Ms Sarah Batut > Fasken > Vancouver, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Fasken
2900-550 BURRARD STREET
VANCOUVER, BC V6C 0A3
Canada
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Position

Partner

Career

Sarah Batut is a real estate Partner in the Vancouver office. In dealing with real estate transactions, Sarah’s clients appreciate her deep experience in a broad range of issues including acquisitions and sales, leasing, financings and commercial leasing. Sarah is also experienced in a variety of corporate and commercial transactions, including acquisitions, sales and reorganizations.

Sarah acts for numerous property developers in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Surrey, Langley, Squamish, Richmond, Coquitlam, Port Moody and Victoria on all aspects of development projects including acquisitions, dispositions, rezoning, subdivision, disclosure statements and pre-sales of strata units. She is familiar with complex mixed-use developments including negotiation and preparation of development agreements such as easements, statutory rights of way and covenants, as well as navigating municipal processes such as subdivision, rezoning and servicing requirements. Her recent work includes various projects along the Cambie corridor, including “The Spot”, and the River District development in southeast Vancouver.

Sarah advises regularly on acquisitions and dispositions of all types of property, including development sites and income properties.

She also advises landlords and tenants on leases, subleases, lease assignments, lease terminations and offers to lease, including preparation of standard form lease documents for shopping centres, office buildings and industrial developments.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Real estate

Fasken channels the bench strength of 7 national offices and the experience of its real estate team to advise pension funds, REITs, financial institutions, public organizations, public hospitals and developers involved in a broad span of matters across the practice space. The team is jointly headed by Andrea Centa in Toronto, who brings expertise to acquisitions, dispositions and real estate finance and the development of large-scale projects through joint ventures and co-ownerships; Carmine Boskovich in Vancouver, who assists with major infrastructure projects, and who specializes in matters across the energy, mining and transport sectors; Mariella Lo Papa in Montreal, who draws on extensive experience assisting property managers, brokers, landlords and tenants with commercial leasing; and Paul Logan in Calgary, who assists clients with mortgage financings and purchase and sale transactions of office, industrial and retail properties. Other key figures include senior partner Richard Clare and project development specialist Nicolas Leblanc in Montreal; Sarah Batut in Vancouver, who handles matters involving master-planned communities; and Allyson Roy, who manages complex transactions in Toronto.