Mr Brett Gross > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Brett Gross
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner
Career
Brett is a seasoned lawyer and co-chair of the firm’s global real estate practice. He assists lenders and investors in navigating the complex, ever-changing world of real estate.
Brett understands both the legal and business issues at stake and works diligently with his clients to develop and negotiate terms and structures that work best for them. He is also a deal-maker who is able to connect lenders and borrowers in a way that is mutually beneficial for both parties.
Brett’s practice focuses on all aspects of secured financings, with an emphasis on securitized and portfolio mortgage lending, mezzanine, construction and hospitality lending, credit facilities, and co-lending and participation arrangements. He also represents secondary market participants in the purchase and sale of real estate debt instruments, including the financing of such transactions. In addition, Brett often counsels clients in loan workouts and the restructuring of distressed loans.
Memberships
Admitted to the New York State Bar
Education
- JD, Cornell Law School, Editor, Cornell International Law Journal, 1999
- BS, Business Administration, University of Florida, cum laude, 1996
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
(Leading lawyers)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.
United States > Real estate > Real estate
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate finance United States > Real estate
- Real estate United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings