Overview

As a real estate partner, Brett has more than 20 years of diverse experience advising clients with respect to sophisticated real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development, financings, and joint ventures. Brett is a trusted strategic advisor who maintains a deal-oriented approach with a goal of understanding and achieving his client’s goals in an efficient manner. Brett is thoughtful and highly cost-effective as he concentrates on the material issues while protecting the client’s interest.  

Brett regularly represents clients in the negotiation and documentation of complex real estate transactions. He has significant experience representing publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), investment advisors, private equity sponsors, commercial lenders, and other institutional investors and developers.

Brett’s experience encompasses a wide range of asset classes and property types, including industrial, retail, multi-family and office properties, and land for development. He has represented landlords and tenants with respect to a variety of lease negotiations, including build-to-suit leases, ground leases, warehouse/logistic leases, and office leases. Brett also has extensive experience, for a variety of institutional clients, in negotiating and documenting asset management arrangements.

Brett is nationally recognized for Real Estate Law by the Best Lawyers in America©.

Credentials

Admissions

  • State of Illinois

Education

  • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1999
  • University of Michigan, B.A., with high distinction, 1995

Experience

  • Representation of pension fund advisors, REITs, private funds, and operators in connection with the acquisitions and dispositions of industrial, multi-family, office, and retail properties throughout the U.S.
  • Representation of institutional landlords and tenants in connection with the leasing of industrial, office, and retail properties to publicly and privately held companies.
  • Representation of buyers and sellers with respect to “forward commitment” transactions, both acquisitions and dispositions, of industrial warehouse buildings.
  • Representation of publicly and privately held real estate firms in the negotiation and drafting of agreements for various asset management matters.
  • Representation of institutional owners and operators in the structuring, negotiation, and drafting of joint venture agreements. 
  • Representation of borrowers with respect to both acquisition and construction loans from financial institutions, life insurance companies, and debt funds secured by real estate properties.
  • Representation of a privately held real estate company in connection with the acquisition of various shopping centers throughout the U.S., including the performance of complex due diligence analyses associated therewith. 

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Recognitions

  • Band Ranked, Chambers USA (2025)
    • Real Estate
  • Best Lawyer, The Best Lawyers in America© (2021-2026)
    • Real Estate Law
  • Leading Lawyer, Leading Lawyers Network (2017-2025)
  • Illinois Rising Stars, Super Lawyers (2010-2014)
  • Order of the Coif
  • bl_feinberg_2026
  • Chambers2025_Feinberg

Organizations

  • Phi Beta Kappa
Quote

"Brett is great and super responsive — it's his ability to get to the heart of the matter and come out with a solution that really makes him stand out."

Chambers USA
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