Brian T. Holmes

Brian T. Holmes is a Partner in the firm's Real Estate Law practice, based in the Atlanta office. He advises clients on commercial real estate transactions with a particular focus on finance, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, and real estate development. He has represented institutional lenders in a broad range of secured and unsecured loans to REITs and other real estate companies, advising lead lenders and administrative agents on credit agreements and security documents for complex financings involving data centers, industrial properties, hotels, office buildings, and shopping centers.

Mr. Holmes has worked on significant transactions including representing the lead bank on an up-to-US$1.7 billion term loan and revolving credit facility with a borrowing base of US and international data centers, an up-to-US$780 million revolving credit facility backed by healthcare real estate assets, and an approximately US$150 million loan to construct a data center. He also represented the lead lender on a US$180 million construction loan for the Ponce City Market mixed-use development in Atlanta and a purchaser in the acquisition of a student housing project exceeding US$400 million.

Brian holds a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law (2002) and a B.A., magna cum laude, with honors, from the University of Georgia (1999). He has been named in Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate Law (2024-present) and recognized in Georgia Trend's 2023 Legal Elite list in Real Estate.