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BLG's commercial real estate lawyers across our offices form a united national team, providing local insights and a nationwide presence to Canada's foremost real estate investors, developers, lenders, and tenants.
Our Commercial Real Estate Group facilitates transactions for diverse clients, including national and international businesses, investors, pension funds, developers, governments, governmental agencies, and lending institutions. We've played integral roles in some of the nation's most substantial and intricate real estate transactions, boasting expertise that spans the entire commercial real estate industry.
In the realm of Zoning/Land Use in Ontario, our group excels in municipal, planning, development, and expropriation matters. We offer counsel to a wide spectrum of clients, including private sector entities, municipalities, provincial governments, health care institutions, and school boards.
Our extensive expertise encompasses everything from advancing intricate development applications to defending municipal plans. Our lawyers are experienced in representing clients before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and all levels of the court system.
BLG's preeminent expropriation practice continues to provide essential support for major infrastructure projects and sets new legal precedents through arbitrations and appeals.
With one of Canada's largest planning, development, and expropriation practice groups, BLG remains at the forefront of these fields.
Chambers Review
Borden Ladner Gervais has a national real estate department with a significant footprint in Ontario. The team is especially well regarded for its prowess in municipal and land use planning, frequently assisting large municipalities with expropriations, OLT hearings and approvals. It is equally well versed in matters relating to infrastructure project development, as well as handling office, condominium and industrial mandates. The commercial real estate group serves major institutional clients and has notable experience of complex financing, transactions and leasings. The firm's notable clients also include funds, developers, portfolio managers and healthcare companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Borden Ladner Gervais' advice was streamlined, tailored and relevant."
"The team is very knowledgeable, with a keen sense of details."
"The advice is practical and often delivered in a manner that is easy for the client to understand."
"The firm provides excellent legal advice with respect to various complex and sophisticated matters, and provides strategic advice on how to resolve complex matters and find creative solutions."
"The BLG team was able to bring resources to the table with expertise in various areas impacting the transaction."
"Borden Ladner Gervais' advice was streamlined, tailored and relevant."
"The team is very knowledgeable, with a keen sense of details."
"The advice is practical and often delivered in a manner that is easy for the client to understand."
"The firm provides excellent legal advice with respect to various complex and sophisticated matters, and provides strategic advice on how to resolve complex matters and find creative solutions."
"The BLG team was able to bring resources to the table with expertise in various areas impacting the transaction."
Notable Practitioners
Pitman Patterson leads the firm's environmental, municipal expropriation and regulatory practice. He possesses notable expertise in land use and planning matters, with broad experience appearing before tribunals. His knowledge also includes expropriation issues.
"Pitman Patterson consistently delivers excellent, timely and practical legal advice."
"Depth of knowledge and experience and responsiveness is a high priority for him. He can deliver a depth of legal experience based on deep detail and legal analysis, and he is solution-oriented."
"He is very skilled and practical. He has proven to be an excellent partner for us in navigating highly sensitive and complex matters."
"Pitman Patterson is our go-to for all municipal planning matters."
"He has outstanding knowledge and is very well respected in the industry."
Frank Arnone is well regarded for his work on high-profile real estate deals. He is consulted by investors and developers for his expertise in acquisitions and dispositions, particularly in the hospitality sector. He also advises on development projects.
"Frank Arnone was responsive, creative and diligent as we worked through a very complicated transaction."
"Frank Arnone is a fantastic lawyer with a keen eye for detail and a depth of valuable experience."
Isaac Tang advises municipalities, cities and resident groups on contentious planning matters, including opposing developments and defending decisions.
"Isaac Tang understands our organisation and culture and always puts forward creative approaches for us to achieve our objectives on the many files he’s had over the years."
"Isaac Tang is an excellent lawyer who provides a responsive service that delivers what the client is looking for, including in complex matters."
"Isaac Tang is great at working on complex files."
"Isaac Tang is not only a pleasure to work with, he is a very practical and effective partner for us, helping us navigate complex and often unique situations."
"Isaac Tang has very strong client communication skills, exceptional experience and knowledge, and is a delight to work with."
Lee English enters the associates-to-watch ranking this year due to strong activity for public sector clients in contentious planning and zoning matters.
"Lee English provides strong advice and is very responsive to handling tasks, especially on an urgent basis."
"He has been able to manage several large and complex litigation files at one time and has been consistent in his resolve to provide a superior service. It has been a great pleasure to work with Lee."
"Lee English is a reliable, thoughtful, attentive and skilled lawyer. He is also incredibly fun to work with!"
Ranked Lawyers at
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Ontario
Members
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Aaron Blumenfeld
Adam Perzow
Andrew Guerrisi
Andrew Reid Workman
Ashley Maksimovic
Bobby Solhi
Cherie Brant
Emma Blanchard
Gus Karantzoulis
Jamison Young
Jessica Sheridan
Liviu Cananau
Nicole St-Louis
Richard Manias
Rick Coburn
Rocco D’Angelo
Tamila Ivanov
Xue Yan
Yvan Morin
Yves Ménard
Clients
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Bell Canada
City of Kingston
City of Ottawa
City of Vaughan
City of Woodstock
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Metrolinx
Oxford Properties
QuadReal Property Group and Insurance Corp of BC (ICBC)
Region of Durham
Region of Halton
Industries
Provided by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Energy
Financial Services
Private Clients / Individuals
Real Estate
Real Estate Finance
Retail
Transportation
Utilities