For more than a decade, financial institutions have come to rely on Chad Brown to handle all manner of commercial real estate loan transactions in a timely and effective manner.
Chad’s organized and detailed approach is particularly valued when his clients have transactions of significant importance or complexity or with particularly tight deadlines. Chad skillfully calls upon a team of experienced junior lawyers and paralegals as needed to most efficiently meet his clients’ needs, and his significant experience in handling loans through the ups and downs of the real estate market enables him to protect his clients’ interests through all parts of the loan documentation and diligence process.
Chad’s practice primarily focuses on the documentation, negotiation and closing of large commercial real estate secured loans, construction loans, loan modifications and loan assumptions. In addition, he has experience guiding clients through an economic downturn and is well-versed in forbearance agreements, loan workouts and loan sales. His clients include several national and regional banks, life insurance companies, and other commercial lending institutions, all of whom regularly call upon Chad to oversee projects throughout the Southeast and even further afield. Chad personally has managed the closing of hundreds of commercial real estate loan transactions for his clients, and his team-based approach ensures prompt attention to client needs and borrower deadlines.
He is also a member of the firm’s Timberland Resources Industry Group and assists with the negotiation of large acreage timberland sales and acquisitions.