Robert J. Brown

Robert Brown focuses on tax structuring and deal-making across a broad range of transactions, with particular emphasis on multifamily, mixed-use, and office/retail investment real estate. Robert synthesizes tax structuring into his transactional practice with a combination of sophistication. creativity and pragmatism. He has served as lead counsel for approximately $15 billion in transactions over the last five years.

Robert’s practice encompasses negotiating and closing large-scale investment real estate portfolio acquisitions, including financing, equity placement, and joint venture negotiations. He structures complex Section 1031 and tenant in common exchange co-investments with other sponsors of investment real estate. He serves as outside general counsel to institutional multifamily housing and commercial property investment companies and other businesses, handling negotiations of joint ventures, limited partnership and LLC agreements, private placements, real estate investment funds, and mortgage and preferred equity financing.