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Elias Retsinas Associé/Partner Montréal

Elias Retsinas

Partner Fasken
Jurisdiction Québec, 2003
Language(s) French, English, Greek
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Elias Retsinas practices in the area of real estate law and is a partner at Fasken’s Montreal office. His practice is focused primarily on real estate joint ventures, including the acquisition, development, financing and leasing of real estate assets such as mixed use development projects, office and residential towers and hotel properties.

Elias regularly acts on behalf of various developers, lenders, investors, family offices and hotel operators and has extensive knowledge and understanding of the technical and business aspects surrounding the real estate industry. He has established a reputation as a solution driven dealmaker and is recognized and sought after as one of Montreal’s go to real estate lawyers. In 2024, Elias was made a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA).

Achievements

Client Work

  • Guy Sherbrooke Limited Partnership secured construction facilities of C$328 million for the Le Sherbrooke project in Montréal, [Deal - Guy Sherbrooke Limited Partnership], Secured construction facilities for Le Sherbrooke project.
  • LaSalle Canada Core Real Property, L.P. acquires 50% interest in Maison Manuvie, [Deal - LaSalle Investment Management (Canada) on behalf of LaSalle Canada Core Real Property, L.P.], Fasken advised LaSalle Canada Core Real Property, L.P. in the acquisition and financing of a 50% interest in Maison Manuvie, Montreal, Quebec, with a team that consisted of Marty Emmons, Marie-Andrée Thibault, Huy Do, Paul Casuccio, Scott Conover, Allyson Roy, Elias Retsinas, Catherine-Anne Goldr...
  • eStruxture finalizes the acquisition of the Canadian data center business from Aptum Technologies and enters into a credit facility with Deutsche Bank Credit Solutions and Direct Lending, [Deal - eStruxture Data Centers Inc.], Digital Colony sells Aptum Technologies’ all eight Canadian data centers to eStruxture.
  • Advised on sale of COLO-D to Cologix, [Deal - COLO-D], On December 20, 2018, COLO-D, the largest hyperscale data center provider in Montréal, announced its sale to Cologix, a provider of network solutions, interconnections and network-neutral cloud-based data centers. This sale integrates COLO-D's hyperscale Montréal campuses into Cologix's substanti...
  • The Brivia Group Acquires 12 Acres of Undeveloped Land in Mont-Tremblant, [Deal - Brivia Group], A Fasken team led by Elias Retsinas including Mathieu Renault and Nathalie Lauzier represented the Brivia Group in connection with this acquisition.
  • The Bank of Nova Scotia establishes loan facilities totalling approximately C$315 million, [Deal - Bank of Nova Scotia], In September 2018, The Bank of Nova Scotia established loan facilities for the construction of two residential development projects (in Oakville, Ontario and Montréal, Québec) by limited partnerships controlled by a major Québec-based developer and a Canadian REIT. We acted jointly with our Toron...
  • Broccolini sells ABB Complex, [Deal - Broccolini Group], On March 22, 2018, the Broccolini Group announced the $83,000,000 sale of the ABB Complex in Dorval, Québec to the Crestpoint Real Estate Group. A Fasken team led by Elias Retsinas including Nicolas Leblanc, Mathieu Renault and Sébastien Marcoux acted for the Broccolini Group in connection with t...
  • GI Partners acquires industry leading data centre from Ericsson ICT, [Deal - GI Partners], Fasken acted for GI Partners in its acquisition of the Ericsson ICT Global Data Centre facility, a 215,000 square-foot cutting edge data centre located in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec. Fasken handled all aspects of the acquisition including the negotiation of the purchase and sale agreement, mortgage...
  • Sale of light industrial portfolios in Montreal’s West Island, [Deal - Confidential Client], Elias Retsinas represented a prominent local developer in consecutive sales of two portfolios of light industrial properties to two of Canada’s most active real estate investment funds. The total portfolio values exceeded $130M. Elias was key is structuring and completing this complex transaction...

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB, BCL McGill University
  • BA McGill University

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Quebec Bar Association

Knowledge

Events

News

  • Fasken Wins Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year in the 2019 Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/21/2018
  • Fasken Martineau Wins Mining Law Firm of the Year in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/22/2017
  • Droit-Inc mentions several lawyers in an article about their appointments as partners in the firm, 12/17/2015

Speaking Engagements

  • Real Estate Holdings Structures - From Limited Partnerships to Trusts, 4/22/2014
  • What are the best ways to negotiate operating costs in commercial leases?, 5/7/2013
  • Updated version - Pitfalls to avoid in drafting a commitment letter, 4/27/2012
Real Estate Holdings Structures - From Limited Partnerships to Trusts Speaker location location Montreal
Updated version - Pitfalls to avoid in drafting a commitment letter Speaker, Banque de Montréal training location location Montréal

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