Lawyer Profile
Elias Benhamou
Montréal, Québec
Overview
Elias provides clients with business-minded advice on commercial real estate acquisitions, joint ventures, developments and financings as well as construction and leasing.
For more than 30 years, Elias has worked on many of Québec’s largest real estate transactions, advising private and institutional real estate owners and developers, as well as major retailers. Highly regarded for his problem-solving abilities, Elias works on complex real estate acquisitions, developments and joint ventures. Borrowers and lenders also trust his legal and business acumen to guide their syndicated lending transactions and their construction and mortgage lending.
Elias is chair of the Montréal office’s Opinion Committee for commercial law. He volunteers with several contemporary art organizations in Montréal, including Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art and Phi Centre.
Acted for Warwick Hotels and Resorts in the financing and purchase of the iconic luxury hotel Le Crystal in downtown Montréal, which includes a spa and parking facilities.
Acted for Jesta Capital Corp. in the (i) $128-million sale of the iconic Château Viger/Gare Berry to Allied Properties REIT in August 2021; and (ii) construction financing and subsequent $121-million sale of a 7-storey newly constructed office building to Allied Properties REIT in October 2022; including the 10-year lease to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada as anchor tenant of this new office building.
Acted as special counsel to a Korean institutional investor consortium led by Hanwha und Kyobo Life Insurance in the acquisition and financing of the Bell Campus project on Nuns' Island, Montréal, Québec.
Acted for private investors in connection with their lead investment in a large 35 story residential condominium development at Redpath and Roehampton in midtown Toronto, Ontario.
Acted for the purchaser in its acquisition of the luxury boutique Hotel Gault in Old Montréal.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1989 (QC)