DLA Piper LLP (US)

Real Estate; Public and Administrative Law; Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Finance; Finance

Partner; Managing Partner, DLA Piper Boston Office

Bryan Connolly concentrates his practice on real estate development, acquisitions and dispositions, finance, joint ventures, land use and zoning.

Bryan has represented owners and developers throughout the entire development life cycle, from due diligence, acquisition and permitting through joint venture financing and construction loan financing, to disposition and recapitalization events. He has experience negotiating development agreements and land disposition agreements with private parties and public entities.

He has represented developers of downtown towers, urban and suburban and residential projects and a wide range of mixed-use developments.

Bryan's transactional practice includes multi-jurisdictional real estate portfolio financings, acquisitions and dispositions. Bryan's clients range from multi-national companies conducting cross-border transactions, pension fund advisors, real estate investment funds, and real estate developers. He has recently counselled clients on acquisitions, dispositions, financings and partnerships on transactions ranging in value from US$10 million to US$500 million, in a number of US markets including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Southern California, Southern Florida, Atlanta, Illinois, Texas, and Colorado.

Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; Board of Directors of The Spirit of Adventure Council of the Boy Scouts of America; Milton Zoning Board of Appeals; Past Chair of the Government Affairs Committee of NAIOP Massachusetts

J.D., Boston College Law School; B.A., University of Notre Dame