, development, and drafting
• Exit strategies - planning and implementation

We are knowledgeable estate planning, trust administration, and probate attorneys. Briones Law Firm can assist in every aspect of estate probate or trust administration.

Services include: 

• Filings with the New Mexico District or Probate Court
• Developing the best strategy for fairly and expeditiously probating the estate, finding and collecting assets
• Closing and opening bank accounts
• Transferring assets from the deceased to the estate and beneficiaries
• Valuing, managing, preserving, and liquidating the estate
• Locating beneficiaries
• Hiring experts, when appropriate

Our attorneys apply their extensive knowledge about property rights, real estate issues, finance, and business to all areas of real estate law. From offer to sale, the attorneys at Briones Law Firm handle all legal aspects of buying and selling real estate and construction, so that you can feel confident about a smooth and precise transaction.

Services include:

• Preparation or review of sales contracts
• Real estate agreement negotiation
• Lending document review
• Search and clear title
• Due diligence
• Analysis of deal and identification of potential problems
• Handle land use, zoning, and permitting
• Conduct real estate closing