Mistrale Lepage-Chouinard

Partner

Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2021
Admitted to the British Columbia Bar: 2018
Admitted to the Quebec Bar: 2012

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  • Bio
  • Awards & Recognition
  • Representative Matters
  • Insights
  • Education

Clients trust Mistrale with their most important real estate matters because of her expertise, her pragmatic approach and her business acumen. Mistrale enjoys the tangible, long-term impacts of working in real estate, as well as providing solution-oriented advice to assist her clients in making the best decisions for their projects.

Mistrale is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Group. Her practice focuses primarily on Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia commercial real estate, specifically acquisition and construction financing, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and joint-ventures. Her real estate experience includes acting for lenders and borrowers, vendors and purchasers, landlords and tenants, as well as REITs and other companies with large real estate portfolios.

Mistrale has additional experience working on domestic and cross-border lending transactions, including syndicated credit facilities, senior and subordinated/mezzanine financings, asset-based lending, CMBS and project financing. She has represented both lenders and borrowers in a range of industries, including real estate development, technology, energy, retail and manufacturing.

Other Languages

French

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in the field of Real Estate Law

Representative Matters

Acted as Canadian counsel to Kuehne+Nagel with respect to its acquisition of Farrow, a Canadian customs brokerage, transportation and logistics business.

Represented Terminus Capital Partners, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of actionable insights software platform, Voxco. 

Represented Zoeller Company in connection with its acquisition of Burke Water Systems Manufacturing Inc. / Burke Manufacture De Systѐmes A Eau Inc. and Bur-Cam Pumps Inc. / Les Pompes Bur-Cam Inc.

Represented Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Ltd. and its joint venture partners in the $185.5 million acquisition of a two-tower, 605-apartment property at 2–4 Hanover Road in Brampton, Ontario.

Represented Forest Gate Advisors Inc., a real estate private equity, private debt and advisory investment firm, in the acquisition of 9960 Bayview Avenue, a Richmond Hill, Ontario based property comprising 56 apartment units.

Represented Forest Gate Advisors Inc., a real estate private equity, private debt and advisory investment firm, in the acquisition of 150 Colborne Avenue, a Richmond Hill, Ontario based property comprising 52 apartment units.

Represented Forest Gate Advisors Inc., a real estate private equity, private debt and advisory investment firm, in the acquisition of 72 First Street, an Orangeville, Ontario based property comprising 33 apartment units.

Represented Forest Gate Advisors Inc., a real estate private equity, private debt and advisory investment firm, in the acquisition of 135 Atherley Road, an Orillia, Ontario based property comprising 43 apartment units.

Represented Forest Gate Advisors Inc., a real estate private equity, private debt and advisory investment firm, in the acquisition of 290-292 The Kingsway, a Toronto based property comprising 43 apartment units.

Represented Forest Gate Advisors Inc., a real estate private equity, private debt and advisory investment firm, in the acquisition of 1698 Victoria Park Avenue, a Toronto based property comprising 52 apartment units.

Acts on a regular basis for Schedule I banks and asset-based lenders with respect to their secured lending facilities.

Legal counsel to MediPharm Labs Corp. (TSX:LABS) in its acquisition of VIVO Cannabis Inc. 

Acted as Ontario and Quebec counsel to Gillfor Distribution Inc. in connection with the acquisition and financing of AFA Forest Products Inc., a leading and long-standing distributor for building products in Canada.

Acted as Ontario counsel to Premier Parks LLC in connection with EPR Properties’ US$142 million acquisition of the Village Vacances Valcartier resort and hotel in Quebec City and Calypso Waterpark in Ottawa, Ontario, and the simultaneous leasing of the properties to Premier Parks.

Represented Forest Gate Advisors Inc., a real estate private equity, private debt and advisory investment firm, in the acquisition of 189 Cedarvale Avenue and 4875 Dundas Street West, two Toronto-based properties collectively comprising 134 apartment units.

Education

  • LLM, Université de Montréal, 2012
  • JD, Université de Montréal, 2011
  • Certificate - Chinese Law, China University of Political Science and Law, 2011
  • LLB Université de Montréal, 2010