D. Fraser MacFadyen

Partner

• Queen’s Marque
  600-1741 Lower Water Street
  Halifax, N.S.
  B3J 0J2
• +1.902.420.3365
• +1.902.488.3717
• +1.902.420.1417
• fmacfadyen@stewartmckelvey.com

Language(s) spoken: English

Bar Admission(s): British Columbia, 1986; Nova Scotia, 1989

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Legal Assistant(s): Kaeleigh Leeson

Providing legal services through a professional corporation.

Fraser works with clients on a wide variety of issues, including real estate acquisitions, dispositions and financing, commercial leasing, and general commercial matters such as formation, organization, contract compliance and employment. A few examples of his work include acting as one of the leads in:

• The acquisition by Sobeys of the assets of Canada Safeway for approximately $5.8 billion.
• The sale leaseback transaction between Sobeys and Crombie REIT with respect to 70 properties and proceeds of approximately $990 million.
• The formation of Crombie REIT, a complex transaction involving the movement of hundreds of millions of dollars.
• The acquisition of 61 properties by Crombie REIT for an acquisition cost of $430 million.
• The acquisition of the casinos in Nova Scotia by Great Canadian Casino Corporation, which involved a unique tax saving structure.