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Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011—Repeatedly recommended practitioner in project finance

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in real estate

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012—Leading lawyer in real estate law

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2007, 2009 and 2010—Recommended Canadian lawyer in real estate

Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers 2004—Leading practitioner in Canada

David has represented

• Brookfield Properties in its 2010 establishment of Brookfield Office Properties Canada REIT and the transfer of a portfolio of Canadian office properties to the REIT
• Brookfield Special Situations Partners in connection with C$125M secured loan facilities provided to Armtec Infrastructure
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
  • in the establishment of its new real estate finance vehicle Cadillac Fairview Finance Trust and the issuance by the Trust of $1.7B of debentures guaranteed by OTTPB
  • in its establishment of limited partnerships with Cadillac Fairview and Fram Building Group for the redevelopment of properties adjacent to the Shoppes at Don Mills
• Cadillac Fairview and Ontrea in their sale of two office properties at 60 and 77 Bloor Street, Toronto to Morguard Investments
• Ontrea in the acquisition of a 50% co-ownership interest in The Promenade Shopping Centre, Vaughan, Ontario
• Retrocom Mid-Market REIT in its joint venture arrangements with the Azuria Group and Fieldgate Developments to acquire and develop a commercial shopping centre in Mississauga
• an owner/developer in connection with the establishment of a C$165 million private real estate investment fund to invest in income producing commercial properties and residential development properties in the Greater Toronto Area and subsequent acquisitions of properties by the fund
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in connection with C$65M secured operating credit facilities provided to TransGlobe Apartment REIT
• CIBC Capital Partners in a US$50 million term loan to a private real estate investor for its acquisition and development of a residential ski resort in Park City, Utah
• O&Y Properties
  • in its construction, pre-leasing and C$78 million financing of the 470,000-square-foot Maritime Life Tower at 2 Queen Street East, Toronto
  • in its C$85 million bridge credit facility to refinance Toronto’s Maritime Life Tower and its subsequent C$130 million sale of the property to O&Y REIT
• O&Y REIT
  • in its 2004 C$222 million acquisition of Calgary’s Gulf Canada Square from Goldman Sachs and Brookfield Properties, and a related first mortgage bond financing
  • in the acquisition of a 50% co-ownership interest in a portfolio of office properties in Edmonton
• Revera (formerly known as Retirement Residences REIT), which operates retirement, seniors assisted living and nursing homes in Canada and the United States
  • in its 2008 corporate reorganization following its acquisition by Public Sector Pension Investment Board
  • in connection with its secured operating loan arrangements with a Schedule 1 Canadian chartered bank
• Art Gallery of Ontario in its contracts with Gehry International and Ellis Don for the AGO’s expansion and renovation projects
• Pelmorex in its construction and subsequent expansion of headquarters and studio premises for The Weather Network
• a Canadian chartered bank in connection with its RFP for construction and project management services across Canada
• a Canadian pension fund in connection with its investment in a consortium bidding on the Port Mann Toll Highway and Bridge Project, a public-private partnership with the province of British Columbia
• First National Financial LP, Peoples Trust Company, Penmor Mortgage Capital Corporation and ING Bank of Canada in C$150m of CMHC insured first mortgage loans secured on seniors assisted living residences across Canada
• Hindalco Industries in connection with its US$6 billion acquisition of Novelis and subsequent worldwide financing transactions
• an international industrial supplies manufacturer in connection with its proposed purchase of an industrial property in south western Ontario from a court appointed receiver
• Ontario Power Generation in connection with the prime contracts for the refurbishment and restart of Unit 1 at the Pickering A Nuclear Generating Station
• a private engineering consulting company in project management arrangements for the refurbishment and restart of units at a Canadian nuclear generating station
• a private Canadian hydroelectric company in the acquisition of two hydroelectric generating stations in eastern Ontario
• Scotiabank
  • in its commitment to provide financing to a general contractor in connection with its proposal for the Quinte Health Care Belleville General Hospital Redevelopment Project
  • in its commitment to provide financing to a general contractor in connection with its proposal for the Greater Toronto Area Youth Centre Project
  • in its proposed commitment to provide financing to a general contractor in connection with the Sunnybrook Hospital Redevelopment Project
• Sunrise Senior Living REIT in its operating loan facilities provided by two Canadian chartered banks
• Sunrise Senior Living in its construction loan facilities for three new senior living facilities in Montreal
• 100 Bloor Street West Corporation in its C$34.5 million term loan facility from a Canadian financial institution in the acquisition of 100 Bloor Street West, Toronto
• InnVest REIT in a C$375 million term loan facility from a Canadian financial institution and a C$25 million operating facility from a Canadian chartered bank
• Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Westmount Hospitality Group in a C$300 million initial public offering of InnVest REIT units and in the acquisition of 114 hotels throughout Canada
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in its build to suit lease of 125,000 square feet of head office and broadcast space in a new Ottawa development, and in the sale-leaseback of existing office and broadcast premises
• Trizec Hahn in its sale of the Bankers Hall complex in Calgary and Royal Centre in Vancouver

Before joining Torys, David was a partner at another major Toronto firm. David has been an instructor at the real property section of the Bar Admission Course.

David is a member of the firm's Associate Review Committee.