Simon Crawford
Canada Guide 2025
Band 2 : Real Estate
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About
Provided by Simon Crawford
Practice Areas
Simon maintains a real estate focused practice. He advises many of Canada's most sophisticated real estate investors on private equity matters, fund formation, joint ventures, income trusts, the purchase and sale of real estate assets and real estate companies, property development, banking and mortgage lending, structured finance and asset securitization, corporate finance, mezzanine and participating debt structures, infrastructure, public/private partnerships, mortgage and loan servicing and enforcement, and on real estate issues in bankruptcy and insolvency. He has acted on some of Canada's largest dollar value real estate transactions and on many of the country's landmark commercial, retail, sports and entertainment and residential projects. In 2017, Simon was the lead advisor on transactions valued in excess of $4 Billion, including the acquisition of approximately $1.2 Billion in commercial mortgages from Home Capital/Home Trust. In 2016 he was the lead advisor in connection with the acquisition of one of Toronto’s landmark skyscrapers, Scotia Plaza.
Career
Admitted to the Ontario bar, 1999.
Personal
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/crawfordsimon
Chambers Review
Canada
Simon Crawford's wide-reaching practice includes expertise in acquisitions, dispositions and development projects. Crawford capably assists clients with matters in Ontario and across the country.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simon Crawford provides excellent, commercially relevant advice and strives for the highest level of customer service."
"Simon Crawford is a very strong lawyer with business awareness and he is easy to work with."
"He is the best in the business, hands down."
"Simon Crawford is an exceptional lawyer. He is a rock star. He has our full trust. He's very experienced, is exceptionally sophisticated and has an extraordinary level of service."
"He is a great problem solver. His commercial awareness and vision are very high. He always adds a lot of value, and on a broad range of real estate transaction types."
"Simon Crawford provides excellent, commercially relevant advice and strives for the highest level of customer service."
"Simon Crawford is a very strong lawyer with business awareness and he is easy to work with."
"He is the best in the business, hands down."
"Simon Crawford is an exceptional lawyer. He is a rock star. He has our full trust. He's very experienced, is exceptionally sophisticated and has an extraordinary level of service."
"He is a great problem solver. His commercial awareness and vision are very high. He always adds a lot of value, and on a broad range of real estate transaction types."
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