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Farella Braun + Martel Adds Brett Greenberg To Real Estate Department

May 3, 2010 Announcement

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 2010:  Farella Braun + Martel LLP has added Brett Greenberg as an associate to its Real Estate Department.

Greenberg's real estate practice is focused on fund formation, acquisitions and dispositions, finance, leasing and hospitality.  His experience includes negotiating and drafting commercial real estate contracts, representing fund sponsors in the structuring, formation, operation and restructuring of real estate investment funds, representing lenders and borrowers in secured lending transactions, and advising on guaranty enforcement issues.  He also has coordinated the bankruptcy acquisition of a portfolio of residential development projects.  He is an active board member of Root Division, a Bay Area arts and education nonprofit organization.

Greenberg earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School (2007), where he was a contributing editor for the Michigan Law Review.  He received his B.A. in history and theatre arts, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania (2002). 

Farella Braun + Martel represents clients throughout the United States and abroad in sophisticated business transactions and high-stakes commercial, civil and criminal litigation. Founded in 1962, the firm is headquartered in San Francisco and maintains an office in the Napa Valley focused on the wine industry. Farella Braun + Martel lawyers are known for their imaginative legal solutions, dynamism and intellectual creativity. With an unwavering service ethic and interdisciplinary team approach, the firm is committed to advancing clients' objectives in the most effective, coordinated and efficient manner. Farella Braun + Martel is a green business. www.fbm.com

Contacts:
Melinda Hepp / Traci Stuart                        
Blattel Communications                                           415.397.4811                                                           
[email protected] / [email protected]

Cheryl Loof
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
415.954.4433
[email protected]

 

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