Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Infrastructure; Commercial Real Estate

Thomas is Co-Practice Group Leader of the Real Estate group. He is a trusted adviser to pension funds and institutional and private investors in the acquisition and disposition of real property and mortgage portfolios. He has been active in the privatization and disposition of government assets throughout Canada. He has structured real estate joint ventures and partnerships and placed financing secured by real estate on behalf of both individuals and institutions.

Thomas is the Canadian delegate to the round-table of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken). He is also an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centres.