Profil
Brandilyn Y. Dumas focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, including leasing, financing, development, and construction across multiple sectors, including retail and shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and resorts, multi-use developments, industrial properties, and multi-family developments. She represents developers, funds, REITs, CDOs, investors, financial institutions, lenders, public agencies, general and limited partners, and tax-exempt organizations in the origination, purchase, disposition and restructuring of senior and mezzanine real estate and corporate loans and loan participation interests. Brandilyn also represents landlords and tenants in commercial space and ground lease transactions.
Concentrations
- Retail and office leasing
- Mezzanine financing
- Acquisition and disposition
- REITs
Kompetencje
Doświadczenie
- Represented retail furniture business in negotiation of lease of retail space.°
- Represented commercial real estate advisory firm in negotiation of brokerage agreement.°
- Represented real estate capital management firm in mezzanine financing and other transactions involving multiple participation interests.°
- Represented real estate investment firm in $400 million acquisition and mortgage financing of a nine-building campus.°
- Represented nonprofit corporation in negotiation of sublease for elementary school.°
- Represented hospital corporation in negotiation of office lease.°
- Represented hotel in restructuring $840 million in debt and other secured claims.°
- Represented shopping center owner in acquisition of property and assumption of $61.6 million mortgage loan.°
- Represented financial institution in restructuring mortgage, construction and mezzanine loans encumbering sites being developed as shopping centers.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Dumas prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Instructor, NYC Dept. of Education, I.S. 172, Teach for America, 2003-2005
Sukcesy i wyróżnienia
- Selected, New York Law Journal, "Rising Stars," 2020
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New York Metro Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2017-2019
- Team Member, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate, 2017
- Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2015
- Team Member, a U.S. News - Best Lawyers®, "Law Firm of the Year" in Real Estate Law, 2015
- Team Member, The Legal 500 United States, "Top Tier" Firm in Real Estate, 2014
- Trustee, Harlem Link Charter School, 2010-Present
- Selection Panelist, AnBryce Scholarship Program, NYU Law School, 2020
- Incoming Trustee, Winchester Thurston School (as of July 2020)
- Member, Metropolitan Black Bar Association
- Annual Gala Co-Chair, 2020
Kwalifikacje
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 2008
- M.S.T., Fordham University, 2005
- B.A., cum laude, Duke University, 2003
- New York