Michael Simon
represents real estate management companies, owners of office and retail buildings, financial institutions, co-op and condominium boards, and tenants in commercial and residential disputes.
Not exact matches
Notable mandates: Successfully
represented Toronto mayor Rob Ford in a libel and defamation action;
representing former Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj in litigation proceeding contesting election in Etobicoke Centre; acting on the establishment of a large residential
real estate private equity fund; a complex reorganization of an existing
real estate private equity fund into private REIT, the investors in which include several of Canada's largest pension plans and mutual funds; acted for the purchaser in excess of 230 quick service restaurants in Ontario, B.C., and Quebec; acted for
management in a proxy dispute involving an interlisted TSX and ASX
company, involving various interest holders in several international jurisdictions;
represented Pharmascience Inc. at Federal Court of Canada;
represented clients such as Apotex Inc. in trademark dispute;
represented Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association in matters before the Trademark Opposition Board.
Ruzicka, Wallace & Coughlin, LLP
represents landlords, property
management companies, financial institutions, employers and insurance
companies throughout the State of California in
real estate, business and employment litigation including complex class action lawsuits.
The organization unites
real estate trade associations and owners of investment - grade
real estate, developers, lenders, and
management companies to
represent their interests on key
real estate - related policy issues.
Things to consider: If buying and selling
real estate, being the multifaceted situation that it is, finds itself sometimes even too complex for trained professionals in some situations, requiring the addition of other trained professionals such as lawyers, inspectors, insurance pro's, appraisers, land surveyors, tax specialists, financial planning and
estate management people or
companies, divorce specialists, grief counsellors, expert witnesses, construction people, builder issues, mortgage fraud professionals, banking backup people, ex pat and non-resident specialists, immigration rules and regs, investment counsellors, to help unravel oddities and eventualities, just imagine the Rubik's cube the journey
represents to the average, unrepresented buyer or seller, perhaps even ones in the midst of it while trying to digest a purchase or sale, going through a divorce or dealing with a grieving relative, due to a death in the family, even more especially where English is not that individual's first language.