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Thomas J. Phillips

Brown Rudnick LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2012
  • Recognized in:
    Real Estate Law
  • Law School:
    Boston University
  • Website:
    http://www.brownrudnick.com
  • Location:
    One Financial Center
    Boston, MA 02111

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.

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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.

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Education:

  • Boston University , J.D., graduated 1987
  • Bowdoin College, AB, graduated 1984

Bar Admissions:

  • Massachusetts

Affiliations:

  • 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

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Real Estate Law

Special Focus:

  • COVID-19
 

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Brown Rudnick LLP
http://www.brownrudnick.com
 
Headquarters
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 856.8200
8 Office Locations
in 3 Countries

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Paris, France

1, rue François 1er

Paris 75008

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33 (0)1 85 56 82 20

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London, United Kingdom

8 Clifford Street

London W1S 2LQ

United Kingdom

44 20 7851 6000

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Irvine, CA

2211 Michelson Drive, Seventh Floor

Irvine, CA 92612

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(949) 752.7100

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Connecticut

Connecticut

Hartford, CT

185 Asylum Street

Hartford, CT 06103

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Washington, DC

601 Thirteenth Street, NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20005

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New York, NY

Seven Times Square

New York, NY 10036

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(212) 209.4800

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Providence, RI

10 Memorial Boulevard

Providence, RI 02903

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