Overview

Niusha Arbabi is counsel with McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto, practising in the firm's Real Property and Planning group. Her current work includes significant real estate and acquisition-financing matters. In April 2026, she was part of the McCarthy team advising TD Securities and Desjardins Securities on approximately C$3.1 billion in acquisition financing for KingSett Capital's proposed purchase of First Capital REIT. The firm identifies that mandate with real estate, real estate financing, banking and financial services, private equity and REIT expertise. Niusha also acted on the real property and planning aspects of a 2025 replacement royalty agreement connected with Franco-Nevada's C$1.05 billion acquisition of a royalty package over Ontario's Côté Gold Mine. In another current representative matter, she advised on real property issues for a C$100 million investment by Motive Partners in Electric Mind. These official mandates establish her active role as Toronto counsel handling transactional property work within multidisciplinary deal teams.

Practice Areas

• Real Property and Planning
• Real Estate Financing

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2017 (ON)