Overview
Brett J. Cohen is a partner in Glaser Weil’s Real Estate Department whose practice focuses significantly on real estate finance. Brett develops creative solutions to difficult financing issues and has the critical experience needed to drive complex and challenging financing processes on behalf of lenders, borrowers, developers, joint venture partners and corporations.
His clients have included commercial, industrial and residential property owners, developers and lenders throughout California, as well as Las Vegas developers and casino and hotel owners.
Brett is particularly sought after for:
- Sophisticated loan transactions, including:
- Real property secured loans
- Asset-based financing
- Loan workouts
- General real estate transactions, including:
- Acquisitions and dispositions
- Leasing of real property
- Urban infill
- Land use
- Single-family residential developments
Brett served on the Meritas Board of Directors and currently serves on the Meritas US Leadership Committee and various other committees. Meritas is a global alliance of independent law firms. Brett continues to serve as Glaser Weil’s primary contact with this organization, which assists clients and colleagues looking for top-tier legal services around the globe.
Brett is active in the local community, providing pro bono lead counsel and support to the Saint John’s Health Center Foundation and the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John’s Health Center for charitable gifts of real property. Brett also served on the boards of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Youth Foundation and the Los Angeles County Bar Foundation as well as on the UCLA School of Law Facilities Committee. He provides mentorship through the UCLA Law School and the UCLA Ziman Real Estate Law Program, volunteers for the Westside Food Bank, serves on multiple Westside school boards, was a commissioner for YMCA youth basketball, and was a coach for Little League and youth league basketball. Additionally, he is involved in the Cornell and UCLA Alumni Association and the Citizens’ Oversight Committee for the Beverly Hills Unified School District, and he is a supporter of the Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Association.
Brett loves spending time with his wife, Kelly, a fitness studio owner and enthusiast; his two adult sons; and the family’s various dogs.
Services
Industries
Education
UCLA School of Law, J.D.
UCLA Anderson School of Management, M.B.A.
Cornell University, B.S., Industrial & Labor Relations and Economics
Admissions
- California