McCarthy Tétrault

Counsel in the firm’s Vancouver office. Emphasis on complex commercial real estate acquisitions and dispositions, financings, subordinated debt transactions, workouts and strategic advice. Extensive work with major public/private real estate developers, both local and offshore, and real estate investors including pension funds and REITs seeking commercial income properties. Expertise in commercial investment property (including hotels) and in representing developers of large residential and mixed-use projects and private equity lenders providing subordinated debt for development projects. Extensive experience preparing and negotiating documentation for projects structured as partnerships or joint ventures, and ancillary management and other service agreements required for such projects.

British Columbia Bar, 1979; Queen's Counsel, 2005

Urban Development Institute

Recognized as a leading practitioner of real estate law in Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers; The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Best Lawyers in Canada. Listed as a Star Individual in the area of Real Estate by Chambers Canada in 2019. Also named in 2009 and 2017 as lawyer of the year for Vancouver real estate and 2016 lawyer of the year for Vancouver project finance by The Best Lawyers in Canada.