Real Estate
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 4
About
Provided by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Real estate plays a pivotal role in virtually every Canadian business, becoming increasingly intricate and sophisticated. To navigate this terrain, you need a legal team with industry expertise, extensive experience and a collaborative approach that prioritizes value-driven service.
Our national real estate group comprises a cohesive team, encompassing seasoned practitioners, junior lawyers and paralegals. We possess a well-established track record in various facets of real estate, including investments, development, finance and leasing.
Our deep understanding of real estate transactions extends to intricate details such as lending prerequisites, regulatory processes and tax implications. This industry knowledge and experience translate into consistently successful outcomes for our clients.
Our clientele spans the spectrum, representing regional and national entities. This includes prominent institutional real estate investors and lenders, as well as regional and family-owned enterprises. Each relies on our ability to efficiently execute deals.
We proudly serve clients across diverse sectors, including hotel and hospitality, municipal governments, provincial agencies and educational institutions.
Chambers Review
Borden Ladner Gervais offers clients a well-stocked, national platform for their real estate needs, with a strong roster of highly experienced lawyers in Ontario, Alberta, Québec and British Columbia. The firm excels across the full gamut of commercial real state work, with a strong track record in M&A, real estate finance, commercial leases and development projects. The firm enjoys a particularly strong reputation for its representation of hotel and hospitality clients in real estate matters.
Work Highlights
- BLG acted for Morguard Corporation on the sale of a portfolio of fourteen hotels in Ontario and Nova Scotia to InnVest Hotels for total proceeds of over CAD410 million.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They understand our overarching commercial goals and ensure they tailor the legal aspects of their work, including negotiating style, to reflect and support that outcome."
"We have yet to experience a situation which requires expertise that BLG does not have readily available!"
"They understand our overarching commercial goals and ensure they tailor the legal aspects of their work, including negotiating style, to reflect and support that outcome."
"We have yet to experience a situation which requires expertise that BLG does not have readily available!"
Members
Provided by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Aaron Bowler
Brennan Carroll
Catherine Guertin
David Longcroft
Yves Menard