Burnell, Brigette A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Brigette Burnell's practice involves the formation and restructuring of joint ventures, the negotiation of debt and equity financing, and the acquisition and disposition of companies and assets, with particular emphasis on real estate developments.

Brigette spent two years working in Jones Day's Hong Kong office representing U.S. and Asian clients on a wide variety of transactions that included establishing joint ventures, refinancing loans, restructurings, lending, and the transfer of ownership of real estate assets throughout Asia.

Representative clients include Brush Engineered Materials, CalEast Industrial Investors, China Overseas Building Construction Limited, Dana Corporation, Gateway Capital Real Estate Fund, International Truck and Engine Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, LaSalle Investment Management, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds, National Century Financial Enterprises, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, and Trammell Crow Residential.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Real Estate Capital Markets

Representative Cases

• Aventis takes steps to provide global privacy and launches MyDocOnline web site , (2009)
• Brush obtains credit facilities from Bank One and Guggenheim
• CalEast sells 200-property warehouse/distribution portfolio for $1.4 billion
• Carriage Court Communities sells portfolio of assisted living facilities in Ohio and Tennessee to Wilkinson Corporation
• Fort Bend Apartments participates in transfer of partnership interests, loan modification, and dissolution of original general partner
• International Truck and Engine Corp. consolidates multiple real property tracts in Ohio
• JPMorgan Chase participates in sale-leaseback of 33 properties
• Major property owner participates in sale-leaseback involving 53 properties
• Morgan Stanley creates joint ventures to purchase four Singapore sites
• Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds sells its interest in The Exchange office and retail complex in Shanghai , (2009)
• Morgan Stanley receives acquisition financing for the purchase of the Daewoo Building in Korea
• Polar amends and restates revolving credit facility , (2010)
• St. Luke's Hospital acquires cardiologist practice , (2009)
• TCR company forms subsidiary, and modifies loan related to the construction of a New Jersey apartment development
• TCR forms joint venture and develops multifamily project
• TCR forms joint venture and develops Pembroke Woods multifamily project
• TCR obtains construction loan for multifamily project
• TCR sells partnership interests in a limited partnership that owned a Florida multifamily project
• TCR sells seven multifamily projects in Florida
• U.S. investor sells offshore entity stock
• Westwood multifamily project secures Freddie Mac loan
• Westwood Residential refinances $19.2 million loan related to a Texas apartment development

West Practice Categories

Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Massachusetts Inst of Tech
• Ohio State University

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325 John H. McConnell Boulevard
Suite 600
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

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