Consulting Partner
Laurent Roy
Contact
Montreal
25th Floor1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5C9
CANADA 514 397-8500 514 397-8515 info@bcf.ca
Profile
Recognized as being one of the best real estate practitioners in Canada, Laurent Roy specializes namely in files involving land assembly and the acquisition and sale of real estate (industrial buildings, multi-unit residential properties and shopping centres) as well as their financing and commercial leasing. On a regular basis, he advises clients on the negotiation and drafting of offers to lease and lease agreements in the context of shopping centre development and on real estate purchase and sale agreements. His practice also includes negotiating and drafting various other real estate agreements.
Noted for the excellence of his practice in The Best Lawyers in Canada, in Who’s Who Legal, Chambers Global and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Laurent is a member of both the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He was also a member of the Organizing Committee of the Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., from 2011 to 2018.
Before joining BCF Business Law as a consulting partner, Laurent was a partner in a large Montreal law firm.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Diploma in notarial studies, University of Ottawa (1976)
- LL.B., University of Ottawa (1975)
- B.A., University of Ottawa (1972)
Recognition(s)
- Best Lawyers in Canada (2022) - Lawyer of the Year in Commercial Leasing Law
- Best Lawyers (2016-2025) - Real Estate Law; Commercial Leasing Law
- Canadian Legal Lexpert (2015-2023) - Property Leasing
- The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2015)
- Chambers Canada, Québec (2016) - Real Estate Law
- Chambers Global (2015) - Real Estate Law
- The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2014-2015)
- Who's Who Legal: Canada (2013-2014) - Recognised for the excellence of his practice
- International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers (2013)
Representative Work
- Acted as counsel for the shareholders of Transit Truck Bodies Inc., a company specialized in high-quality truck bodies, in connection with the sale of the company to Morgan Truck Body, LLC, a leader in the North American light and medium-duty van market;
- Québec counsel to CIRION BioPharma Research Inc. and its shareholders in connection with its acquisition by Cerba HealthCare;
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in its acquisition from Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust of a Canadian office and retail portfolio consisting of six properties;
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisition of the building located at 700 de la Gauchetière Street West for an amount of $322,500,000;
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisition of the RCA building on Lenoir Street for an amount of $88,000,000;
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisition of the building located on de Courcelle Street for an amount of $33,000,000;
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust for presentation of its portfolio to the City of Québec;
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisition of Le Nordelec Property for an amount of 153,500,000;
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisition of the Redbourne Portfolio for an amount of 55,000,000 (including the assumption of the existing balance of CDPQ’s hypothecary loan);
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in the refinancing of its Cité du Multimédia portfolio in Montréal through a $172,500,000 credit facility made available by Otéra Capital;
- Québec counsel to True North Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust in its acquisition of a portfolio of 127 residential properties in Montréal, Québec for a purchase price of approximately $121 million;
- Counsel to Sobeys in its purchase of 236 Shell retail gas locations and related convenience store operations in Québec and Atlantic Canada;
- Counsel to InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust in its acquisition of an apartment complex in Aylmer, Québec for a purchase price of approximately $29 million;
- Québec counsel to Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in its $242 million acquisition of Cité du Multimédia in Montréal, an office complex comprising close to 1 million square feet of office spaceInvolvement.
Professional Affiliation(s)
- Association du Barreau américain;
- Association du Barreau canadien;
