Polsinelli Grows D.C. Real Estate Finance Practice with Brandon Sudduth
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has further expanded its Real Estate Finance Practice with the addition of Brandon Sudduth as counsel in Washington, D.C. In the past two years, Polsinelli has significantly expanded its Real Estate Finance bench, adding 20 attorneys in various offices across the United States, including seven nationally recognized shareholders. Sudduth has extensive experience in high-profile transactions, including financing, development, construction, acquisition and disposition of commercial properties, commercial lease transactions, representing both landlords and tenants and the formation of real estate joint ventures and partnerships.
Sudduth joins Polsinelli from an Am Law 10 firm where he often represented clients in transactions involving billions of dollars of debt and equity. He graduated with his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Georgia before receiving his J.D. from Columbia Law School.
“We are thrilled to welcome Brandon to our team. His addition further highlights our continued strategic expansion of our Real Estate Finance team as a vibrant pillar of Polsinelli’s national platform,” said John T. Duncan III, Chair of Polsinelli’s Real Estate Finance Practice and the Financial Services Division. “Brandon is well known and respected in the industry and presents a strategic addition to the team as clients continue to increase the size and sophistication of the deals they pursue. Brandon will immediately join client teams handling these high-profile and high-value commercial real estate finance transactions.”
Sudduth added: “I was attracted to Polsinelli by the firm’s reputation for providing the highest quality service to clients across a broad range of real estate and finance practices and for its commitment to continue to strengthen and grow those practices throughout the U.S.”
Polsinelli is a recognized leader in the commercial real estate finance industry. Polsinelli’s Real Estate Finance team has the geographic footprint and depth and breadth of experience necessary to support clients with offices across the nation. The team has closed thousands of commercial mortgage loans secured by property in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, totaling over $69 billion in principal advance.
