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Nicole R. Ament

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2019
  • Recognized in:
    Real Estate Law
  • Law School:
    University of Denver
  • Website:
    http://www.bhfs.com
  • Location:
    410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200
    Denver, CO 80202-4432

Nicole considers herself her clients’ business partner first, and their real estate attorney second. Serving as the firm’s Real Estate Department chair-elect, she has more than 19 years of local and national experience working with complex real estate portfolios and large single assets, specializing in land use, development, financing and disposition unique to real estate portfolios with emphasis on resort and recreation work.

Nicole has managed portfolio transactions with as many as 276 properties in a single portfolio and in excess of $1.5 billion in assets in diverse industries including hotels, golf courses, ski areas, health care facilities, manufactured housing communities and athletic clubs. Her client base spans from high-end ski resorts, including combined financing work for Squaw Mountain and Alpine Meadows, to fitness facilities. 

Drawing on her national experience, Nicole is familiar with the unique real estate aspects of different markets and is able to recognize opportunities to make transactions run more efficiently. She leverages her complex portfolio experience to assist regional and local clients with both large-scale single assets and complex development issues. She handles both business and legal aspects of the transaction to help clients get the deal done and find positive ways to impact their bottom line.

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Lawyer Bio

Nicole considers herself her clients’ business partner first, and their real estate attorney second. Serving as the firm’s Real Estate Department chair-elect, she has more than 19 years of local and national experience working with complex real estate portfolios and large single assets, specializing in land use, development, financing and disposition unique to real estate portfolios with emphasis on resort and recreation work.

Nicole has managed portfolio transactions with as many as 276 properties in a single portfolio and in excess of $1.5 billion in assets in diverse industries including hotels, golf courses, ski areas, health care facilities, manufactured housing communities and athletic clubs. Her client base spans from high-end ski resorts, including combined financing work for Squaw Mountain and Alpine Meadows, to fitness facilities. 

Drawing on her national experience, Nicole is familiar with the unique real estate aspects of different markets and is able to recognize opportunities to make transactions run more efficiently. She leverages her complex portfolio experience to assist regional and local clients with both large-scale single assets and complex development issues. She handles both business and legal aspects of the transaction to help clients get the deal done and find positive ways to impact their bottom line.

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  • Bar Admissions
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Education:

  • University of Denver , J.D.

Bar Admissions:

  • Colorado, 1998

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Real Estate Law

Special Focus:

  • Acquisitions
  • COVID-19
  • Development
  • Hospitality
  • Land Use
 

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Firm Details

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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
http://www.bhfs.com
 
Headquarters
410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202-4432
(303) 223.1100
12 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

California

California

Los Angeles, CA

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3550

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3217

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(310) 500.4600

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Sacramento, CA

1415 L Street, Suite 800

Sacramento, CA 95814-3964

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(916) 594.9700

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San Clemente, CA

300 South El Camino Real, Suite 203

San Clemente, CA 92672-4070

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(949) 498.3879

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San Diego, CA

225 Broadway, Suite 1670

San Diego, CA 92101-5000

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(619) 702.6100

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Santa Barbara, CA

1021 Anacapa Street , Second Floor

Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2711

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(805) 963.7000

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Colorado

Colorado

Colorado Springs, CO

111 South Tejon Street, Suite 301

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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(719) 635.5569

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

1155 F Street, NW, Suite 1200

Washington, DC 20004

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(202) 296.7353

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Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600

Las Vegas, NV 89106-4614

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(702) 382.2101

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Reno, NV

5371 Kietzke Lane

Reno, NV 89511

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(775) 324.4100

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New Jersey

Atlantic City, NJ

Absecon Professional Center, Suite C-5

707 White Horse Pike

Atlantic City, NJ 08201

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(609) 241.0057

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New Mexico

New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

201 Third Street, NW, Suite 1800

Albuquerque, NM 87102-4386

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(505) 244.0770

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