Marc-André Godin Partner, Lawyer

Marc-André Godin Partner, Lawyer

Bureau

  • Montréal

Phone number

514 878-4513

Bar Admission

  • Québec, 2007

Languages

  • English
  • French

Profile

Marc-André Godin practices commercial law, with specific expertise in real estate, investments, commercial leases, procurement and general commercial law, in particular:

  • Real estate development
  • Purchase/sale of commercial real estate properties
  • Commercial offers/leases, licensing agreements
  • Financing
  • Franchises
  • Distribution agreements
  • Calls for tenders
  • Other commercial contracts

Marc-André has been involved in a number of major transactions over the course of his career, including due diligence mandates with environmental, commercial and real estate components. He also advises clients on their business needs and internal strategies.

Marc-André has served as an in-house legal advisor to institutional clients, as well as to a real estate venture capital fund. He also worked as a legal advisor to a federal Crown corporation and a national commercial brokerage firm, supporting their needs in the areas of commercial and real estate law.

 

Representative mandates

  • Represented a sports institute in connection with its occupancy agreement at Montreal’s Olympic Park.
  • Multiple investment projects and real estate partnerships in connection with a labour-sponsored real estate venture capital fund.
  • Expert in connection with the analysis of bidders’ proposals for a major real estate project involving a federal Crown corporation and legal consultant in charge of real estate acquisitions and dispositions at the national level.
  • Represented a purchaser in connection with the acquisition of a video game development company.
  • Represented lenders in connection with the financing of renewable energy companies.
  • Represented the vendor in connection with the sale of a hydroelectric site on the Quebec-Ontario border.
  • Represented the developer/landlord for various phases of the largest shopping centre on Montreal’s South Shore.
  • Represented the purchaser in connection with the sale of Ogilvy House in downtown Montreal.

Boards and Professional Affiliations

  • Director of donations and sponsorships for Let’s Bond, a group of young professionals organizing benefit events for the Jeunes en tête Foundation and the Douglas Institute Foundation
  1. Lavery welcomes a new partner to the Business Law group

    Lavery is very pleased to welcome Marc-André Godin as a partner in the Business Law group at our Montreal office, more specifically as a member of our Real Estate Law team. Mr. Godin’s main areas of practice include real estate, investments, commercial leasing, procurement and general commercial law. Over the course of his career, Mr. Godin has worked for various private companies and law firms. He has also been involved in a number of major transactions, including due diligence mandates with environmental, commercial and real estate components. Mr. Godin previously served as an in-house legal advisor to institutional clients, as well as to a real estate venture capital fund. He also worked as a legal advisor to a federal Crown corporation and a national commercial brokerage firm, supporting their needs in the areas of commercial and real estate law. Mr. Godin is deeply committed to the well-being of Quebec’s youth. Since 2014, he has served as director of donations and sponsorships for Let’s Bond, a group of young professionals organizing benefit events for the Jeunes en Tête Foundation and the Douglas Institute Foundation. “I am eagerly looking forward to joining the Lavery team, whose reputation for excellence extends across Quebec as well as internationally. Thanks to its multi-disciplinary nature and in-house collaboration, the firm helps companies doing business in Quebec to realize their ambitions, whether that means achieving growth, managing risks, optimizing assets or protecting and defending their interests. The core values upheld by the firm’s members convinced me to pursue my career here,” said Mr. Godin.

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