Overview
Brandon is a Member in the firm’s Norfolk office and Chair of the Real Estate Strategies practice group. He is also a member of the Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Alliances and Business Taxation practice groups. His practice includes advising clients on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial leasing and development across various asset classes, credit facilities, preferred equity investments, and corporate and commercial transactions. In addition, he advises clients on tax matters related to commercial transactions with a focus on syndications of historic tax credits in commercial real estate development transactions. Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Brandon worked in tax accounting with Ernst & Young LLP in McLean, Virginia. He received his B.S. from Washington & Lee University and his J.D., cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law.
Representative Matters
Represented real estate developer and manager in connection with the disposition of a portfolio of multi-family apartment projects, consisting of approximately 600 units located in Southwestern Virginia, with a transaction value of approximately $150,000,000, including defeasance of seven CMBS loans with a transaction value of approximately $80,000,000
Represented institutional investor in connection with various preferred equity investments with an aggregate value of approximately $110,000,000+ across seventeen separate transactions, in connection with funding the acquisition and development of various multi-family apartment projects totaling 4,900+ units
Represented real estate developer in connection with acquisition, redevelopment, and financing (including syndication of state and federal historic tax credits) of approximately 90,000 square foot multi-use office and retail project in Norfolk, Virginia with a transaction value of $20,000,000+
Represented real estate developer and manager in connection with disposition of a portfolio of multi-family apartment projects, consisting of approximately 250 units located throughout Tidewater, Virginia, with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $24,000,000, including defeasance of a CMBS loan with a transaction value of approximately $9,300,000
Represented institutional investor in connection with making mezzanine loans in the aggregate amount of $5,300,000 as financing for acquisition of an approximately 500-unit portfolio of multi-family apartment projects
Represented real estate investor group in connection with acquisition and financing of various office projects, consisting of five separate office buildings with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $22,800,000, including approximately $18,000,000 of financing
Represented institutional investor in connection with structuring joint venture for acquisition and operation of approximately 800,000 square foot office tower in Manhattan, New York as part of an approximately $760,000,000 acquisition
Represented concrete contractor in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets to strategic buyer, with a transaction value of approximately $75,000,000
Represented real estate developer in connection with structuring joint ventures for development of multiple medical office buildings in Tidewater, Virginia, with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $18,000,000
Represented real estate developer in connection with re-development of a historic warehouse located in Norfolk, Virginia into 50+ market apartments and syndication of state and federal historic tax credits generated thereby, which produced approximately $13,900,000 in qualified rehabilitation expenditures
Represented private equity fund in connection with acquisition of multiple portfolios of heating and air conditioning installation, service and repair franchises, with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $6,500,000
Represented real estate developer in connection with the syndication of state and federal historic tax credits to be generated by the development of a historic school building located in Norfolk, Virginia into approximately 30,000 square feet of manufacturing and retail space and is expected to produce approximately $5,500,000 qualified rehabilitation expenditures
Represented an historic church located in Norfolk, Virginia in connection with the syndication of state historic tax credits generated by a phased historic rehabilitation incurring approximately $10,200,000 of qualified rehabilitation expenditures
Represented an historic church located in Norfolk, Virginia in connection with the syndication of state historic tax credits generated by an historic rehabilitation incurring approximately $5,800,000 of qualified rehabilitation expenditures
Recognition & Honors
Honors & Recognitions
Commercial Real Estate Go To Lawyer; Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2025
Top Lawyers; CoVaBIZ Magazine, 2023-2026
Virginia Rising Stars, Virginia Super Lawyers, 2023-2025
LEAD757, Class of 2022
Virginia’s Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2019-2025
Best Lawyers in America; “Ones to Watch,” 2022-2026
Press & Publications
News
Speaking Engagements
Community & Professional
Associations
Virginia Bar Association; Business Law Section Council, Young Lawyer Representative
Washington and Lee University Alumni Association; Board of Directors, 2017-2021
Cape Henry Collegiate School Alumni Association; Board of Directors
Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association
Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate
Phi Kappa Psi Virginia Beta House Corporation; Board Member
SMILE, Inc.; Board of Directors
Credentials
Education
Washington & Lee University; B.S., 2012
Washington & Lee University School of Law; J.D., cum laude, 2016
