Ronald Brown is a seasoned deal attorney whose work and career have spanned the globe. Mr. Brown focuses on acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, equity and debt capital funding, and other corporate transactions. His experience also includes real estate finance, acquisition and development transactions, as well as multi-sector asset and project finance transactions.

Mr. Brown’s corporate and finance transaction experience includes transactions across the globe, including U.S., European, Asian, and African transactions. Mr. Brown’s acquisition / disposition experience includes the sale and purchase of assets and company ownership interests in a variety of sectors, including energy, manufacturing, financial services, and transportation. Mr. Brown’s transactional experience also includes serving as lead counsel on private equity and investor transactions in manufacturing, gaming, mining, transportation, and other sectors.

Mr. Brown’s real estate experience includes representing institutional lenders, real estate funds and borrowers in a broad range of real estate finance transactions, including pre-development, senior, subordinate, mezzanine and bridge loan financings throughout the U.S. Mr. Brown’s real estate experience also includes serving as lead counsel for institutional lenders and real estate funds in negotiating and structuring the full range of real estate transaction loan documents, including working with local counsel on conveyance documents, security documents, and recording documents.

Having lived and worked in more than ten different African countries during his career, Mr. Brown’s African legal experience includes corporate, transactions, project finance, privatizations and regulatory experience. In particular, he has served as outside counsel to national power companies, private equity funds, business entities, project developers, and African governments.

Mr. Brown’s African business experience includes launching an African-based manufacturing company. As a principal in that company, Mr. Brown was involved in all aspects of creating a startup business, including formulating a business plan and strategy, raising capital, recruiting management, hiring and training employees, managing staff, and designing and implementing manufacturing processes.

Prior to joining Zuber Lawler, Mr. Brown practiced in the corporate departments of Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.