Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP continues to be a leader in the real estate space, drawing on its deep bench of national offices in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Montreal and Ottawa and abroad in London and New York, to advise a broad client base of domestic and international institutional and private entities, developers, banks, pension funds, fund managers, insurance companies, REITs, retail and commercial property owners and occupiers, hotel owners and government agencies, on a diverse spectrum of real estate matters. The practice, which displays particular strength in the retail and financial services spaces, is led in Toronto by Thomas von Hahn, an expert in the acquisition and disposition of real property and mortgage portfolios, and John Hutmacher, who utilizes extensive experience advising clients on acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, sales and leaseback transactions. Other key figures include Silvana D’Alimonte, who specializes in complex financings involving investors, fund managers and asset managers; Daniel Kofman, who brings expertise acting as real estate lead on multi-billion-dollar acquisitions in the financial services sector; and Garth Anderson in Calgary, who brings over 25 years in the real estate arena assisting life insurance companies, REITs and utility companies. Key support is provided by senior associate Jean-Simon Lamarre in Montreal. Unless noted, all lawyers mentioned work in the Toronto office.