Joseph (Joe) Berta Email & Phone Number

As a solicitor in our corporate-commercial group, Joe assists a wide array of clients with their business law needs.Joe’s clients include individuals starting out in the business world, family-owned operations, and mid-sized businesses. Joe regularly works with realtors, brokers, accountants, and bankers, to ensure that his clients’ particular interests are properly addressed.Joe’s areas of practice include:Commercial Law◾Incorporations◾Reorganizations and amalgamations◾Drafting, negotiation, and review of legal contractsBuying and Selling a Business◾Negotiation, drafting and review of letters of intent and purchase and sale agreements (asset and share transactions)◾Related financings including vendor takeback financingReal Estate◾Acting for buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate, including farms, shopping centres, and multi-tenant buildings◾Drafting and negotiation of commercial leases (on behalf of the landlord or tenant), assignments of lease, and subleasesCommercial Lending/Borrowing◾Acting for institutional lenders and commercial borrowers for commercial financingsCorporate Reorganizations◾Reorganizations, amalgamations, s. 85 agreements, and other tax-driven transactionsRepresentative Work◾Co-counsel on a complex $40,000,000.00 business sale to a public company◾Representing landlord on the drafting of a contentious and complex commercial lease◾Representing purchaser of multi-acre multi-tenant commercial land in Surrey◾Representing vendor of multi-location franchised businessYou can reach Joe at jberta@mcquarrie.com

Listed skills include Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Civil Litigation, Real Estate, and 10 others.

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