Pamela M. Brown
Partner
Pamela Brown is a partner and commercial transactions attorney with Â鶹´«Ã½. She focuses her practice in complex commercial real estate transactions and contract law for regional and national clients. Pamela is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice and is the chair of the Real Estate Group in the Orlando office. Pamela is also the chair of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Commercial Leasing Team.
Pamela’s practice emphasis includes negotiation, documentation and closing of property acquisition and sale transactions; mortgage and asset based financing; property development; commercial real estate ownership, leasing and financing transactions; sale-leaseback transactions; real property due diligence, title insurance and survey; loan workouts and restructurings; corporate, partnership and limited liability company entity formation and structuring.
Pamela has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating legal opinions in connection with real estate transactions and is a member of the firm’s Opinion Committee.
Representative Experience
Pamela has negotiated and facilitated a wide range of transactions, including the following recent representative transactions:
- Served as legal advisor to Belpointe PREP, LLC in securing a $204 million post-construction financing for Aster & Links.
- Real estate counsel (seller/tenant) for S&P 500 company for sale-leaseback of large manufacturing facility in Ohio
- Borrower counsel for $130 million regional shopping center refinance and construction financing, including special purpose entity compliance and securitized loan defeasance
- Real estate and leasing counsel for nation’s largest physician-owned medical imaging group
- Seller counsel for $135 million sale and purchase money financing of a manufacturing plant in Indiana
- Real estate counsel in connection with acquisition, operation and sale of a popular shopping mall in Orlando, Florida
- Counsel for multi-family apartment investor in connection with multiple real property purchases and financings in various states including, Michigan, Texas, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin
- Represented Sports Medicine North Orthopedic Surgery, Inc., and its affiliated ambulatory surgery center in their acquisition by Connecticut-based orthopedic and spine care management services organization Spire Orthopedic Partners, a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Co.
Prior to earning her law degree, Pamela worked in mortgage banking and specialized in the secondary mortgage market.
Awards and Recognition
- In 2016, Pamela was recognized by The Legal 500 for her work in real estate.
Community Involvement
- Pamela is an active member of various professional and community organizations, including the International Council of Shopping Centers. She provides legal services to several not for profit organizations on a pro bono basis. Pamela is a regular contributor to Practical Law.
Publications and Presentations
- Pamela co-authored an article in 2016 that was published in the Journal of Physician-Owned Real Estate regarding asset-planning protection for physician-owned medical practices.
- Pamela co-presented a CLE session in 2020 at the Society for Corporate Governance regarding the #MeToo Movement in the workplace and various ethics considerations.