Aaron Bowler

Leasing

Commercial Real Estate

Retail & Hospitality

Transportation

Hospitality

Railway

Aaron is a Partner in BLG's Commercial Real Estate group. He has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate including hospitality, commercial leasing, project development, and development financing.

He plays a leading role in large acquisition, financing, development, restructuring and securitization transactions. He also provides municipal law advice to clients.

Aaron has significant REIT experience and has been involved in the establishment, financing and disposition of numerous real estate investment trusts.

Aaron works on the real estate, financing and leasing aspects of numerous insolvencies and restructurings, public finance, commercial real estate, property development law and construction law. He also advises in the area of public-private partnerships, alternative finance projects, public procurement and complex construction projects, acting regularly for both the public and private sectors.

He provides rail regulatory advice to railways throughout Canada, particularly on applications under s.98 of the Canada Transportation Act; mediations; arbitrations; public and private crossing negotiations and disputes involving railways, utilities, road authorities, and municipalities; the doctrines of inter-jurisdictional immunity and paramountcy; and real estate.

Advisory Board Member, Practical Law Canada

Member, Canadian Bar Association

Member, The Law Society of Alberta

Member, The Law Society of Manitoba

Member, the Manitoba Bar Association