Scott Smythe
Canada Guide 2025
Band 1 : Real Estate
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About
Provided by Scott Smythe
Practice Areas
Partner in the Real Property and Planning Group in the firm’s Vancouver office. Practice is focused on commercial real estate and related corporate matters, with particular expertise in land acquisitions, land development, structuring, strata property, commercial leasing and real-estate related corporate reorganizations. Acts for several leading real estate investors and developers, as well as owners of major office towers, industrial parks and shopping centres. Extensive experience with the structuring, acquisition, financing, development, leasing and sale of significant residential, industrial, retail, office and mixed-use projects.
Career
British Columbia Bar, 1997.
Professional Memberships
Canadian Bar Association.
Publications
Co-author of McCarthy Tétrault’s Annotated British Columbia Strata Property Act, first published in 2002 and updated annually. Co-author for many years of chapters in the Continuing Legal Education Society’s Real Estate Practice Manual, Annual Review of Law and Practice and Commercial Leasing - Annotated Precedents publications, and sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of the latter publication. Speaker at numerous industry conferences.
Personal
Appointed as a Director of the BC Land Title and Survey Authority in 2017 and re-appointed in 2020.
Chambers Review
Canada
Scott Smythe enjoys a position at the very forefront of the real estate market thanks to his extensive experience handling commercial transactions in British Columbia. He regularly assists developers and investors with real estate developments, as well as advising landlords and tenants on commercial leases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Scott Smythe is our number one solicitor for a reason. He is professional, detail-oriented and very collaborative when needed."
"Scott Smythe is very quick to turn things around. He is a very practical lawyer and a pleasure to deal with."
"Scott Smythe is our number one solicitor for a reason. He is professional, detail-oriented and very collaborative when needed."
"Scott Smythe is very quick to turn things around. He is a very practical lawyer and a pleasure to deal with."
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