Borden Ladner Gervais LLP employs the full bench strength of over 800 lawyers in 5 national locations in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, to advise pension funds, life insurance companies, utility companies, institutional investors, family offices, public sector clients, developers, commercial landlords, tenants and REITs, on wide range of matters across the practice area. Aaron Bowler heads the team in Calgary and brings experience to high-value acquisitions and dispositions, financings, developments and restructurings, across such asset classes as office towers, hotels, shopping centres, railways and resorts. Other figures of note include senior partner Sylvie Bouvette in Montreal, who represents sellers and purchasers in joint ventures; Frank Arnone in Toronto, a specialist in complex investment structures; and David Longcroft in Vancouver, an experienced specialist in high-value, mixed-use projects. Associate Peyman Ghaemi provides key support in Toronto.

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Key clients

  • Oxford Properties
  • Bosa Properties
  • Northland Power
  • Shelter Canadian Properties Limited
  • Public Sector Pension Investment Board
  • Nokia Canada
  • Montez Corp.
  • Empire Communities
  • Riocan Management
  • SilverBirch Hotels
  • Calgary Industrial Portfolio GP
  • Harmony Beef Company
  • H&R REIT
  • Crestpointe Real Estate Investments

Work highlights

  • Represented KDDI Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of KDDI Corporation in its C$1.35bn acquisition of the UDC Portfolio in Downtown Toronto from Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust.
  • Acted as counsel to InnVest Hotels, as purchaser, and to Morguard Corporation, as vendor, in connection with the C$410m sale of the majority of Morguard's hotel portfolio, consisting of 14 hotels in Ontario and Nova Scotia to InnVest, and the subsequent sale by InnVest of 4 of the hotels to Manga Hotel Group.
  • Represented Ivanhoé Cambridge in its sale of a 49% stake of the Vaughan Mills regional outlet mall to LaSalle Investment Management as part of a C$470.2m syndication deal.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Aaron Bowler

Other key lawyers

Sylvie Bouvette, David Longcroft, Frank Arnone, Catherine Guertin, Xue Yan, Andrew Guerrisi, Peyman Ghaemi