Contract Drafting & Negotiation
Agreements that clarify scope, payment, and project responsibilities.
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PRACTICE AREA
Construction
Strategic counsel for developers, owners, contractors, and complex projects.
Practical, business-minded counsel across the project lifecycle—from contract drafting and negotiation to disputes, changes, and risk management. Legal guidance connected to how projects are built.
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Construction
Construction Change Orders: Build the Record
Organize scope, authorization, price, and schedule before a dispute.
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The documents that support an informed contract consultation.
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Start with the notice and the governing process.
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People Who
Build What’s Next.
Counsel for participants across construction and development.
Developers
Agreements and decisions from planning through project delivery.
Owners
Attention to your investment, responsibilities, and objectives.
Contractors
A practical view of scope, changes, and payment.
Design Professionals
Review of agreements, roles, and project risk.
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YOUR BUSINESS. YOUR OBJECTIVES.
A project is more than a contract.
Construction and real estate matters bring together schedules, financing, design, performance, and multiple layers of responsibility. Decisions made in the field can have consequences that do not become visible until a payment dispute, change order, delay, or failed handoff.
Sotero Law helps owners, developers, contractors, and business participants examine their agreements and organize the facts that matter. Work may include contract review, negotiating project responsibilities, evaluating change documentation, and assessing a developing dispute. The appropriate strategy depends on the parties, the project, and the available records.
Florida construction matters can involve notice, lien, licensing, insurance, and dispute resolution requirements. Those issues should be reviewed promptly against the actual project facts. A website inquiry does not preserve a claim or extend a deadline.
An informed starting point.
Albert Sotero’s business background includes construction and development work involving aviation facilities, offices, condominiums, warehouses, and residential projects. His legal approach draws on an understanding of how project decisions move from paper to the jobsite.
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- Signed contracts, exhibits, drawings, and amendments.
- Change orders, payment applications, invoices, releases, and notices.
- Project schedules, daily records, photographs, and key correspondence.
- A concise chronology and list of approaching deadlines.
QUESTIONS CLIENTS ASK
A useful place to start.
Can you review a contract before work begins?
Yes. Early review can focus on scope, payment, change procedures, risk allocation, and the process for resolving disagreements.
What should I do if a payment or lien issue is developing?
Preserve the records and seek prompt legal review. Florida notice and lien requirements can depend on your role, the project, and dates that must be verified.
Do you represent every participant on the same project?
No. Representation depends on conflicts review and an agreed scope. The interests of owners, contractors, and other participants can differ.
How do changes in the field affect the contract?
A change may affect price, schedule, responsibility, and required notice. Review the actual change procedure and preserve who requested the work, who had approval authority, and what was agreed. An instruction in the field should be evaluated alongside the contract rather than assumed to settle every issue.
Is a contractor’s license relevant to a dispute?
License status and the type of work can raise separate questions from whether the work was completed. Identify the legal entity, the license involved, and the actual scope before drawing a conclusion about an agreement or claim.
Can counsel help before litigation is necessary?
Yes. The work may involve clarifying an agreement, organizing the record, evaluating a notice, or negotiating a response. Whether negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation is appropriate depends on the contract, facts, deadlines, and client’s objectives.
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