Ben Lund

Ben Lund has decades of experience in sophisticated commercial transactions for national and international businesses, including many of Brann & Isaacson’s multichannel marketing clients. He has been recognized by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law and Corporate Law and elected by his colleagues as the Chair of the Maine Bar Association’s Real Estate & Title Section.

Ben represents clients in a wide range of real estate and corporate matters, taxation and immigration law issues. His work includes review and resolution of title issues, negotiation of commercial purchase and construction agreements, leases and easements, technology acquisition and development agreements, project permitting, and commercial finance.

Contact

Email: blund@brannlaw.com

Phone: 207.786.3566

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Practice Areas

Education

Harvard University
(J.D., cum laude)

Bowdoin College
(B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

Oxford University

Bar Admissions
& Membership

Maine

Massachusetts

Vermont

U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Maine Bar Association (Real Estate and Business Law Sections)

Androscoggin County Bar Association

American Bar Association (Business Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections)

Honors & Distinctions

Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law and Corporate Law (2012–2026)

Super Lawyers® in the area of Real Estate (2020–2025)

Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (2016)

Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year, Real Estate Law, Augusta Area (2012)

Natural Resources Council of Maine Environmental Award (2004)

Professional Affiliations

Maine Bar Association

  • Real Estate and Business Law Sections
  • Title Standards Subcommittee Vice Chair (2009–2010)
  • Title Standards Subcommittee Chair (2011–2012)
  • Real Estate Section Chair (2013–2014)

Publications & Transactions

The Remotest Idea—Practical and Ethical Lessons Learned During the Pandemic, with Pamela E. Baker and Melissa G. Powers, Probate & Property, 50-57 (September-October 2022)

Transactions

Negotiation of long-term ground leases in connection with $500 million expansion of Maine’s largest hospital


Development and construction of Maine’s largest retail distribution center

Negotiation of financing and purchase of mixed-use resort and golf course

Nationwide LEED–certified store leasing and construction for major Maine multichannel retailer

Sale of real estate–secured bonds for Maine statewide electricity transmission system

Dealership acquisitions and financing for Maine’s largest automobile dealer

Negotiation of statewide Enhanced and Next Generation 9–1–1 services agreement for Maine

Negotiation and closing of multistate like–kind exchanges of national tenant retail real estate

Acquisition of Maine distillery for largest privately owned U.S. spirits supplier

Negotiation of ground lease for development of Freeport, Maine outlet shopping center

Redevelopment and condominium conversion of Portland, Maine shopping center

Representation of seller in sale of Central Maine’s largest commercial office building

Representation of municipality in redevelopment and sale of tax–acquired textile mills

Representation of municipality in development of major retail distribution center

Representation of municipality in acquisition of privately owned hydroelectric dam system

Negotiation and documentation of Maine construction loans to national chain hotel operators

Negotiation and operational agreements for Japan and China retail joint ventures

Sale of Maine’s largest (by acreage) privately owned hydroelectric dam system

Sale of major parcel (roughly 440,000 acres) of Northern Maine timberland

Negotiation of Nature Conservancy’s Katahdin Forest conservation easement

Negotiation of precedent–setting acquisition and removal of generating hydroelectric dam

Civic & Community Involvement

Friends of Cumston Hall, Director and Secretary (1996–present)

New England School of Metalwork (Director, 2004–present)

Theater At Monmouth (1995–2006), President, Treasurer, Second Vice President and Trustee

Natural Resources Council of Maine (1995–1999), President, Secretary and Director

Maine Study Commission on Property Rights and the Public Health, Safety and Welfare (1995)

Campaign for Sensible Transportation, Director and Treasurer (1990–1992)

Mad Horse Theater Company

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