Anthony’s areas of practice in brief are:
- real estate
- corporate
- commercial
- wills & estates
- family
- employment
- general civil litigation
- securities
- societies
A more detailed listing of Anthony’s experience is as follows:
- real estate:
- residential:
- acting on purchase and sale, skip transfer, syndication, transfer of beneficial interest with securities of registered owner entity, lease-option and agreement for sale transactions; and
- advising landlords and tenants on rights and obligations under the Residential Tenancy Act, and representing same at residential tenancy office hearings.
- commercial:
- conducting due diligence investigations and searches, negotiating and drafting commercial purchase and sale agreements, and acting on completions; and
- negotiating and drafting commercial leases on behalf of landlords and tenants, advising and representing same on disputes, distress matters.
- development:
- reviewing and advising developers on regional growth strategies, official community plans, zoning, development, subdivision and building bylaws:
- performing due diligence, drafting and structuring acquisition agreements and development entities including limited partnerships and vendor participation (carried interest) schemes;
- negotiating and drafting covenants, easements and other encumbrances required for local governments development approval;
- managing and resolving builders lien claims; and
- drafting disclosure statements, information packages, acting on closings and advising on termination rights regarding pre-sale contracts.
- strata:
- advising owner developers and strata corporations regarding rights and obligations under the Strata Property Act; and
- drafting strata bylaws, rules, special levies and advising on strata disputes.
- mortgages/secured transactions: acting for private lenders, drafting private and vendor take-back mortgages, and all manner of lender security including GSA/PPR registrations, guarantees, environmental indemnities, postponements, priorities and assignments.
- co-operatives: incorporation of, and drafting memorandum and articles for co-operatives.
- floathomes, water lots: transfers of boats, floathomes, negotiating assignments and rights appurtenant to water lots, foreshore leases, licences;
- residential:
- corporate commercial:
- incorporation/formation of:
- companies, including professional corporations, mortgage investment corporations, and drafting attendant articles, special rights & restrictions, and shareholders agreements;
- limited partnerships, including limited partnership agreements, certificates of limited partnership;
- joint ventures; and
- societies, including drafting constitutions and bylaws for charitable, educational and property owners’ societies and associations.
- acting on amalgamations, restorations, rectifications.
- acting on asset and share purchase transactions, including performing due diligence, completions;
- securing intellectual property rights, including trademark, copyright.
- incorporation/formation of:
- securities: acting for private and early stage businesses ensuring compliance with distribution and registration requirements/exemptions including drafting offering memorandums, including real estate securities aspects with respect to rental pools, rental warranty programs, as well as subscription agreements, reports of exempt distribution;
- wills, estates & wealth preservation:
- advising on and drafting wills, powers of attorney, representation agreements, family and alter-ego trusts.
- applying for and obtaining probates and administrations
- advising on and brokering settlements, deeds of arrangement, including dealing with conflicts of law and multi-jurisdiction estate litigation.
- general civil litigation: resolving and settling general civil litigation matters including foreclosure, committeeships, collections, small claims, construction/builders liens claims, Homeowner Protection Act claims, escheat.
- family law: including marriage, co-habitation and separation agreements, uncontested divorces, child property;
- employment law: advising on employment agreements, acting for employers and employees in wrongful dismissal suits.
- wrongful death: negotiation and settlement of wrongful death claims under the Family Compensation Act.