Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP centres its real estate practice on commercial transactions across all asset classes for both Canadian and international clients. It has expertise across industrial and warehouse, retail, office, retirement homes, multi-family residential properties and mixed-use properties. The team has been active handling complex acquisitions, dispositions, financings and joint ventures in Canada over the last year. The practice is spearheaded by John Hutmacher who sits in Toronto. Hutmacher is an expert in real estate transactions, focusing on acquisitions and dispositions. The firm has a large bench of real estate specialist, in Calgary, Garth Anderson handles Western Canadian real estate transactions, while newly promoted partner Jean-Simon Lamarre resides in Montreal and is the go-to for real estate issues. Daniel Kofman and Silvana D’Alimonte both form a part of the Toronto team and are noted for their work on real estate financings, acquisitions and dispositions. Real estate specialist Rachel Lehman was recently made a partner and is a primary member of the Toronto team. Thomas von Hahn retired from private practice.
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Key clients
- Boralex
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City
- Cleveland-Cliffs
- CPSP Annandale
- Primaris REIT
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Sunco Foods
Work highlights
Advised Royal Bank of Canada on its C$13.5bn acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada and continues to advise RBC on the related integration.
Advised Primaris REIT on its $291.7m acquisition of Les Galeries de la Capitale shopping centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
Advised Cleveland-Cliffs on its acquisition of Stelco, a transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately C$3.4bn.
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Practice head
John Hutmacher
Other key lawyers
Jean-Simon Lamarre; Garth Anderson; Rachel Lehman; Daniel Kofman; Silvana D'Alimonte