Denis Clive Braham

Practice Areas

Real Estate

Sports Law

Sports Facilities & Entertainment Venues

Career

Denis Braham’s real estate practice involves representation of virtually all segments of the real estate industry in Texas and multistate transactions. He represents real estate developers, lending institutions, landlords, and tenants in lease transactions and large commercial, industrial, residential, and mixed-use transactions. He also handles the acquisition, financing, construction, development, leasing, syndication, sale/leaseback, management, and operations of a wide variety of properties.

Denis represents clients in the sports industry from venue development, finance and P3 transactions, to sports commissions, and local organizing committees for major sporting events to professional sports teams, universities, and governmental entities in complex sports transactions.

Denis also counsels a broad range of clients on complex business transactions. He has deep experience with reorganization and planning, including financing, commercial transactions, venture capital transactions, business start-ups, acquisitions, spin-offs, sales, mergers, and intellectual property rights related to business acquisitions.

Additionally, Denis handles international franchising and licensing, international project development, international finance, and multinational transactions.

Professional Memberships

Member, State Bar of Texas

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Houston Bar Association

Past Chair, Board of Trustees, Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, 2014-2017

Advisory Board Member, University of Houston Law Foundation

Executive Committee Member, Texas Bowl Foundation, 2008-Present

Board Member and Lead Counsel, Houston Super Bowl LI Host Committee

Executive Committee Member and Lead Counsel, Houston Super Bowl XXXVIII Host Committee

Lead Counsel, North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee

Executive Committee and Board Member, Greater Houston Partnership, 2005-2022

Past Member, University of Texas Health Science Center Development Board

Past Member, University of Texas Medical School at Houston Advisory Council

Member, Mayor’s Transaction Team (Houston, Texas), 2015

Guest Lecturer, Columbia School of Law

Personal

J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1979

B.Sc., Hebrew University, 1974