Overview
Brad uses his legal and business knowledge to represent clients in a wide range of transactional and other matters. These matters have involved real estate of all types (including mixed-use projects), construction, financings, mergers, receivership, foreclosure, bankruptcy, litigation and arbitration.
Brad’s practice focuses on real estate and commercial finance, including acquisitions, dispositions, development and leasing matters, including: public-private partnership (P3) real estate development (including tax-exempt bond financing); mezzanine financing; tenant-in-common (TIC), air rights and ground lease structures; letters of credit; workouts and restructurings. His extensive experience includes representation of national clients of all types. From this experience, Brad has become a nationally known attorney who has been quoted in news publications including the Wall Street Journal.
Experience
Representative Work
Transactional Experience
- Representation of national lenders and investors in purchases and sales of commercial real estate and loans in transactions ranging up to several hundred million dollars
- Representation of a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in a $118,300,000 public-private partnership development/construction and financing in Florida
- Represented a national lender in a $208,500,000 financing of an office/retail building in Boston
- Represented a REIT in the $61,500,000 acquisition of a multi-site industrial-warehouse complex
- Represented a CMBS lender in a $389,000,000 portfolio financing involving properties in 14 states
Litigation and Bankruptcy Experience
- Workouts, loan modifications, forbearance agreements and deed-in-lieu of foreclosure agreements
- Contested receiverships and judicial and non-judicial foreclosures
- U.S. Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, et al. v. RBP Realty, LLC, 888 N.W.2d 699 (Minn. Ct. App. 2016) (borrower’s right to redeem from foreclosure by advertisement unimpaired by purported redemption waiver)
- In re: DBSI, Inc., et al., Case No. 08-12687 (Bankr. Del. 2008) (counsel for hundreds of creditors in DBSI Inc. bankruptcy, one of the most complex bankruptcies filed in the District of Delaware)
Industries & Practices
Banking & Financial Institutions
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- Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring
- Construction & Design
- Development & Infrastructure
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
- Investment Management
- Lending Transactions
- Private Equity
- Project Development & Finance
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Real Estate & Land Use
Professional & Civic
Professional Achievements
- American Bar Association (Business Law and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections; Construction Lending, Mortgage Lending, Real Estate Financing; Workouts, Foreclosures and Bankruptcies; and Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions Committees; ABA Advisory Panel)
- Minnesota State Bar Association (Real Property and Business Law Sections)
- Dakota County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Habitat for Humanity, Dallas, TX (1995, volunteer)
- Rebuild Resources, Inc., St. Paul, MN (1998-1999, pro bono counsel)
- Penumbra Theater, St. Paul, MN (1998-2000, pro bono counsel)
- Meals on Wheels, St. Paul, MN (1998-present, delivery volunteer)
- Aeon, Minneapolis, MN (2007-2012, Cornerstone member)
- LegalCORPS, Minneapolis, MN (2009-present, volunteer)
