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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Kent Beattie is counsel in our Real Property & Planning Group in Toronto. His practice focuses on real property acquisitions and dispositions (involving significant office, hotel, data centre and shopping centre portfolios, mixed use commercial developments, railways, and mining properties), real estate development, secured lending, and leasing. Kent has been ranked as a leading lawyer by several directories, including Chambers Global and Euromoney.

Kent obtained his History Specialist BA, with a minor in Political Science, from the University of Toronto (Victoria College) in 1989. He received his LLB in 1992 from the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario, graduating with Distinction.

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Practice Areas

• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Real Estate
• Corporate Law
• Estates & Trusts

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1994 (ON)