Andre advises business owners, investors, developers, lenders, and property owners on corporate, commercial, real estate, secured lending, and expropriation matters. His work often involves complex ownership structures, development arrangements, financing issues, business transactions, and compensation claims arising from government takings or public works projects. Drawing on private practice, in-house counsel, and entrepreneurial experience, Andre provides practical legal advice that helps clients manage risk, coordinate complex matters, and move forward with greater confidence.
Andre advises business owners, investors, developers, lenders, and property owners on corporate, commercial, real estate, secured lending, and expropriation matters. His work often involves complex ownership structures, development arrangements, financing issues, business transactions, and compensation claims arising from government takings or public works projects. Drawing on private practice, in-house counsel, and entrepreneurial experience, Andre provides practical legal advice that helps clients manage risk, coordinate complex matters, and move forward with greater confidence.
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Business owners and closely held companies often need legal guidance that accounts for ownership structure, governance, tax planning, financing, and commercial relationships.
Andre advises on business formations, shareholder arrangements, corporate governance, minute book management, business acquisitions and dispositions, strategic combinations, commercial contracts, and complex corporate reorganizations, helping clients coordinate legal, tax, and business considerations in a practical way.
Commercial real estate and development matters often involve multiple parties, layered ownership structures, financing requirements, development arrangements, and deal-specific risk.
Andre advises business owners, investors, developers, and property owners on the acquisition, disposition, financing, and development of commercial real estate projects, helping clients structure transactions and manage complex real estate issues from a practical business perspective.
Secured lending matters often require careful coordination between borrowers, lenders, security documents, ownership structures, and commercial objectives.
Andre regularly acts for both borrowers and institutional and private lenders in secured lending transactions, helping clients structure financing arrangements, manage transaction risk, and move lending matters forward with the necessary legal documentation and practical advice.
Expropriation matters can be highly technical and may involve property value, business impacts, public works projects, government takings, and evidence from multiple professional advisors.
Andre represents property owners and businesses affected by expropriation, advising on compensation, valuation, negotiation strategy, and the coordination of appraisers, planners, engineers, business valuators, and other consultants to support compensation claims.
Andre’s corporate, real estate, secured lending, and expropriation practice is supported by legal training, institutional in-house counsel experience, entrepreneurial background, and specialized knowledge in expropriation, privacy, and intellectual property licensing.
Before entering the legal profession, Andre operated a home-services business to finance his undergraduate education. This background gives him practical insight into the pressures, priorities, and decision-making realities of business owners and principals.
Before entering private practice, Andre served as in-house counsel to two major universities in the Greater Toronto Area, advising institutional clients on legal, operational, governance, and risk-management matters.
Andre’s background allows him to approach complex corporate, real estate, secured lending, and expropriation matters with attention to both legal detail and broader business objectives.
Andre has been involved in mentoring and volunteer work, including mentorship through the Ryerson Law Network and prior pro bono and community initiatives.
