Real estate, title, and corporate counsel for Miami and the investors who buy here.
We represent buyers, sellers, lenders, borrowers, and the companies moving capital into Florida. Title work and closings are handled in-house — including remote online closings.
Counsel for transactions that carry real consequences.
From our offices in the Chase Building in downtown Miami, we handle real estate, title, corporate, and cross-border matters for clients across South Florida and abroad.
The practice is concentrated where title, financing, and entity structure intersect — the details that decide whether a closing holds.
What we handle
PracticeReal Estate
Residential and commercial purchases, sales, leasing, and investor transactions across Florida. Read more → 02Title & Title Insurance
Searches, commitments, clearing requirements, and owner's and lender's policies — issued in-house. Read more → 03Corporate Formation
Entity selection, formation documents, governance, and standing general counsel engagements. Read more → 04FIRPTA
Withholding compliance for foreign sellers, reduced-withholding certificates, and Form 8288 filing. Read more → 05Commercial & New Construction
Development contracts, financing, permits, liens, and project closings. Read more → 06Real Estate Closings
Escrow, settlement, and disbursement — in person or by remote online notarization. Read more →
Marili Cancio Johnson, Esq.
Twenty-five years of practice, the last fifteen at her own firm. Before founding the practice in 2011, she was at Holland & Knight LLP and Fowler White Burnett P.A.
She manages a high-volume real estate and title practice, serves as a title agent for The Fund, and represents both lenders and borrowers. A substantial share of the work involves Latin American investors buying Florida property and foreign companies opening United States operations.
Tell us what you're closing.
Give us the property, the parties, and the date you need to close. We will tell you what the transaction requires and what it will cost.