Mark McMackin, a partner, has a broad, vibrant real estate and business practice.
Mark’s client base is comprised mostly of closely held, owner-operated companies ranging from family-owned businesses to substantial multi-jurisdictional businesses. He is actively involved in day to day issues that arise in competitive, growing business enterprises as well as managing the complex business transactions associated with growth. He is connected with inventors and early stage companies on a growth curve as well as the community of established entrepreneurs.
He has a talent for deal making. Mark has a resourceful way of bringing clients and others together to initiate productive deals, many which extend beyond Canada to the US, the Arab Emirates and China. With his extensive multinational business contacts, Mark acts an intermediary for licensing Canadian talent and inventions to foreign countries.
Additionally, he assists individuals and corporations in buying or selling businesses, business divisions or significant assets. Mark helps clients create and structure businesses, particularly dealing with relationships between owners, commercial relationships, financing and outsourcing. When the business or a specific relationship deteriorates, Mark advises on the best course of action for recovery.
Mark’s real estate work covers the purchase, sale, leasing and financing of commercial and industrial properties, co-operative, co-ownership, subdivision development and multi-unit residential buildings with both public and private sectors clients. He acts for a number of prominent investors and real estate developers, insurers, lenders and owners in Canada and abroad.
Mark is considered one of the foremost lawyers in Canada involved in condominium conversions and is skilled in the process of new build developments as well as management and corporate governance once the condominium is established. Across Ontario, Mark has helped communities across Ontario transform unused warehouses, factories, office buildings and even hospitals, schools and religious buildings into residences or commercial and industrial workspaces. Mark has also a keen interest in elderly housing and condominium development for the aging population
Mark brings an insider’s view of business to his practice. Before receiving a law degree from Dalhousie Law School, now called the Schulich Law School, he started and ran several ventures including a successful telecommunications company.
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