Will is one of the founding partners of Monument Legal Group. He has advised clients throughout the United States in the acquisition, sale, development, leasing and financing of various asset classes, including multi-family and residential developments, mixed-use projects, office buildings, retail centers and industrial parks. Before co-founding Monument Legal Group, Will practiced in the Real Estate Department of the international law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Will is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School, where he teaches a course on real estate transactions. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he enjoys playing tennis and rooting for UCLA Athletics.
Will Brien
Partner
*Includes representative matters handled prior to founding Monument Legal Group.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition of a $160 million industrial asset in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the financing and formation of a joint venture in connection with the nearly $200 million acquisition of a hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Represented an institutional lender in the origination of a $125 million mortgage and mezzanine loan for a refinancing of a boutique office building in New York, New York.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition, financing and formation of a joint venture in connection with a grocery-anchored shopping center portfolio valued at nearly $1.2 billion.
- Represented the seller in the sale of a $27 million multifamily asset in Torrance, California.
- Negotiated an office lease on behalf of a tenant in an office building in Santa Monica, California
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition, entry into a joint venture, and negotiation of a development management agreement in connection with the ground-up development of a multi-tenant industrial project in Chandler, Arizona.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the entry into a joint venture in connection with the acquisition and renovation of an asset consisting of over 120,000 square feet of office and lab space in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Represented a developer in the acquisition of multiple industrial warehouse assets in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition of a 350-acre business park consisting of office and warehouse space and undeveloped land in Sacramento, California.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the negotiation of a joint venture agreement and development management agreement in connection with the ground-up development of a boutique hotel in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented an institutional lender in the origination of an approximately $40 million mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by a retail complex in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Represented a seller in the sale of a retail complex in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the financing, entry into a joint venture and negotiation of a development management agreement in connection with the ground-up development of a multifamily apartment complex consisting of approximately 220 units and nearly 14,000 rentable square feet of retail space in Livermore, California.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition, financing and entry into a joint venture agreement and hotel management agreement in connection with a boutique hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition of a nearly 170-key boutique hotel in New York, New York.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the sale of a 250 unit multifamily apartment complex in Campbell, California.
Will Brien
Partner
Will is one of the founding partners of Monument Legal Group. He has advised clients throughout the United States in the acquisition, sale, development, leasing and financing of various asset classes, including multi-family and residential developments, mixed-use projects, office buildings, retail centers and industrial parks. Before co-founding Monument Legal Group, Will practiced in the Real Estate Department of the international law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Will is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School, where he teaches a course on real estate transactions. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he enjoys playing tennis and rooting for UCLA Athletics.
*Includes representative matters handled prior to founding Monument Legal Group.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition of a $160 million industrial asset in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the financing and formation of a joint venture in connection with the nearly $200 million acquisition of a hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Represented an institutional lender in the origination of a $125 million mortgage and mezzanine loan for a refinancing of a boutique office building in New York, New York.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition, financing and formation of a joint venture in connection with a grocery-anchored shopping center portfolio valued at nearly $1.2 billion.
- Represented the seller in the sale of a $27 million multifamily asset in Torrance, California.
- Negotiated an office lease on behalf of a tenant in an office building in Santa Monica, California
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition, entry into a joint venture, and negotiation of a development management agreement in connection with the ground-up development of a multi-tenant industrial project in Chandler, Arizona.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the entry into a joint venture in connection with the acquisition and renovation of an asset consisting of over 120,000 square feet of office and lab space in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Represented a developer in the acquisition of multiple industrial warehouse assets in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition of a 350-acre business park consisting of office and warehouse space and undeveloped land in Sacramento, California.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the negotiation of a joint venture agreement and development management agreement in connection with the ground-up development of a boutique hotel in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented an institutional lender in the origination of an approximately $40 million mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by a retail complex in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Represented a seller in the sale of a retail complex in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the financing, entry into a joint venture and negotiation of a development management agreement in connection with the ground-up development of a multifamily apartment complex consisting of approximately 220 units and nearly 14,000 rentable square feet of retail space in Livermore, California.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition, financing and entry into a joint venture agreement and hotel management agreement in connection with a boutique hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the acquisition of a nearly 170-key boutique hotel in New York, New York.
- Represented an opportunity fund in the sale of a 250 unit multifamily apartment complex in Campbell, California.