Real Estate

Real estate is one of the largest asset classes in Canada, and the work runs well beyond acquisitions and leasing. Our lawyers act across the real assets spectrum: data centres and digital infrastructure, seniors housing and long-term care, student housing, self storage, hospitality, industrial and logistics, retail, multi-residential buildings, office and mixed-use development, along with distressed assets and real estate M&A.

Our Real Estate Group brings together expertise in municipal planning, property and land transfer taxes and litigation and dispute resolution. Our real estate lawyers can identify risk early, manage complexity and support efficient execution from acquisition through development, financing, operation and exit.

McCarthy Tétrault is ranked Band 1 for Real Estate: Nationwide – Canada by Chambers and Partners and is also ranked locally for our real estate practices in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. We are also ranked Tier 1 for Real Estate by The Legal 500 Canada and recognized as a Leading Firm in Real Estate for both Property Development and Commercial Leasing by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Practical legal advice built on experience

We are the first call for developers, institutional investors, financial institutions, governments, family offices, private equity funds and REITs in all aspects of real estate law and related real assets investments, as a result of our:

• Experience with complex, multi-stakeholder developments
• Integrated real estate, planning, financing, litigation, and tax capability supporting both traditional real estate and broader real assets investments
• Lender‑ready, execution‑focused solutions for sophisticated developments in Canada’s most competitive markets
• Embedded real estate litigation and tax lawyers within deal teams
• Strategic tax structuring and dispute resolution planning at every stage of a deal
• Ability to execute real estate transactions from our offices in all of Canada’s major commercial centres: Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montréal and Québec City
• Our ability to work in French and English, with lawyers in Montréal and Québec City experienced in both the Civil Code of Québec and the common law.