Automotive Industry Law

The automotive industry is fast-paced and complex, and auto dealers need lawyers with unparalleled legal knowledge and skills to meet their unique business needs. The auto lawyers at King & Jurgens understand this and work hard to provide our auto dealer clients with forward-thinking legal advice in an ever-changing industry.

The King & Jurgens automotive team has represented clients in manufacturer-franchise disputes, consumer disputes, employment disputes, and in business transactions such as acquisitions and dispositions of dealerships, financings and obtaining franchises, reviewing and negotiating master services agreements, providing advice on regulatory matters, and assisting in commercial real estate sales, purchases and leases. We also have represented clients in connection with complaints brought by the Department of Justice, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Louisiana Department of Motor Vehicles and the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission. Additionally, we have advised dealerships and their owners regarding the particular tax and estate planning issues affecting the automotive industry.

We strive to provide the very best legal representation to our automotive clients by combining our comprehensive auto industry knowledge with longstanding experience in the following areas of law:

• Franchise Law
• Licensing
• Commercial Real Estate
• Business Formation
• Regulatory and Statutory Compliance
• Consumer Law
• Labor & Employment
• Transactions
• Litigation
• Tax and Estate Planning

The following are recent automotive dealership representations by the Firm: 

• Represented the seller in connection with the disposition of a Mississippi Toyota dealership 
• Represented the seller in connection with the disposition of a Louisiana Honda dealership and related real estate 
• Represented the owners of a Louisiana Ford dealership in a recapitalization 
• Representing the owners of a Louisiana Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram Fiat dealership in connection with a recapitalization 
• Representing the owners of a Louisiana Nissan dealership in connection with a recapitalization 
• Representing the seller in connection with the disposition of a Louisiana Nissan dealership and related real estate 
• Representing the purchasers of a New Mexico Buick GMC dealership