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Coral Gables Business Law Firm Earns Tier 2 Ranking in Litigation – Construction; Partners Honored by Best Lawyers®
CORAL GABLES, FL – McArdle Franco PLLC, a leading Coral Gables business litigation law firm, proudly announces that the firm has been named a Tier 2 firm in Miami for Litigation – Construction in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®. This prestigious recognition underscores the firm’s commitment to delivering efficient, creative, and smart legal solutions for businesses throughout Florida and beyond.
Best Law Firms® rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and professional reference evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys, industry leader interviews, and review of additional firmographic highlights provided by law firms as part of the formal research submission process. The result is a comprehensive guide for businesses and individuals seeking top-tier legal counsel in the United States.
In addition to the firm’s ranking, two of the firm’s partners were honored in the 2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Xavier Franco was recognized by Best Lawyers® for his work in Litigation – Construction, and Michael Mullavey was selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction.
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, McArdle Franco Miami Law Firm is comprised of experienced attorneys with diverse business and legal backgrounds. The firm’s lawyers have been directly involved in successful land developments, managed private equity and debt facilities, and launched successful enterprises—giving them a first-hand understanding of the challenges their clients face. This real-world business acumen allows the firm to approach every matter with long-view strategies and a bottom-line focus.
Practice Areas
Transaction Structuring
McArdle Franco represents partnerships and corporate clients in a wide range of business, commercial, and real estate transactions. As a respected South Miami business transaction structuring practice, the firm provides forward-thinking advice and proven negotiation strategies to help clients close deals that serve both their immediate and long-term needs. The team handles real estate purchases and sales, construction and development contracts, financing transactions, corporate mergers and acquisitions, government procurement contracts, joint ventures, cross-border business transactions, and public-private partnerships. By employing consequential thinking—focusing on possible future outcomes to arrive at present-day solutions—the firm significantly reduces clients’ litigation exposure while keeping deals on track.
Business Structuring
The firm’s business structuring practice helps clients establish new legal entities or design multi-level structures that isolate profit centers and quarantine liabilities. McArdle Franco’s senior partners are accomplished business owners who have successfully grown several enterprises in the construction and real estate fields. The team advises on capital structuring to minimize liability and maximize profitability, addressing critical issues such as litigation risk assessment, asset preservation through strategic segregation, tax implications of single- and multi-entity structures, exit strategies for owners and investors, and financing plans for future growth and acquisitions.
Land Development and Construction
As a recognized South Florida Land Development Law Firm and South Florida Construction Development Law Firm, McArdle Franco brings decades of real estate law experience combined with the practical knowledge of senior partners who have built successful real estate, construction, and mortgage businesses from the ground up. The firm represents real estate developers, property owners, contractors and subcontractors, commercial tenants, architects, engineering firms, and mortgage and commercial lenders. Services include drafting and negotiating land development and construction contracts, surety bonds, real estate purchase and sale agreements, commercial financing agreements, private placement memorandums, joint venture agreements, and commercial leases. It is this depth of experience that contributed directly to the firm’s Tier 2 ranking as a Coral Gables construction litigation law firm in the 2026 Best Law Firms® edition.
A Collaborative Approach to Client Service
McArdle Franco takes a team approach in all that it does. The firm’s partners regularly share and discuss ideas, cases, and strategies as a group to develop creative methods that meet the needs of their clients. Where an issue calls for a specialized discipline, the firm collaborates with a vast and strategic network of top-caliber professionals to deliver the best product for the diverse businesses it serves. The firm’s goal is to forge long-term relationships with clients and to serve as their first stop when legal issues arise.
Contact Information
McArdle Franco PLLC 255 Alhambra Circle, STE 925 Coral Gables, FL 33134 Phone: (305) 442-2214 Email: info@mcper.com Website: www.mcardlefranco.com
