Lawyer Profile
H. Graham Rawlinson
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
A leading real estate lawyer, Graham brings decades of experience helping clients navigate the real estate industry through business-minded counsel focused on optimal opportunities and outcomes for clients.
Graham is known for his extensive experience in commercial real estate and infrastructure transactions, including real estate joint ventures, acquisitions, divestitures, project finance, development, leasing, construction and secured lending.
Graham regularly acts for public and private businesses in some of their most complex and transformational real estate transactions. He brings market insight and real estate experience through his longstanding work in the seniors housing, retail, office and hospitality sectors.
Commercial real estate practice co-head Graham Rawlinson is ‘very good to work with,’ according to industry participants.’
Torys acts as counsel to Amica Senior Lifestyles Trust (formerly BayBridge Seniors Housing Trust) in its acquisition, financing, development and partnership arrangements in respect of a number of portfolios of seniors housing facilities located across Canada
McMaster Innovation Park, a wholly-owned for-profit subsidiary of McMaster University, in its proposed C$2 billion development of a premier research and innovation park in Hamilton, Ontario supporting business and research startups, including the negotiation of its joint venture and financing arrangements
a private real estate development and seniors housing operating company and its partner in the C$297.9 million sale of four retirement communities, and the subsequent C$120 million forward sale of a fifth in development, to Chartwell Retirement Residences, as well as the private company's related sale of its 50% interest in the remaining four additional retirement communities in Edmonton, Alberta to its partner
Fengate Capital Management, in partnership with Virgin Hotels Limited, Juniper Capital Partners, LLC and other private investors, in the acquisition of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from a private real estate fund
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2001 (ON)