Profile
Bret E. Strzelczyk is an associate in the Corporate & Securities Practice in Greenberg Traurig's Chicago office. Bret represents insurance companies and other institutional investors in U.S. and cross-border private placements of corporate securities. Bret focuses his practice on private placement financings, project financings, credit tenant lease financings, and other types of secured and unsecured lending transactions, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Bret has also represented financial institutions in acquisition financings, asset-based lending transactions, and tax equity investments. Outside of the United States, Bret’s recent experience includes transactions in Canada, Denmark, England, Ireland, Belgium, and Australia.
Capabilities
Experience
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with a $892 million credit tenant loan build-to-suit construction to permanent financing of a new corporate headquarters building and research facility in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with a $580 million credit tenant loan portfolio financing of 28 grocery stores across four states.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with a A$430 million credit tenant loan build-to-suit construction to permanent financing of a new university building in Sydney, Australia.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with $127 million credit tenant loan build-to-suit construction to permanent financing of a new hospital campus in Orlando, Florida.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with a $123 million credit tenant loan build-to-suit construction to permanent financing of an automobile production facility in Freeport, Texas.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with a $73 million credit tenant loan build-to-suit construction to permanent financing of a maintenance facility for a utility company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with a $61,800,000 credit tenant loan build-to-suit construction to permanent financing of a maintenance facility for a utility company in Puyallup, Washington.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with a $44 million credit tenant loan build-to-suit construction to permanent financing of a maintenance facility for a utility company in Kent, Washington.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in connection with a $73 million credit tenant loan build-to-suit construction to permanent financing of Veterans Affairs hospitals in Indiana and Florida.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in a $133 million senior secured financing in connection with the construction of a methane to liquid natural gas facility in Pennsylvania.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors $362 million senior secured financing in connection with the financing of twenty solar photovoltaic projects operating in California, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in a senior secured financing of $825 million OpCo/HoldCo structure in connection with the asset securitization of private equity owned electric fence and solar assets.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in a $300 million private placement of senior notes secured by marine vessels with a parent guaranty.
- Acted as counsel to investors in a $63 million senior secured financing and parent guaranty for the construction and development of a marine fuel distribution terminal and facility located in Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in a $200 million guaranteed senior secured financing for a hospitality operator in Arizona, California and Colorado.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in a €235 million senior secured financing for wind farm assets in Norway.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in a DKK 1.2 billion senior secured financing for Copenhagen Airports Denmark ApS.
- Acted as counsel to institutional investors in a €1.265 billion senior secured guaranteed financing for Brussels Airport Company NV/SA.
Recognition & Leadership
- Founder's Award, The University Club of Chicago, 2018
- Member, American College of Investment Counsel
- Member, The University Club of Chicago, 2016-Present
Credentials
Education
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J.D., DePaul University College of Law
- Tax Certificate
- Executive Editor, DePaul Business and Commercial Law Journal
- Founder and President, DePaul Business Law Society
- B.A., cum laude, Illinois Wesleyan University
Admissions
- Illinois