Higgins, Thomas E.

Brian Sedlak represents Fortune 500 companies, large U.S. developers, and real estate funds with their real estate portfolios and investments and advises clients with respect to large-scale infrastructure projects. He represents the owners and financing parties of major infrastructure assets in the United States, including power generation facilities and toll roads. He also has significant experience in general secured financing, joint ventures, permanent lender representation, and annexation and development of real property. Brian oversees the Firm's Corporate Real Estate Services Practice and is co-chair of the Firm's Global Infrastructure Practice.

He has represented Befesa, Cintra, FCC Construccion, S.A., and Itinere Infrastructure in various infrastructure projects, including the negotiation of certain public-private-partnership and development agreements. In addition, Brian has represented MidWest Generation and Oklahoma Gas & Electric in development and construction projects regarding coal-fired plants, wind farm developments, and air quality control systems. Brian's other representative clients include Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of America, CalEast Industrial Investors, Experian Information Solutions, Huron Consulting Group, Navistar International, and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company.

Brian frequently is asked to speak on corporate real estate topics throughout North America and is a top-rated faculty member of CoreNet. He is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago and a board member of the Dean's Advisory Counsel for the Department of Business and Management of Northeastern Illinois University. He also serves on the Planning and Facilities Board of Namaste, a Chicago Charter School.