Tanya E. Brady

Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, EVP & General Counsel at Phillips Edison & Company

Tanya Brady has served as EVP and General Counsel for Phillips Edison & Company since January 2015. Ms. Brady joined PECO in 2013 as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. She has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate and corporate transactions including joint venture and fund formation matters, structuring and negotiating asset and entity-level acquisitions and dispositions and related financings, the sales and purchases of distressed loans, and general corporate matters. She also has extensive commercial leasing and sale leaseback experience. Prior to joining PECO, Ms. Brady was a partner at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to that, she held associate positions at the law firms of Freeborn & Peters LLP (Chicago, Illinois), King & Spalding LLP (Atlanta, Georgia), and Scoggins & Goodman, P.C. (Atlanta, Georgia). Ms. Brady was awarded Corporate Counsel's Women, Influence and Power in Law Award in 2019 and 2020, as well as Connect Commercial Real Estate's 2019 Women in Real Estate Award (National). She was also named as a 2019 Women of Influence by Real Estate Forum / GlobeSt. Ms. Brady received a bachelor of civil law degree with honors from the National University of Ireland College of Law in Dublin, Ireland, and a juris doctor from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago. She is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investments Trusts (NAREIT), CREW Network, and ICSC. She is licensed to practice in Illinois, Georgia, Ohio and Utah.