Our Practice
Our Commercial Real Estate practice, consisting of 35 lawyers in offices in Toronto, Montréal and New York, is highly regarded for its expertise.  We have extensive experience in transactions involving the acquisition, disposition, financing, construction and development of significant complex properties and portfolios of properties, very often in jurisdictions across Canada, the United States and in cross-border transactions.  We also have extensive experience with the creation of public and private REITs.  We have been instrumental in the use of private REITs in the United States as a mechanism for Canadian pension funds to acquire and hold real estate in the United States on a tax efficient basis.

Our Clients
We have acted for:

• Canadian, U.S. and international real estate companies and investment vehicles;
• REITs;
• Crown corporations;
• Pension funds;
• Developers;
• Canadian, U.S. and international financial institutions and insurance companies;
• Investment banks;
• Governmental and other public authorities;
• Universities.

Recognition
Several of our lawyers are consistently recognized as leading commercial real estate practitioners in Canada.  Our practice has consistently been ranked in the top tier by Euromoney's The Best of the Best, Lexpert® and PLC. Chambers Global described the practice as "providing high quality advice on complicated matters".

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