Justin Hewitt

Partner

• Suite 1100, Cabot Place
  100 New Gower St.
  St. John’s, N.L.
  A1C 6K3
• +1.709.570.8846
• +1.709.722.4565
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Language(s) spoken: English

Bar Admission(s): Newfoundland and Labrador, 2017

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Legal Assistant(s): Rebecca Dart

Justin represents businesses, organizations and individuals on a wide range of corporate, commercial and real estate matters. Focusing on open communication, Justin strives to make complicated legal issues understandable for his clients.

Justin’s experience includes:

Mining, Natural Resources and Renewable Energy

• Acting for lenders and mining companies in mine finance transactions.
• Acting on sales and purchases of operating mines and mine assets.
• Advising mine operators, prospectors and junior mining companies on mineral rights, royalties, commercial agreements and regulatory matters.
• Advising renewable energy developers on property and project development matters.
• Acting as in-house legal counsel to a multinational oil and gas company on a secondment arrangement.
• Acting as co-counsel to a former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador at the Commission of Inquiry Respecting the Muskrat Falls Project.

Commercial Real Estate

• Acting on acquisitions, dispositions and financings of commercial real estate.
• Acting for institutional lenders in real estate financing transactions.
• Advising commercial landlords and property owners and drafting leases and related agreements.
• Advising condominium developers and condominium corporations.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Acting for companies and individuals in buying, selling and financing businesses and business assets, including:
  • Acting on the sale of the assets of an operating mine;
  • Acting on the sale of a majority equity stake in a business in the oil and gas sector;
  • Acting on sales and acquisitions of various retail businesses, including franchises;
  • Acting on sales and acquisitions of tourism operations; and
  • Acting on the sale of an aviation business.
• Advising professionals such as physicians, veterinarians, optometrists and lawyers on professional corporations and completing tax planned corporate organizations and reorganizations.

Municipal

• Advising municipalities on property and development matters.
• Advising municipalities on property taxation.
• Advising municipalities on commercial, contractual and regulatory matters.