Claude Gendron's fields of specialization are real estate, infrastructure, public-private partnerships and financing. He was named Real Estate Lawyer of the Year 2010 (Montreal) by The Best Lawyers in Canada.
Having started his career with one of the major Canadian banks, his main clients are major real estate developers and investors, financial institutions, pension funds and governmental agencies.
In real estate matters, Mr. Gendron was involved in many major real estate transactions in downtown Montréal, such as the sale and/or acquisition of the Stock Exchange Tower, Place Bonaventure, the Multimedia City, the 1000 De La Gauchetière, the 2020 University, Westmount Square, the Windsor, the 1200 McGill College, Place Dupuis and Place Air Canada. He also participated in several sales and acquisitions of industrial and commercial property portfolios, and played an active role in the development and financing of numerous office, multi-residential and infrastructure projects, such as the Quartier DIX30 Life Style shopping centre, the 900 de Maisonneuve (under development), the Montréal Headquarters of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Montréal International District, the Head Office of the FTQ and the Uniprix Tennis Stadium.
In the infrastructure and public-private partnership sector, Mr. Gendron is the lead external legal counsel to Infrastructure Quebec for the realization of the new Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and the McGill University Health Centre (a more than $3 billion project currently under development) and also for the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre modernization project.
Mr. Gendron also participated in many important national and cross-border financings, either for lenders or borrowers, namely to Bombardier, Cirque du Soleil, Air Canada, Quebecor World, the Yellow Pages Group and SITQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec).
Honours and Awards
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Featured for his real estate experience in "Guide to the World's Leading Real Estate Lawyers" (2010-2011) published by The Legal Media Group/Euromoney Publications
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Featured in "The Best Lawyers in Canada" directory in the banking and real estate sectors (2006-2012 editions) and as the 2010 "Real Estate Lawyer of the Year (Montreal)"
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Featured in the 2011 edition of the "Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada" published by the American Lawyer Media in conjunction with LEXPERT
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Featured in the "Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory" (2011)
Membership/Affiliations
- Member, Urban Development Institute of Québec