Bryan Connolly to co-lead DLA Piper’s US Real Estate Practice

DLA Piper is pleased to announce that partner Bryan Connolly will co-lead the firm’s US Real Estate Practice alongside longtime leader John Sullivan.

A 20-year veteran of the firm, Connolly will guide a market-leading real estate group that represents many of the world’s leading institutional investors, investment managers, and developers in their most complex and high-stakes real estate investments.

“DLA Piper’s real estate group delivers sophisticated and cutting-edge solutions to clients around the globe,” said John Gilluly, the firm’s US Vice Chair. “Bryan is a very experienced and capable partner whose leadership will help our clients and group execute in their markets and achieve their goals.”

Connolly concentrates his practice on real estate investment and development, with a focus on acquisitions, financing, joint ventures, land use, and complex development projects. He represents both institutional investors and nationally recognized developers in all aspects of real estate transactions and development. Prior to his appointment to co-lead the US Real Estate Practice, Connolly served as managing partner of the firm’s Boston office.

“I’m thrilled to lead this dynamic team of real estate attorneys, each committed to delivering exceptional results for our clients across the globe,” said Connolly. “Our cross-disciplinary approach to the real estate sector allows us to deliver sophisticated and high value-added advice on our clients’ most complex and important investments.”

Sullivan, who has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate, including highly structured, cross-border joint venture investments, has been with DLA Piper for 22 years, serving the last nine years as the leader of the firm’s US Real Estate Practice.

“I’m grateful to have had the privilege of working with Bryan for over 20 years and am confident that our real estate group will continue to be very successful with his able leadership,” said Sullivan. “His diverse experience in the real estate sector, coupled with his deep knowledge of our firm’s wide-ranging offerings, make him an incredibly valuable asset to our clients.”

With approximately 200 real estate lawyers in the US and 500 globally, DLA Piper's market-leading Real Estate Practice offers a full range of real estate services, including acquisitions and sales, single asset, programmatic and operating company joint ventures, real estate fund formation, public and private REITs, financing, zoning and development, construction and design, leasing, and restructuring and workouts. The firm executes hundreds of transactions every year, ranging from billion-dollar plus transactions to the acquisition, financing, joint venture formation, leasing, and sale of individual properties.