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Brian Donnelly is a partner in King & Spalding’s Real Estate and Funds practice. He advises institutional lenders, investors, and sponsors on complex real estate debt and equity transactions across the United States and Canada.
Brian’s debt finance practice includes representing clients in the origination and restructuring of commercial real estate debt across all major asset classes—including office, retail, multi-family, logistics and data center facilities, with an emphasis on construction financings and complex debt transactions with multitiered capital stacks involving senior and junior credit arrangements, preferred equity structures, second mortgage facilities, and portfolio-level financings. He also counsels clients on secondary market transactions, loan-on-loan financings, and the negotiation of intercreditor and co-lender agreements, as well as significant experience in restructurings, workouts, creditor disputes, and bankruptcy-related matters.
In his equity practice, Brian represents investors and sponsors in the acquisition, development, recapitalization, and disposition of real estate assets across all major property types, including both single asset and portfolio transactions. His experience includes negotiating complex joint venture arrangements, including programmatic joint ventures for both debt and equity clients, and purchase and sale agreements.
Brian also has significant experience in leasing matters, including advising tenants in office and retail leases, parties to sale/leaseback transactions, and clients in ground leasing transactions.
J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School
B.A., University of Guelph, with distinction
New York
January 21, 2026
Real Estate Partner Brian Donnelly Joins King & Spalding in New York
Represented a global real estate owner and operator in obtaining construction financing for logistics facilities in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Loma Creek, California
Represented the real estate investment arm of a major Canadian pension plan in connection with multiple financings of ground-up data center construction projects as part of the $500 billion Stargate Project
Represented QuadReal Property Group in its origination of a $195 million construction loan for the development of an industrial distribution center in Monroe Township, New Jersey
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January 21, 2026
Real Estate Partner Brian Donnelly Joins King & Spalding in New York
Represented a global real estate owner and operator in obtaining construction financing for logistics facilities in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Loma Creek, California
Represented the real estate investment arm of a major Canadian pension plan in connection with multiple financings of ground-up data center construction projects as part of the $500 billion Stargate Project
Represented QuadReal Property Group in its origination of a $195 million construction loan for the development of an industrial distribution center in Monroe Township, New Jersey
See more
January 21, 2026
Real Estate Partner Brian Donnelly Joins King & Spalding in New York
J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School
B.A., University of Guelph, with distinction
New York