Stikeman Elliott's REIT Practice Group is among Canada's most knowledgeable in guiding REITs in all aspects of their strategic review processes. Providing strategic, governance, securities and tax advice, as well as being one of the most experienced REIT public offering firms, makes us the first choice for national and cross-border transactions.

Our expertise has been applied to some of Canada's largest and most sophisticated REIT transactions. We are devoted to providing professional advice that will result in the stable growth of our represented REITS. Counseling REITs in all matters of real estate, we have provided valuable insight into domestic and cross-border equity and debt financings as well as within various mergers and acquisitions.

Stikeman Elliott boasts one of the largest real estate investment trust practices in Canada. Its lawyers have represented issuers or dealers in connection with approximately one-third of all public Canadian REITs.

• Acted for SmartCentres Inc. and a group of private investors in a sale to Retrocom Mid-Market REIT of $55 million of shopping centre assets.
• Acted for Morguard REIT in its $75 million purchase of a premier downtown Ottawa mixed-use commercial complex.
• Acted for InnVest REIT and InnVest independent trustees in negotiating the consortium agreement with Westmont Hospitality Group and Cadim, a division of Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, in connection with the consortium's $2.5 billion acquisition of Legacy Hotels REIT.
• Acted for ING Real Estate in its $3.3 billion offer to acquire Summit REIT and the resulting sale to KingSett.
• Acted for Sunrise REIT, in connection with its $2.26 billion acquisition by Ventas Inc.
• Acted for CAPREIT in connection with over C$750 million of transactions, including the acquisition of mult-unit residential properties, financings and refinancings and public offering of units.