About Matthew T. Behrens
Matthew T. Behrens represents sponsors, developers, owners, lenders, borrowers, and tenants in real estate development, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, and leasing. He guides clients from negotiation through closing on transactions across the capital stack, managing deals efficiently while delivering practical, business-oriented solutions.
Before joining the firm, Matthew practiced real estate law in New York and Westchester County, with a focus on development, entitlements, and public-private partnerships. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief of Staff for a vertically integrated real estate development company.
During law school, Matthew served as a judicial law clerk at the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.
Experience
- A joint venture equity investor in a build-to-suit outdoor industrial storage project with a private equity-backed data center company.
- A private equity firm in a $238 million refinancing of a large South Florida multifamily property.
- A global asset manager in the disposition of a marquee Boston office property.
Bar Admissions
- New York
Education
- Georgetown University, BA, with honors
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD