Mr. Dreyer has over 40 years of experience in corporate, mergers, finance and real estate law. Mr. Dreyer heads up the Firm’s corporate and real estate practices. Using a personal, hands-on approach, Mr. Dreyer has an established reputation working with businesses – both domestic and international – in all stages of development and has a niche practice in closely-held businesses. Specific transactional expertise includes: representing lenders and borrowers in loan arrangements; the purchase, sale and financing of various assets (including debt and real estate) and businesses; devising optimal ownership and buyout structures for closely-held businesses; providing advice on joint venture, investment and venture capital transactions; preparing and negotiating manufacturing, supply, distribution, employment, consulting, management, independent contractor, investment, operating, partnership, shareholder, leasing and a wide-range of other commercial agreements; and working with foreign companies to establish business operations in the United States.
Prior to joining Mantel McDonough Riso, LLP, Mr. Dreyer was a partner of the law firms of Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP, and Baer Marks & Upham LLP. He was a member of the Law Review of Hofstra University School of Law, where he obtained a Juris Doctor degree to complement the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees he holds from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.