Burt Bruton has been an attorney with Greenberg Traurig since 1981 and has been a shareholder in its Real Estate practice since 1988. Burt's practice includes the representation of lenders and borrowers in real estate financing and secured transactions, as well as buyers and sellers of real property. Areas of Concentration · Commercial real estate · Financing · Secured transactions · Florida mortgage and transfer taxes Significant Representations · Member of Greenberg Traurig team that represented MAT Concessionaire, LLC and its sponsors, Meridiam Infrastructure Fund and Bouygues Travaux Publics, S.A., in the Port of Miami Tunnel project, one of the first greenfield public-private partnerships in the United States. · Represented a large financial institution in connection with several construction loans in excess of $100 million; coordinated the work of local counsel in a substantial number of multistate financing transactions. · Drafted tribal version of UCC Article 9 adopted by the Seminole Tribe of Florida; represented the Tribe in several note and bond financings exceeding $700 million. · Represented major Florida homebuilder in structuring revolving secured $450 million project financing facility. Professional & Community Involvement · Member, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar
- Chair, Legislative Review Committee, 2007-2008, 2008-2009
- Vice Chair, Legislative Review Committee, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
- Member, Committees on Mortgage Law, Title Insurance, and Legal Opinions · Member, American Bar Association · Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers · Taught real estate transaction workshop, University of Miami School of Law Awards & Recognition · Selected, a Law360 2011 Real Estate Practice Group of the Year · Member, Winning Team, 2010 Chambers and Partners USA Award for Excellence in Real Estate · Selected, Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-2011
- Selected, one of the Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers in Miami, 2010 and 2011
- Selected, one of the Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers, 2010
- Selected, one of the Top 50 South Florida Super Lawyers, 2010 · Recipient, Robert C. Scott Memorial Award 2008-2009, Real Property Probate & Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar, May 22, 2009 · Recipient, Annual Service Award 2002-2003, Real Property Probate & Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar · Listed, Hall of Fame Legal Elite, Florida Trend magazine, 2009 and 2010 · Listed, The Legal 500 US, 2007 and 2008 · Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2009 and 2011-2012 · Listed, Real Estate, Who's Who Legal: Florida, 2008 · Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2006-2011 · Listed, Legal Elite, Florida Trend magazine, 2004-2007, 2011 · Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Articles, Publications, & Lectures Lectures · Speaker, Continuing legal education seminars on such topics as legal opinion letters, documentary stamp taxes, uniform partnership statutes, and construction lending Publications · Author, Chapter on Florida documentary stamp taxes appearing in the recently published Florida Bar practice manual on Florida Real Property Complex Transactions |