REITs
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 3
Email address
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+1 416 362 1812About
Provided by McCarthy Tétrault LLP
At the intersection of corporate, real estate, and tax law, we provide clear direction for our REIT clients
With leading expertise nationwide, our lawyers design tailored, all-encompassing legal solutions for Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) transactions involving Canada players.
Bringing our top-tier ranked M&A, capital markets, tax and real estate practices together, we offer the quality advice and excellence in service needed for successful transactions and other legal issues involving REITs. Our energetic and talented team brings a results-oriented approach and relentless drive to support our clients in their most complicated and high-profile transactions.
We are seasoned in supporting the legal and business activities of publicly and privately owned REITs, real estate funds, partnerships and joint ventures, and other real estate owners and market participants such as issuers, underwriters, lenders, sponsors, and advisors. Whether our clients operate throughout Canada, in the US, or globally, they receive complete support from our full-scale, multi-disciplinary REIT expertise. Because of our diversity and national scope, we can pick the right resource that can carry a deal end-to-end, meaning we can staff leanly and efficiently.
Chambers Review
McCarthy Tétrault earns praise for its expertise in financing transactions and frequently represents REITs and underwriters in capital markets deals. The firm draws upon the strength of its leading real estate department to provide additional expertise in REIT M&A and real estate acquisition transactions. The team is also adept at advising REIT clients on tax structuring matters.
Work Highlights
- McCarthy Tétrault advised Pure Industrial REIT on the purchase of six industrial properties, with a matter value of CAD450 million.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The practitioners have a strong understanding of the law and offer very good advice."
"The team is very good at negotiating tough agreements."
"The team has strong attention to detail and is on top of regulatory and industry trends, which are incorporated into documentation."
"The practitioners have a strong understanding of the law and offer very good advice."
"The team is very good at negotiating tough agreements."
"The team has strong attention to detail and is on top of regulatory and industry trends, which are incorporated into documentation."
Notable Practitioners
Heidi Gordon is a Toronto-based partner with significant expertise in relation to matters concerning REITs. She is frequently involved in public and private M&A transactions involving both domestic and international entities.
"Heidi's focus on client service and substantive legal skills, coupled with her savvy commercial sense, are her greatest tools."
"She knows more about our business than most of us, and is an invaluable resource as a result."