Faculty Profile: Brooks Smith

Brooks Smith is a Member of the firm's Real Estate team and currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the firm's Real Estate Practice Group. He advises clients in their endeavors related to commercial real estate matters, commercial financing and general business transactions. Brooks represents developers, owners, users, borrowers and lenders in all aspects of commercial real estate development, acquisition, disposition, leasing and financing among all classes of real estate (office, retail, industrial, multi-family, and hospitality, medical and residential developments). Brooks also regularly represents lending institutions in all types of real estate and asset based financings, and has had significant experience advising lenders, and borrowers, in the work-out and restructuring of loans. Brooks' practice also includes general business and commercial law with a focus on legal opinion letters.