Bank Financings & Real Estate

Bank Financings

Our banking and finance group has over 85 years of collective experience in dealing with lending transactions. We customize our financial services to the unique needs of our clients, staying abreast of trends and legislative developments in the various industries they serve. Our broad range of expertise is balanced by highly focused and pioneering service offerings. We have in-depth experience with a variety of institutional and non-traditional lenders.

With a comprehensive understanding of the financial services landscape, regulatory and legislative environments, and practical experience, our financial services and banking group has represented numerous Canadian chartered banks, near banks, insurance companies, government lending agencies and other financial institutions in such diverse areas as:

• senior debt financings
• syndicated credit facilities
• secured lending transactions
• factoring transactions/receivables sales transactions
• mortgage and debenture financing
• asset based lending
• mezzanine financing
• subordinated debt financing
• mortgage backed securitizations
• cross border financing
• turnaround financing
• project financing
• MBO/LBO and other structured financing
• interlender agreements

Our goal is to provide insightful advice to help our clients achieve transaction objectives on all fronts, to meet their demands, customized to the size of their business and overall industry strategies, whether dealing with large businesses with a national presence or start-ups. Sourcing and efficiently completing financing transactions for any business enterprise is crucial to its success and we provide effective advice every step of the way.

Real Estate

The Commercial Real Estate Group at Wilson Vukelich is comprised of professionals with in-depth knowledge and experience in all areas of Real Estate Law from negotiating and drafting through to dispute resolution and exit strategies. We help our clients navigate complex and routine acquisitions and dispositions of land, financings, land development and planning, joint ventures, and leasing.

We also assist in ownership, investment and transaction structuring and take an innovative and creative approach to finding solutions to the problems or challenges that our clients may encounter during a transaction or in the management of their real estate assets, including the following areas:

• acquisitions and dispositions – including office, retail, industrial, recreational, mixed-use, condominium and multi-residential properties
• commercial, retail, office and industrial leasing
• commercial and residential land development
• real estate financing
• mortgage enforcement
• real estate disputes
• ownership, investment and transaction structuring
• joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and partnerships
• restructurings