Brian Bolton concentrates his practice on real estate and lending transactions. Brian represents lenders and borrowers in connection with lending transactions secured by real and related personal property, and he has significant experience handling loan originations, assumptions, modifications, workouts and foreclosures of both Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) and balance sheet loans.

Brian also represents clients in the acquisition and disposition of a variety of types of real property, including multifamily, office, hospitality, industrial, retail and self-storage properties.

Before returning to private practice, Brian served as in-house counsel at a global investment bank. In that role, he supported the bank’s real estate finance and loan asset management teams, with a focus on its commercial mortgage lending, mezzanine lending, warehouse lending, CMBS and Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) securitization and loan asset management operations.

Education

  • Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 2005)
    • SMU Law Review Association, Articles Editor
    • Phi Delta Phi
  • University of Missouri (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001)

    Bar Admission

    • Texas

    Professional Affiliations

    • Dallas Bar Association
    • The Real Estate Council (TREC)
    • TREC Associate Leadership Council, Class of 2016
    • Urban Land Institute DFW Center for Leadership, Class of 2022