Brett J. Travers

Attorney | St. Louis

Phone: (314) 228-7558
| Fax: (844) 801-5883

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About Brett

Brett Travers is a shareholder who combines sophisticated commercial real estate counsel with firsthand experience as a senior living executive. He advises owners, operators, developers, investors, lenders and closely held businesses on transactions and strategic matters, with particular depth across the senior living investment lifecycle.

Before returning to private practice, Brett served as General Counsel and a member of the executive leadership team of a senior living developer, builder, owner and operator. During his tenure, the organization grew from eight communities in three states to more than fifty communities across eight states. That experience enables him to evaluate legal risk in the context of investment performance, financing, growth and day-to-day operations.

Brett represents clients in acquisitions and dispositions ranging from individual assets to multi-site portfolios, as well as development, construction and acquisition financing, refinancings, joint ventures and ownership restructurings. He also negotiates leases, management agreements and other operational arrangements that influence asset value and long-term performance.

In mergers, acquisitions, private equity transactions and other business combinations, Brett serves as real estate counsel to buyers, sellers and corporate deal teams. He identifies and resolves title, survey, zoning, leasing, environmental, financing and transfer issues before they erode valuation or delay closing.

Within senior living, Brett advises owners, operators, developers, investors and lenders on transactions and strategic initiatives involving independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing facilities. Clients also engage him as outside general counsel for practical advice that aligns legal strategy with operational and financial objectives.

EDUCATION

  • Saint Louis University, B.S.B.A., magna cum laude - 2008

  • Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude - 2011

ADMITTED TO BAR

  • Missouri - 2012
  • Illinois - 2011

memberships

  • American Health Law Association
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • American Seniors Housing Association

Relevant Experience

The matters described below were handled by Brett prior to joining Hall Render.

Senior Living

  • Negotiated a multisite management agreement for a senior living management company with subsidiaries of a publicly traded REIT.
  • Represented the seller of multiple senior living communities in a portfolio disposition to a nontraded REIT.
  • Represented borrowers in more than 15 construction financings for senior living communities.
  • Guided owners, operators and developers in acquisitions, dispositions and development transactions involving independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing facilities.
  • Structured joint ventures, ownership arrangements and operational agreements for the development and management of senior living communities.
  • Represented real estate developers before the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee in obtaining certificates of need for senior living construction and renovation projects.

Commercial Real Estate

  • Represented a borrower in obtaining more than $25 million in financing for the acquisition and renovation of commercial real estate.
  • Represented the purchaser of a portfolio of medical office buildings across multiple states.
  • Represented the seller in the sale and subsequent lease of a multi-site portfolio of medical office buildings.
  • Advised buyers and sellers in acquisitions and dispositions of individual commercial properties and multisite portfolios across the United States.