Overview
"My goal is to add value to a transaction and obtain results for clients."
Brandt’s practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including leasing, acquisition, development, and finance. He also assists clients with conservation easements and other transactions to conserve real property and generate federal, state and local tax deductions, credits, and benefits for landowners.
Brandt regularly represents:
- Borrowers and lenders in complex loan transactions, including SBA, VHDA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD loans, construction loans and mezzanine loans.
- Investors in 1031 exchange transactions.
- Borrowers, lenders, and trustees in foreclosures and judicial sales.
- Landlords and tenants in commercial lease negotiations, including retail, office, and industrial leases.
- Buyers and sellers in contract negotiations, document drafting, due diligence matters, land use matters, and post-closing issues.
- PACE capital providers on all transactional elements of a PACE deal—from financing structures, to real estate due diligence, to document negotiation and compliance.
- Real estate investors and lending institutions in the acquisition, financing, servicing and sale of commercial loan portfolios.
Recognition
Chambers USA, Real Estate, 2023 - 2024
Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2025
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® for Real Estate Law, 2022 - 2024
Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” Real Estate, 2017 - 2023
Named to "Legal Elite" (Young Lawyer), Virginia Business, 2019 - 2020
Named to “Legal Elite” (Real Estate/Land Use), Virginia Business, 2017 - 2018, 2022
Experience
Experience
Ongoing representation of a national wireless carrier in regional telecommunications transactions.
Advised a foreign retailer in acquiring sites for development as part of its entrance into the United States.
Advised a real estate fund in several development deals for condominium, for-rent and mixed used projects in Washington, DC.
Represented a non-profit organization in the acquisition, conservation and divesture of an 800-acre property.
Counseled an investment fund on the acquisition of several shopping centers in the Southeast.
Assisted a publicly traded corporation in the sale and leaseback of its corporate headquarters.
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Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law
Outside of work, Brandt enjoys spending time with his wife and young son, and hunting and fishing on his family’s farm in Tidewater, Virginia.
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Education
Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Staff Writer and Lead Articles Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S., summa cum laude, Business Finance, Minor in Real Estate
Admissions
- Virginia
AchievementHirschler Increases Best Lawyers in America Recognitions to 47 Attorneys, Two Honored as “Lawyers of the Year” and Eight as “Ones to Watch”
Achievement19 Hirschler Attorneys and 5 Practice Areas Recognized in 2024 Chambers USA Rankings
Firm NewsHirschler Grows Best Lawyers in America Recognitions to 46 Attorneys, Two Honored as “Lawyers of the Year” and Nine as “Ones to Watch”