Real Estate

The real estate market is constantly forging new business opportunities and growth prospects. To seize them, you need a robust action plan and legal advisors you can count on to transform your strategic and operational goals into real-world success stories.

Our Real Estate Law team brings together professionals with diverse skill sets, offering a wealth of in-depth experience. We have solid hands-on legal expertise and are well versed in the realities facing real estate stakeholders, such as owners, co-owners, lenders, investors, syndicates of co-owners, developers, landlords, tenants and property managers.

Our services are designed to meet all your needs, including:

• Strategic advice, negotiation and drafting of documents required in connection with real estate acquisitions, leasing or disposals.
• Strategic advice on the design and implementation of the corporate or real estate structure for real estate holdings.
• The development of social real estate projects through housing cooperatives (co-ops) or NPOs.
• Due diligence, reviews and issuance of legal opinions on property titles, negotiation of title insurance, and real estate brokerage advice.
• Negotiation and legal and strategic advice in connection with:
  • Real estate development projects, including discussions with public authorities on zoning, the environment, municipal by-law enforcement and municipal services agreements, and the drafting of relevant agreements.
  • Loans payable or receivable, including drafting relevant agreements and making security arrangements.
  • Drafting commercial leases, and co-ownership and superficies agreements.
  • Implementing and managing co-ownership, including co-owner relations.
  • Building and operating networks, particularly telecommunications facilities.
• Disbursement management during the construction phase.
• Mediation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, particularly in commercial lease disputes.
• Advice and representation in relation to criminal offences, particularly with respect to safety in public buildings.
• Legal and strategic advice, negotiation and drafting of documents relating to:
  • The agricultural, mining, water, energy and infrastructure sectors.
  • Setting up public-private partnerships.