Education

  • 2005 B.A. University of Alberta
  • 2009 Bachelor of Laws, University of Alberta

Bar Admission

  • 2010 Admitted to the Alberta Bar
  • 2013 Admitted to the British Columbia Bar

Antoine Gariépy is a Partner and member of the firm’s Banking + Lending and Corporate/Commercial Practice Groups.

Antoine’s legal practice encompasses financing and real estate matters, as well as general corporate law and the buying and selling of businesses. He has extensive experience working with clients on various real estate development and commercial leasing projects. Antoine has represented banks, private lenders, and borrowers in lending transactions and has prepared a range of corporate and commercial agreements.

Antoine has provided legal services to various institutional lenders, including banks, credit unions, large private investment institutions, and smaller mortgage investment funds. He has also worked with private companies on numerous transactions, with clients including developers, real estate investment firms, societies, and private investment companies.

His work in this area includes acting for a developer on a Vancouver townhome project, preparing disclosure statements, negotiating with the city, and completing all sales. He provides legal services for private companies, handling ongoing governance, corporate reorganizations, asset and share purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, and AGM notice materials.

On A Personal Note...

In his free time, Antoine enjoys running, traveling, and spending time with his wife and two young children.

Representative Experience

Lending:

  • Acting for a bank on an $89.7 million loan to a major developer for take out financing on completion of a project in Richmond
  • Acting for a bank on a $48.9 million construction loan to finance a development in Coquitlam
  • Acting for a bank on three related loans totaling $72 million to refinance a student housing development
  • Acting for a large mortgage finance company on a $39.1 million loan developer for take-out financing on completion of a project in Surrey
  • Acting for a large mortgage finance company on an over $60 million loan for construction financing on three related projects in Chilliwack
  • Acting for a private mortgage lender on over 50 loans in 2023
  • Acting for lenders completing take-out financing from BC Housing

Real Estate:

  • Acting for a developer on a townhome development in Vancouver, including preparing disclosure statement, negotiating with the City of Vancouver, and completing all project sales
  • Acting for a developer on the sale of an apartment building in Langley for $23 million
  • Acting for vendor of a retail development in a sale for $22 million
  • Acting for developer on lot consolidation purchases
  • Acting for society on purchase of various care facilities
  • Acting for company on donation of land to municipality for park purposes

Corporate Commercial:

  • Preparing asset and share purchase agreements
  • Prepare shareholder agreements
  • Preparing notice materials for AGMs
  • Completing corporate reorganizations including share exchanges, wind-ups, amalgamations

Professional & Community Affiliations

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