Mr Brett Gross > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has a widespread presence all over the US with real estate, development and finance chaired by Brett Gross, who is based in New York. The firm is mandated by a large number of prominent banks to assist with real estate finance transactions, and sustainability-related queries. It is especially noted for its skills in commercial real estate lending where it assists with structuring deals, drafting documents, negotiating, and closing loans. On the lender side, other than banks the team also represents life insurance companies, REITs, and savings and loan institutions. Purchase and sale of real estate debt assets including financing, and workouts is also key to the practice. Co-chair Gross is known for his expertise in secured financings and is the leading force in counselling clients on loan workouts and restructurings of distressed loans. In Dallas, Kathleen Wu advises a wide range of clients on real estate transactions, including joint ventures, loan servicing, and financings, while in New York, Peter Mignone and Matthew Halal both advise lenders and investors on secured financings.

With key offices in New York and Texas along with others including in Washington DC, Los Angeles, Richmond, and Atlanta, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s nationwide real estate, development and finance team advises on transactions and financings for a range of trusts, holding companies, and large private equity firms. Moreover, the practice also has experience advising REITs, family offices, and developers, with a considerable stream of work involving hospitality, single family rentals, and industrials, data centers and life sciences. Supporting the team is a sustainability sub-group that provides assistance on matters like C-PACE financing alongside an energy sub-group that regularly handles real estate aspects of oil, gas and mining transactions. The practice is led by Dallas based partner Howard Schreiber and New York co-heads Laurie Grasso and Brett Gross. In the firm’s Dallas office, Jeff Giese is experienced on investments, transactions and joint ventures, with Matthew Scoville being another key name in the New York office for his transactions, workouts, and restructuring expertise. Other integral members include New York’s Anthony Bonan and Paul Greco, as well as ‘extremely talented partner’ Conor Shary in Houston.