Colorado water counsel for four of the twelve largest homebuilders in the U.S. (by revenue), as well as multiple prominent Colorado homebuilders and developers and multiple smaller Colorado developers.
Colorado water counsel for four of the twelve largest homebuilders in the U.S. (by revenue), as well as multiple prominent Colorado homebuilders and developers and multiple smaller Colorado developers.
Legal advice and assistance with private purchase of a ranch of nearly 9,300 acres (in total between fee lands and public land grazing leases) in Routt County, Colorado.
Legal advice and assistance with private purchase of a ranch of nearly 500,000 contiguous acres (in total between fee lands and public land grazing leases) with extensive water rights, in multiple counties in New Mexico.
Legal advice and assistance with the purchase of 11,300 acres of ranch land in Gunnison and Saguache Counties, Colorado, along with the transfer of State and BLM agricultural leases for 56,300 acres.
Successfully litigated in a multi-weeks trial with multiple other parties, an opposition to Water Court application that involved tens of millions of dollars of claimed water rights that posed an existential threat to our client’s water supply.
Represented prominent Ranch owner in Southwestern Colorado in acquisition of new ranch holdings (over 425 acres from 2020-2023), including title, water rights, land use and environmental diligence and successful negotiation of corollary documents, including rights of first refusal.
Lessee’s counsel in acquiring 375 acre-feet of long-term storage water supply.
Buyer’s counsel relative contract negotiations and drafting; and closing on $1.2M CBT purchase for residential development.
Sellers counsel relative to contract negotiations, drafting and closing on $2.4M water sale for residential development.
Successfully obtained water court decrees in Water Divisions 1, 4, 5 and 6, including ranch, ski area and municipality water rights, plans for augmentation, snowmaking and water supply plans.