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Chelsea A. Wood-Brown

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Chelsea focuses her practice on transactional commercial real estate law. She represents clients in transactions including commercial leasing, development, and acquisitions and dispositions of office, medical office, multi-family and industrial properties. She regularly drafts closing documents and leases, negotiates purchase and sale agreements, and performs due diligence related to acquisitions, dispositions, and development work. 

In 2013, Chelsea was a Summer Intern at Mintz. After earning her law degree, she joined the Boston office of another international law firm and served as an associate in its real estate and REITs practice group. 

In law school, Chelsea was a teaching assistant for the Legal Research and Writing class and was a staff editor for the Wake Forest Law Review.

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Mintz’s pro bono work for The Food Project, a nonprofit focused on youth development and reducing food insecurity, has included advising the organization on governance, real estate, employment, privacy, and litigation matters.
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On July 6, 2020, Massachusetts entered Phase 3 of its four-phased approach to reopening.  The Administration also updated its Sector Specific Workplace Specific Safety Standards for Office Spaces to Address COVID-19, which were originally released on May 18.  
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On May 18, 2020, the Baker-Polito Administration revealed its four-phased approach to reopening the Massachusetts economy and getting people back into the workplace in a safe manner, all while gradually easing social restrictions in order to minimize the negative health impacts of COVID-19.
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Today, April 20, 2020, Governor Charles Baker signed into law an act providing for a moratorium on evictions and as well as foreclosures of residential property (the “Act”) during the pendency of Massachusetts’ COVID-19 emergency declared by the Governor on March 10, 2020.
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On March 23, 2020, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts issued COVID-19 Order No. 13 requiring all businesses and organizations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that do not provide “COVID-19 Essential Services” (“Essential Services”) to close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public as of 12:00 noon on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 until 12:00 noon on April 7, 2020. On March 31, 2020, Governor Baker issued a related order, COVID-19 Order No. 21 (the “Order”) extending the operation of its previous order to May 4, 2020 and updating the list of Essential Services based on federal guidance.
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Governor of Massachusetts Orders Closure of All Non-Essential Businesses: What Office Landlords Should Know

March 25, 2020 | Blog | By Chelsea Wood-Brown, Jennifer Kiely, Kelly Frey

On March 23, 2020, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts issued COVID-19 Order No. 13 (the “Order”) requiring all businesses and organizations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that do not provide “COVID-19 Essential Services” (“Essential Services”) to close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public as of 12:00 noon on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 until 12:00 noon on April 7, 2020.  
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BOSTON - Mintz and ML Strategies were recognized with the prestigious Nicholas Humber Award for Outstanding Collaboration by the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) at the 30th Annual EBEE Awards in Boston.

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Recognition & Awards

  • Order of the Coif

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Involvement

  • Co-chair, Public Service Committee of the New Lawyers Forum Steering Committee, Boston Bar Association (2019-present)
  • Member, NAIOP Massachusetts, Commercial Real Estate Development Association
  • Volunteer, CORI Sealing Clinic, Boston Bar Association (2019-present)
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