Bradford R.Lenox
Partner
Corporate
blenox@seyfarth.com
Brad guides clients through complex legal, regulatory, and transactional matters across private equity, joint ventures, and REITs.
More About Brad
Brad advises clients on all aspects of fund formation and related legal matters, including initial fund formation, joint venture equity financings, organizational structuring, regulatory and tax structuring and compliance, closings, negotiating side letters, employee compensation issues, and internal structuring among fund sponsor principals. Brad has spent significant time helping to form and take public listed and unlisted REITs, representing both issuers and underwriters, and working with venture capital funds and venture capital-backed companies.
Brad spent five years in public accounting prior to beginning his legal career. He maintains his North Carolina Certified Public Accountant’s license.
Brad spent five years in public accounting prior to beginning his legal career. He maintains his North Carolina Certified Public Accountant’s license.
- JD, Duke University School of Law
Cum laude - BBA, College of William and Mary
- LLM, Boston University School of Law
- North Carolina
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- Represented a sponsor in its second, third, and fourth hospitality funds, raising nearly $1 billion.
- Represented a fund sponsor in its funds' coinvestment transactions aggregating over $600 million.
- Represent a sponsor in a $700 million fund being formed to originate high quality commercial mortgages.
- Represent a private equity fund sponsor in over $2 billion of its funds' investments in real estate platforms, including hospitality, industrial, multifamily, mixed-use, and office.
- Represent a sponsor in its third discretionary fund formed to make multifamily investments.
- Advise on tax structuring for a publicly traded REIT’s hotel joint ventures.
- Advising a multifamily developer on potential liquidity and capital formation opportunities.
- Represented a national bank in investments in funds targeted towards CRA-qualifying assets.
- Represented a family office in its $40 million investment in a sponsor’s third ($450 million) real estate fund.
- Represented an investor in a $100 million investment in a European debt fund.
- Represented sponsor in a $100 million fund formed to make commercial mortgages on hospitality properties.
- Represented an investor in its investment in a leveraged debt fund.
- Represented a real estate fund in its syndication of a $150 million co-investment.
- Represented a sponsor in the unwinding of a joint venture and subsequent recapitalization of assets with a new joint venture partner.
- Represented a residential developer in a programmatic joint venture with a large money manager to establish a residential lot development platform.
- Represented an investor in a $75 million investment in a senior loan fund.
- Represented a sponsor in its first and second discretionary funds formed to make multifamily investments.
- Represented a sponsor in the restructuring of a $300+ million hospitality fund.
- Represented a family office in a $20 million investment in a sponsor’s second ($400 million) real estate fund.
- Represented a family of real estate private equity funds in successfully exiting from various investments.
- Represented a public REIT in its acquisition of its external advisor.
- Represented a real estate operator in a joint venture formed to sponsor a $400 million real estate fund focused on real estate development opportunities in the Western US and subsequently represented the sponsor in the formation of the fund.
- Represented an industrial platform in unwinding a programmatic joint venture with a state pension plan.
- Represented the sponsor of a $100 million real estate fund focused on value-add and core-plus multi-tenant industrial and R&D projects of institutional quality.
- Represented the sponsor of a $300 million real estate fund focused on multifamily properties in the Western US.
- Represented the sponsor of a second fund targeting a $500 million raise with a focus on industrial properties in selected target markets throughout the US.
- Represented sponsor in its seventh fund, a $300 million fund formed to acquire multifamily residential properties throughout the US.
- Represented a real estate fund sponsor in the restructuring of its compensation program and general partner and management company entities.
- Represented the operating partner in three joint ventures (with the same financial partner) formed to acquire busted condominium developments and restructure them as multifamily residential communities, with an aggregate acquisition value of $77 million.
- Represented a fund and joint venture sponsor in the restructuring of its internal general partner and related entities and compensation program.
- Represented a partner in a joint venture to sponsor a public REIT focused on multifamily properties offering $2.76 billion in common stock.
Related News & Insights
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Speaking Engagement
Jun 24, 2026
Seyfarth to sponsor, and Varuna Bhattacharya and Brad Lenox to speak at IMN’s Real Estate Private Funds in Newport, RI, on June 25, 2026
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Media Mentions
07/01/2025
Seyfarth’s Addition of 22-Lawyer Group Earns Extensive Coverage Across Multiple Major Media Outlets
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Firm News
06/30/2025
Seyfarth Continues Aggressive National Growth by Adding Transactional Team of at Least 22 Attorneys
- Member, North Carolina Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
Brad guides clients through complex legal, regulatory, and transactional matters across private equity, joint ventures, and REITs.
More About Brad
Brad advises clients on all aspects of fund formation and related legal matters, including initial fund formation, joint venture equity financings, organizational structuring, regulatory and tax structuring and compliance, closings, negotiating side letters, employee compensation issues, and internal structuring among fund sponsor principals. Brad has spent significant time helping to form and take public listed and unlisted REITs, representing both issuers and underwriters, and working with venture capital funds and venture capital-backed companies.
Brad spent five years in public accounting prior to beginning his legal career. He maintains his North Carolina Certified Public Accountant’s license.
Brad spent five years in public accounting prior to beginning his legal career. He maintains his North Carolina Certified Public Accountant’s license.
- JD, Duke University School of Law
Cum laude - BBA, College of William and Mary
- LLM, Boston University School of Law
- North Carolina
Related Services
Related Key Industries
- Represented a sponsor in its second, third, and fourth hospitality funds, raising nearly $1 billion.
- Represented a fund sponsor in its funds' coinvestment transactions aggregating over $600 million.
- Represent a sponsor in a $700 million fund being formed to originate high quality commercial mortgages.
- Represent a private equity fund sponsor in over $2 billion of its funds' investments in real estate platforms, including hospitality, industrial, multifamily, mixed-use, and office.
- Represent a sponsor in its third discretionary fund formed to make multifamily investments.
- Advise on tax structuring for a publicly traded REIT’s hotel joint ventures.
- Advising a multifamily developer on potential liquidity and capital formation opportunities.
- Represented a national bank in investments in funds targeted towards CRA-qualifying assets.
- Represented a family office in its $40 million investment in a sponsor’s third ($450 million) real estate fund.
- Represented an investor in a $100 million investment in a European debt fund.
- Represented sponsor in a $100 million fund formed to make commercial mortgages on hospitality properties.
- Represented an investor in its investment in a leveraged debt fund.
- Represented a real estate fund in its syndication of a $150 million co-investment.
- Represented a sponsor in the unwinding of a joint venture and subsequent recapitalization of assets with a new joint venture partner.
- Represented a residential developer in a programmatic joint venture with a large money manager to establish a residential lot development platform.
- Represented an investor in a $75 million investment in a senior loan fund.
- Represented a sponsor in its first and second discretionary funds formed to make multifamily investments.
- Represented a sponsor in the restructuring of a $300+ million hospitality fund.
- Represented a family office in a $20 million investment in a sponsor’s second ($400 million) real estate fund.
- Represented a family of real estate private equity funds in successfully exiting from various investments.
- Represented a public REIT in its acquisition of its external advisor.
- Represented a real estate operator in a joint venture formed to sponsor a $400 million real estate fund focused on real estate development opportunities in the Western US and subsequently represented the sponsor in the formation of the fund.
- Represented an industrial platform in unwinding a programmatic joint venture with a state pension plan.
- Represented the sponsor of a $100 million real estate fund focused on value-add and core-plus multi-tenant industrial and R&D projects of institutional quality.
- Represented the sponsor of a $300 million real estate fund focused on multifamily properties in the Western US.
- Represented the sponsor of a second fund targeting a $500 million raise with a focus on industrial properties in selected target markets throughout the US.
- Represented sponsor in its seventh fund, a $300 million fund formed to acquire multifamily residential properties throughout the US.
- Represented a real estate fund sponsor in the restructuring of its compensation program and general partner and management company entities.
- Represented the operating partner in three joint ventures (with the same financial partner) formed to acquire busted condominium developments and restructure them as multifamily residential communities, with an aggregate acquisition value of $77 million.
- Represented a fund and joint venture sponsor in the restructuring of its internal general partner and related entities and compensation program.
- Represented a partner in a joint venture to sponsor a public REIT focused on multifamily properties offering $2.76 billion in common stock.
Related News & Insights
-
Speaking Engagement
Jun 24, 2026
Seyfarth to sponsor, and Varuna Bhattacharya and Brad Lenox to speak at IMN’s Real Estate Private Funds in Newport, RI, on June 25, 2026
-
Media Mentions
07/01/2025
Seyfarth’s Addition of 22-Lawyer Group Earns Extensive Coverage Across Multiple Major Media Outlets
-
Firm News
06/30/2025
Seyfarth Continues Aggressive National Growth by Adding Transactional Team of at Least 22 Attorneys
- Member, North Carolina Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants