Mr Richard Clare > Fasken > Montreal, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Fasken
THE STOCK EXCHANGE TOWER
PO BOX 242, SUITE 3700, 800 VICTORIA SQUARE
MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC H4Z 1E9
Canada
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Position

Partner

Career

Richard J. Clare provides high-level advice and has an unparalleled reputation as a strategic advisor in the real estate community. With a practice in real estate and commercial law, he assists clients in real estate development, joint venture structures, portfolio dispositions and acquisitions and financing. Richard acts for institutional lenders in structuring construction or permanent financing. He also advises purchasers, vendors, developers and real estate agents on the sale, purchase, development and zoning of buildings.

Leaders in the hotel industry seek Richard’s guidance on franchise agreements and management contracts.

In the structuring of mixed-use projects, Richard uses divided co-ownership (horizontal and vertical) and rights of superficies.

Richard has also developed expertise in the use of emphyteutic and usufruct structures as tax advantages for non-profit entities.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Real estate

(Leading partners)

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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.