Rebecca Brown represents both lenders and borrowers in the area of commercial finance, with special emphasis on real estate financing, loan restructuring and workouts. She has experience with large-scale acquisitions for real estate development projects, including mixed-use residential housing and shopping centers. In addition, she represents landlords and tenants in connection with commercial leasing, as well as buyers and sellers in connection with their high-end residential transactions, including zoning work in lower Fairfield County. Rebecca is also experienced in the field of historic tax credits for the rehabilitation of historic structures.
Prior to joining the firm, Rebecca worked as an in-house attorney for a lender in Richmond, Virginia before moving into private practice as a real estate and corporate attorney in Richmond and Greenwich, Connecticut. She also served as a summer law clerk to The Honorable Mary Ellen Coster Williams, Administrative Judge on the General Services Board of Contract Appeals, and spent time with the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office of Virginia.
- Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business: Editor-in-Chief (2002-2003)
- University of Richmond Moot Court Board: Executive Board Member (2001-2003)
- University of Richmond Board of Trustees, Advancement Committee: Student Representative (2001-2003)
- Robert R. Merhige, Jr. National Environmental Negotiation Competition: National Representative (2001)
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Greenwich Bar Association
- Fairfield County Bar Association
Divestiture of Assets
Represented a corporate entity in the purchase of a portfolio of non-performing assets from a middle-market lender and the restructuring, foreclosure and divestiture.
Real Property Development and Land Exchange for Local Housing Authority
Represented a local housing authority in connection with the acquisition, remediation and development of real property, including an exchange of land with a local hospital.