Ryan Baker

Partner

• Queen’s Marque
  600-1741 Lower Water Street
  Halifax, N.S.
  B3J 0J2
• +1.902.444.1760
• +1.902.420.1417
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Language(s) spoken: English

Bar Admission(s): Nova Scotia, 2011; Ontario, 2018

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Legal Assistant(s): Andrea Villeneuve

Ryan’s practice involves all aspects of corporate law, with a focus on commercial real estate, commercial banking and debt financing (including significant experience in renewable resource project financing). Representative matters include:

• Acted for Summit Industrial Income REIT in the acquisition of the remaining 50% ownership interest in eleven light industrial properties in Montreal for a purchase price of $88 million.
• Acted for Summit Industrial Income REIT in the acquisition and financing of a four property portfolio of light industrial properties near Pearson International Airport for a purchase price of $66.1 million.
• Acted for Summit Industrial Income REIT in the acquisition and financing of a ten property portfolio in the greater Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal areas for a purchase price of $72 million.
• Representing Sobeys Inc. in the acquisition of the assets of Canada Safeway for approximately $5.8 billion.
• Representing Crombie REIT in the acquisition and financing of 70 commercial properties for approximately $990 million.
• Acting as de facto general counsel for local tech startup companies, which has included successful seed, Series A and B financings and the negotiation of complicated licensing and re-seller agreements relating to each company’s SaaS offering
• Acting for the lenders in the financing of multiple COMFIT wind energy projects in Nova Scotia.
• Representing the owner in the development and financing of a large commercial wind farm, which included a $107 million syndicated loan.
• Representing a national retailer in the acquisition of a large, iconic Atlantic Canadian home improvement chain.
• Acting for a large Canadian company in its joint venture with the largest diversified supplier of construction materials in North America.
• Represented Slate Asset Management in the disposition of 64 properties (asset classes included multi-residential, industrial, office and retail) in Atlantic Canada.
• Represented Site 20/20, a technology company providing hardware and software solutions for the traffic control and road construction industries, in the growth investment by New Mountain Capital and Energy Impact Partners.