Overview

Under the agreement of this take-private transaction worth C$9 billion, Boralex will continue to operate as an independent private company following closing.

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Jeffrey Knowles is a partner in our Real Property & Planning Group in Toronto and a member of the Firm’s Board of Partners. He has a general commercial real estate practice and has acted for vendors, purchasers, landlords and tenants in the purchase, sale and leasing of commercial properties. He has also acted for both financial institutions and landowners in lending transactions secured by real property interests.

Jeffrey received his BA in Psychology in 2005 and his JD in 2008, both from the University of British Columbia.

He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society of Alberta, the Calgary Bar Association and the Law Society of British Columbia.

Practice Areas

• Banking/Finance
• Securities
• Commercial Law
• Real Estate

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2009 (AB); 2012 (BC); 2015 (ON)