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Goodmans LLP

Real Estate

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Goodmans LLP

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Goodmans Real Estate Group handles the legalities of sophisticated, high profile real estate matters with a practical understanding of the economics, financing, ownership and management components of real estate development.

Our real estate clients include developers, owners and managers, contractors, consortiums, leading financial institutions, investment dealers and intermediaries, governments, government agencies, and crown corporations. These clients operate across a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, seniors housing, hospitality, retail, energy, infrastructure, industrial and residential, and office development.

Our multi-disciplinary approach allows us to help our clients meet their goals across a project’s lifecycle. We assist our domestic and cross-border clients with:

• Financing and refinancing real estate assets including mortgage transactions, private placements, public offerings, bond financings, project financings, and synthetic lease-based financings.

• Transactions and acquisitions including land purchases and sales.

• Structuring public/private partnerships and joint ventures.

• Real estate syndications and securitizations.

• Real Estate Investment Trusts.

• Agreements including co-tenancy agreements, general partnership and limited partnership agreements.

• Tax structuring such as structuring transactions involving complex tax, corporate law, withholding and income tax components.

• Restructuring real estate assets.

• Construction litigation.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Nationwide - Canada

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
This Toronto-based law firm offers premier expertise across a broad range of real estate matters, with deep knowledge of the hospitality industry. Goodmans houses a market-leading REITs practice, as well as advising other prominent national clients on domestic and cross-border developments and leasings. The team regularly handles significant asset-based transactions and demonstrates strong capability in financing and mortgage bond matters. It is also known for its respected land use planning group.
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Work Highlights

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  • Goodmans LLP acted for Minto Apartment REIT in connection with its going-private transaction with Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Limited Partnership and Minto Group.

Strengths

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  • Goodmans has excellent knowledge of its field, and provides commercially relevant advice and solutions to complex matters when required.

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  • The team at Goodmans frequently goes above and beyond to provide a high level of service and has added significant value to our projects and business.

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  • The Goodmans lawyers are highly skilled, practical and strategic. They tailor their advice to the specifics of each project and have an excellent understanding of our business.

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  • The lawyers are excellent communicators and take complex issues and present solutions that work for all parties.

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  • Goodmans is, quite simply, top-class when it comes to commercial real estate matters in Ontario.

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