Thomas J. "Tom" Phillips
Recognized since 2012
Boston, Massachusetts
Land Use and Zoning Law
Real Estate Law
Tom Phillips, Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, has been practicing commercial real estate and land use law since 1987. He has counseled owners, developers, landlords, tenants, lenders and investors in a variety of property acquisitions and sales, development and permitting projects, leases, debt and equity financings, workouts/restructurings and other sophisticated real estate transactions spanning virtually all asset classes. He has particular experience working with retail and mixed use properties and is the immediate past State Director for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) for Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Tom has been recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and in Woodward/White’s Best Lawyers in America.
Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Tom was a partner in the Boston law firm of Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar, where he served as Real Estate Department Chair.
- One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
- Boston University School of Law, J.D., graduated 1987
- Bowdoin College, AB, graduated 1984
- Massachusetts, United States
- American Bar Association: Real Property, Trust and Probate Law and Business Law Sections - Member
- Boston Bar Association - Member
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) - Legal Advisory Council (2012-present)
- Massachusetts Bar Association: Appointed to Property Law Section Council (1995-1998) - Member
- NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association - Member
- National Retail Tenants Association (NRTA) - Member
- Real Estate Bar Association (REBA) - Member
- Real Estate Finance Association (REFA) - Member
42 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
21 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- COVID-19
- Commercial Finance Law
- Litigation - Real Estate
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