Sayles & Evans

About Sayles & Evans

Sayles & Evans is a general practice law firm in Elmira, New York, which states that it has provided legal advice and services in commercial and personal law for 140 years. The firm's website says its attorneys advise large and small businesses and nonprofit organizations on corporate governance, complex agreements, entity formation, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and federal and state taxation. Its listed practice areas include real estate and land use, employment and labor relations, trusts and estates, taxes, litigation, and banking and finance.

The firm's website also says it has provided legal advice to local cultural, educational and charitable organizations in the Elmira area. Third-party directories list its single office at One West Church Street in Elmira, in the Southern Tier of New York State, and list representative clients that include school districts, a medical center and a college. The sources reviewed show no other New York State offices. Directory listings give a founding year of 1876, while a professional networking profile gives 1875, so the founding date varies across sources.

Practice areas

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