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McCarthy Tétrault Offices
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower Box 48
Toronto ON M5K 1E6
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Keith Burrell KC
Position
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.
Career
British Columbia Bar, 1979; Queen’s Counsel, 2005
Memberships
Urban Development Institute
Personal
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Real estate
(Leading individuals)The powerhouse practice at McCarthy Tétrault remains a market leader, pairing a nationwide presence and offices abroad in London and New York with the experience of its team to advise private and publicly-traded investors, major lenders, pension funds, REITs, developers and governmental bodies, on a comprehensive array of real estate matters. With a client base that features such key market players as the National Bank of Canada and the Bank of Nova Scotia, the group’s full service covers development, acquisitions and dispositions, access agreements, project financing and leasing, in addition to securitization, property management and public-private joint ventures. The practice is led by industry authority John Currie in Toronto, who brings expertise to such transactions as large and mid-scale secured financings, construction contracts and asset management and development agreements. Counsel Abraham Costin specializes in acquisitions, insolvency and realization work related to real property. Other key figures include Jamie Orzech, who employs experience in acting for clients in ground lease and sale leaseback transactions, and Keith Burrell KC in Vancouver, who assists developers of large residential and mixed-use projects engaged in presale activity. Sarit Pandya, who advises clients on syndicated bank facilities, construction financings and mortgage lending, was promoted to partner in January 2023. All lawyers, unless noted, work in the Toronto office.
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