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Jonathan Freeman

Jonathan Freeman is a partner at Cassels, serving as Chair of the Real Estate & Development Group and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Jonathan’s practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate law, including real estate lending transactions and acquisitions and dispositions of commercial properties. He routinely represents traditional bank and non-bank lenders in complex real estate financing transactions, including those relating to term, acquisition, mezzanine and construction loan facilities. Jonathan also has extensive experience with CMHC insured loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities and other types of securitized debt. He has financed all real estate asset classes, including many of Canada’s largest seniors housing projects, hotels, office buildings, shopping centres and multi-family residential apartment complexes. Jonathan also advises issuers and underwriters in capital market offerings, as well as some of Canada’s largest REITs, private equity funds, developers and real estate investment companies on mergers and acquisitions, cross border real estate transactions, joint venture structuring, asset management and insolvency related matters. Learn more. · Cassels

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About

Jonathan Freeman is a partner at Cassels, serving as Chair of the Real Estate & Development Group and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He focuses on commercial real estate law, including real estate lending and acquisitions/dispositions, represents bank and non-bank lenders in complex financings (term, acquisition, mezzanine and construction loans), has extensive experience with CMHC insured loans, commercial mortgage‑backed securities and other securitized debt, and advises issuers, underwriters, REITs, private equity funds and developers on capital markets, M&A, cross-border real estate transactions, joint venture structuring, asset management and insolvency matters.

Practice areas

Real EstateBanking & FinanceCapital MarketsCorporate / M&AInsolvency

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Expertise

Real Estate LendingCMHC Insured LoansCommercial Mortgage‑Backed Securities (CMBS)Securitized DebtSeniors HousingHotelsOffice BuildingsShopping CentresMulti‑family ResidentialREITs and Private Equity FundsCross-border Real Estate TransactionsJoint Venture StructuringAsset ManagementInsolvency-related Real Estate Matters