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Brian D. Anderson
Attorney
33 East Main Street, Suite 300
P.O. Box 1379
Madison, WI 53701-1379
Phone: (608) 234-6115
Fax: (608) 258-7138
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Commercial Real Estate
Brian Anderson is a commercial real estate, finance and lease lawyer. Projects have included the disposition of hospitals, quarries, waterparks, casinos, dams, resorts, golf courses, factories, condominiums, condominium-hotels, and office buildings across the United States. His clients are primarily corporations, Indian tribes or other institutional owners and developers.

Before practicing law, Mr. Anderson was a math and English teacher in rural Wisconsin and rural Kenya. He attended the University of Maryland School of Law and clerked with a Baltimore non-profit, urban redevelopment corporation, and with The Nature Conservancy at its international headquarters. Following law school, he worked in the business transactions group of the Venable law firm in Baltimore.

Education

  • University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.
  • University of Minnesota Duluth, B.A.

Admissions

  • Wisconsin
  • Maryland (Inactive)

Awards & Distinctions

  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in Real Estate Law (2013)

Representative Work

  • Purchase of largest outdoor water park in the United States.
  • Purchase of numerous quarries and related processing facilities, including ports and rail spurs.
  • Largest credit union branch acquisition in the history of the United States.
  • Negotiation of tribal-municipality intergovernmental agreement for casino development.
  • Acquisition and development of manufacturing facilities.
  • Acquisition of land for sports facility and drafting of custom construction and design contracts and coordination of construction financing disbursing on self-financed project.
  • Coordination of large scale, confidential land acquisition process for retailer and hotel developer.
  • Commercial condominium conversion.
  • Commercial lease review and negotiation for retail offices, credit unions, banks, manufacturing facilities, for professional offices, medical facilities, retail and manufacturing.

Professional Associations

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Wisconsin Bar Association
  • ABA Forum on the Construction Industry

Community Involvement

Teaching Positions

  • Adjunct Lecturer, University of Wisconsin School of Engineering, Construction Law Class, 2011, 2012

Articles and Presentations

  • Negotiation Seminar, University of Wisconsin Law School, Speaker, 2012
  • Annual Convention of the Wisconsin AIA, Speaker, 2011
  • Annual Convention of Wisconsin Assessors Association, Speaker, 2011
  • Impact of Sustainability Upon US Corporate Real Estate Transactions, Speaker, ALFA International, Paris, France 2010
  • Construction Industry Annual Conference, Plenary Speaker, ABA National Forum, New Orleans, 2009
  • Wisconsin Bar Association Corporate Practice Institute, Speaker and Section Leader, December 2009
  • Annual Environmental Law Update, Sustainable Building and the Environmental Practitioner, Speaker, Wisconsin Bar Association, September 2009
  • Green Building Representations and the Emerging Potential for Securities Fraud Liability, Author, Real Estate Issues, 2008
  • Regulatory Issues that Add to Construction Risk, Speaker, National Webinar, Green Building Initative, The Liability of Building Green, 2008
  • Portfolio Certification Issues, Speaker, WBGA Sustainability & Energy Efficiency Conference, 2008
  • The Liability of Building Green Webinar Series Part 2: Regulatory Issues that Add to Construction Risk, Speaker, Associated General Contractors of America/Green Building Initative, National Webinar, 2008
  • State May Fund Purchase of Farmland Development Rights Grant Program, Co-Author, 2007
  • National Association of Home Builders, Speaker, National Green Building Conference, St. Louis, 2007
  • Green Building Blues; A Primer on the Risks and Opportunities of Green Construction, Speaker, American Bar Association National Teleconference, Construction Section, 2007
  • State May Fund Purchase of Farmland Development Rights Grant Program, Co-author, January 2007
  • Fundaments of Real Estate Development and Financing, Speaker, CLE, October 2006
  • Legal and Business Issues of Green Building, Author, Wisconsin Lawyer, August 2006