Brian P. Rosander focuses his practice on complex real estate and corporate transactions with a primary emphasis on resort, shopping centers, retail, and community development projects, land-use approvals and entitlements, office leasing and headquarter relocations.
Capabilities
Biography
Brian P. Rosander is a member of Parsons Behle & Latimer’s Real Estate and Finance practice group where he assists his clients in complex real estate and corporate transactions, including the acquisition, financing, development, and land use approvals and entitlements for commercial and retail shopping centers, office buildings and corporate headquarters, ski resort and golf course properties, and master-planned communities. In addition, Mr. Rosander has extensive experience in transactions involving mixed-use projects, industrial warehouses, apartment complexes, condominiums, and urban redevelopment projects.
In 2015, Mr. Rosander was given the Young Alumnus of the Year award by the S.J. Quinney College of Law and in 2016, Mr. Rosander was named one of Utah’s top “Forty under 40” by the Utah Business magazine.
Mr. Rosander has repeatedly been named by Mountain States Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" and has been selected by his peers as an "Up and Coming Lawyer" and “Utah Legal Elite” in Utah Business magazine.
Mr. Rosander has been an adjunct professor at the University of Utah in the Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) Program where he taught a real estate due diligence course focusing on the importance of thoroughly analyzing and resolving problems associated with land use, entitlements, permitting, title, survey, environmental, wetlands, geotechnical, engineering, financing, and other related issues.
Mr. Rosander has served in several community and professional leadership positions, including as past-president of the Young Alumni Association and a member of the Board of Trustees for the S.J. Quinney College of Law, as past vice-chairman and council member for the Urban Land Institute (Utah Chapter), and as a next generation planning committee member for the International Council of Shopping Centers (Mountain States Chapter). In addition, Mr. Rosander served as the president of the Young Leaders Group for the Urban Land Institute (Utah Chapter) and as an executive committee member of the Young Leaders Division of the Utah State Bar.
Experience
Development and Sale of 459 Residences
Served as lead counsel in the entitlement, site development and sale of all development parcels of Park City Mountain Resort and Canyons Village, including Pendry Park City; Apex Park City; and YotelPAD – a combined 459 residences.
Accomplishments
Academic
University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D., 2005)
Utah Law Review, Senior Staff Member
Publication: “Medical Arbitration in Utah: A Plea for Greater Fairness and Equal Bargaining Positions,” 3 Utah L. Rev. 969, 2005
Semifinalist Traynor Moot Court Competition
CALI Excellence Awards (Arbitration and Elder Law)
Cardozo/BMI Entertainment & Communications Law Moot Court Competition
University of Utah (B.S., 2001)
Major: Economics
Minor: Business
Professional
Admitted to practice law in the states of Utah and Nevada (currently inactive)
Utah Legal Elite, Real Estate Law
Ranked in Chambers USA, Real Estate Law, 2021 - 2024
Associations
Professional
Urban Land Institute, Utah District Council
President of Young Leaders Group, 2008-2012
International Council of Shopping Centers (Mountain States Chapter)
Next Generation Planning Committee, Member, 2008-2012
Community
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Young Alumni Association
President, Vice-President and Board of Trustee Member, 2006 - 2015
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Board of Trustees
Member, 2010 - 2015
Utah State Bar, Young Lawyers Division
Executive Committee Member, 2006 - 2009
Insights
Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorney Brian P. Rosander Named 2025 Distinguished Real Property Practitioner of the Year
Parsons Behle & Latimer Ranked Among Top Law Firms by Chambers and Partners USA
Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorneys Named "Utah Legal Elite"
Parsons Behle & Latimer Ranked Among Top Law Firms by Chambers and Partners USA