Brian C. Courtney

Brian C. Courtney is a shareholder in UKS’s Hartford office who represents lenders and borrowers in real estate development and financing matters. His work includes business law, commercial lending, asset-based lending, real estate and construction finance, equipment finance, bond transactions, and mezzanine finance, with particular experience involving affordable and multifamily housing. He also advises clients on affordable housing joint ventures, HUD-insured lending, and financing through government agencies such as the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.

Courtney earned his J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 1989 and his B.A., cum laude, from Boston College in 1984. During law school, he was a member of the UCC Reporter Digest. His undergraduate honors included Phi Alpha Theta. He later taught a University of Hartford course on workouts, foreclosures, and bankruptcy for twelve years and has lectured and written on commercial lending, bankruptcy, real estate development, and related subjects.

Courtney’s litigation practice includes bankruptcy matters for debtors, trustees, creditors’ committees, and secured and unsecured creditors. He has handled state-court receiverships for nursing homes and federal litigation involving fraud, contracts, and predatory lending. His transactional work has included major loan acquisitions, affordable housing projects, historic property redevelopment, tax-credit financing, construction financing, and public-private development structures. His representative matters show experience coordinating financing sources, restructuring claims, and resolving disputes connected to real estate and commercial transactions.

Brian C. Courtney is admitted in Connecticut and the US District Court for the District of Connecticut. His practice focus includes Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights, Commercial Lending & Banking, Commercial Litigation, General Corporate Counsel, Public Finance, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance & Leasing, and Restructuring & Workouts. He also serves in community and nonprofit leadership roles and has maintained an active professional presence through writing, teaching, and presentations on commercial legal issues.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association
• Director, Lifelong Learning Corporation
• President and Board Chair, Bozrah International, Inc.
• Chairman, Community Development Advisory Commission, Town of Hamden, CT

Licensed State

• Connecticut

Education

• Boston College Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD) Cum Laude
• Boston College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) Cum Laude

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