Stereoelectronic effects in carbamate carbonyl oxygen attack on halide
Path A resembles a 5-enolexo-exo-tet reaction which is allowed by Baldwin rules while path B represents a 5-enolendo-exo-tet reaction which is disfavored. The orbital interactions of path B suffer severe geometrical constraints (even in the conformation where the C-Br bond is pointing towards the viewer when looking at the attached image). Path A is presented in the attached image.