Brian E. Davis

Brian is listed in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions of Chambers USA and is recognized as "a diligent attorney who can comb through complex documents and reduce the material to easy-to-understand business points." He has been called the "consummate attorney" and clients enthuse that he is "very prepared, very detail-oriented and excellent at synthesizing long, complex agreements into plain English."

• Represented a group of Thai investors in an investment in a luxury hotel brand.
• Represented a government pension fund in the acquisition of multi-family property Austin.
• Represented a Canadian firm in the acquisition of a signature mix-use property in the loop district of Chicago.
• Represented a private equity firm in acquisition and simultaneous sale-leaseback of theater portfolio.
• Represented private equity firms in the acquisition and financing of $665 million in face value of distressed debt.
• Represented an operator in $400 million build-to-suit program for the development of distribution facilities throughout North America.
• Represented a private equity firm in the development and financing of a 1,000 room hotel and a 500 room hotel and accompanying golf course in Orlando, Florida.
• Represented a private equity firm in the $625 million acquisition of eight hotels.
• Represented a private equity firm in $250 million sale-leaseback of 186 bowling centers in conjunction with acquisition of business.
• Represented a private equity firm in $175 million sale-leaseback of 65 restaurants in conjunction with acquisition of business.
• Represented a private equity firm in $1 billion leveraged acquisition of department store chain and contemporaneous sale-leaseback of real estate portfolio.
• Represented a private-equity firm in sale-leaseback of ski resort business.
• Represent an operator in $400 million build-to-suit program for the development of distribution facilities throughout North America.
• Represented a publicly-traded client in $200 million in various sale-leaseback transactions of industrial warehouse and distribution centers.
• Represented an operator in $150 million leverage lease of corporate headquarters.
• Represented various clients in more than $200 million in synthetic lease transactions.
• Represented a theater operator in restructuring of $100 million leverage lease facility in connection with Chapter 11 reorganization.
• Represented a pension fund in formation and investment in joint venture for the development of multifamily apartment residence communities.
• Represented a pension fund in joint venture and securitized financing for industrial property portfolio.
• Represented a publicly-traded REIT in joint venture for the development of various industrial parks in Wisconsin and Illinois.
• Represented a publicly-traded REIT in formation of joint venture for development of industrial campus.
• Represented a hotel operator in joint venture in the development of a hotel condominium and residential condominium project in Southeast Florida.
• Represented a hotel operator in acquisition of a brand of extended-stay hotels.
• Represented a developer in development of DePaul University dorms.
• Represented a theater operator in portfolio sale of theaters in Louisiana and Mississippi.
• Represented an airline in successful recharacterization, settlement and discharge of over $1 billion in principal amount of special facility bonds.