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John van Gent

Partner · Bennett Jones LLP

CanadaCommercial Real Estate, Real Estate Finance

About

Partner at Bennett Jones LLP in the firm's Commercial Real Estate group with a particular emphasis on real estate financing. Focuses on syndicated and bilateral secured lending transactions (revolving, term loan and construction credit facilities) and has acted as lead counsel to a syndicate of lenders on transactions including a $1.4 billion syndicated term loan in connection with the acquisition of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust by Blackstone Property Partners L.P. and Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc.

Practice areas

Commercial Real EstateReal Estate FinanceBanking & Finance

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Expertise

Real estate financingSyndicated lendingBilateral secured lendingConstruction credit facilitiesRepresentation of borrowers, banks and private non-bank commercial mortgage lenders

Education

  • Queen's University, BA (Hons), 1998
  • Queen's University, LLB, 2001