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Brian P. Evans

Partner
+1.704.331.7479
Fax +1..704.353.3179
Mr. Evans is a partner in the Charlotte office. His practice concentrates on representation of developers in the creation and maintenance of mixed-use and other planned developments, retail development, and representation of commercial banks and other institutional lenders in the evaluation of real estate collateral in anticipation of foreclosure, and management and disposition of foreclosed real estate, particularly large residential and mixed use developments. He has substantial experience in condominium and planned community structure and documentation, and with the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act. He also has voluminous experience over decades of practice with complex title and survey matters, including analysis of declaration and association structures, and negotiation of title insurance coverages.

Achievements

  • Charlotte Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America, 2011
  • Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2005-2012
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers, Real Estate Law, 2006-2012 (Top 100 in 2006, 2007, and 2008)
  • Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, Real Estate Law, 2003-2011
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, Real Estate Law, 2004-2012

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Mecklenburg County Bar, Real Estate Section Chair, 1998-2000   
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Real Property Section Council, 1987-1994; Chair, 1994   
  • Providence United Methodist Church, Board of Trustees Chair, 2000-2001

Speaking Engagements

  • "It's In the Way That You Use It - Mixed Use Developments," North Carolina Bar Association Foundation Seminar, April 2007
  • "Condominium Law - A Closer Look at an Increasingly Popular Form of Ownership," North Carolina Bar Association Foundation Seminar, February 2005
  • "Hybrid Approaches for the Multi-Owner Commercial Development Project," North Carolina Bar Foundation Seminar on Raw Land to Landscaping, November, 2001
  • "Interstate Land Sales Act - An Update," North Carolina Bar Association Foundation Seminar on Hot Topics in Commercial Real Estate, October 1999
  • Representation of developers in sophisticated condominium and planned unit developments, with substantial experience in urban air rights developments, including land condominiums, and subdivision and building code issues that arise in such developments.
  • Substantial experience with registrations and exemptions under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act.
  • Preparation of restrictive covenants and homeowners association documents for several major lot developers and homebuilders.
  • Main real estate counsel for a private shopping center developer since 1987. This representation has included acquisition, development, sales, deferred and reverse like-kind exchanges, and construction and permanent financing.
  • Assisted several large institutional lenders with analyzing, evaluating, foreclosing on, managing, and disposing of real estate collateral.