Joseph Berta

Background

About Joseph Berta

As a solicitor in our corporate-commercial group, Joe assists a wide array of clients with their business law needs. Joe’s clients include individuals starting out in the business world, family-owned operations, and mid-sized businesses. Joe regularly works with realtors, brokers, accountants, and bankers, to ensure that his clients’ particular interests are properly addressed. Joe’s areas of practice include: Commercial Law Incorporations Reorganizations and amalgamations Drafting, negotiation, and review of legal contracts Buying and Selling a Business Negotiation, drafting and review of letters of intent and purchase and sale agreements (asset and share transactions) Related financings including vendor takeback financing Real Estate Acting for buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate, including farms, shopping centres, and multi-tenant buildings Drafting and negotiation of commercial leases (on behalf of the landlord or tenant), assignments of lease, and subleases Commercial Lending/Borrowing Acting for institutional lenders and commercial borrowers for commercial financings Corporate Reorganizations Reorganizations, amalgamations, s. 85 agreements, and other tax-driven transactions Representative Work Co-counsel on a complex business sale to a public company Representing landlord on the drafting of a contentious and complex commercial lease Representing purchaser of multi-acre multi-tenant commercial land in Surrey Representing vendor of multi-location franchised business You can reach Joe at jberta@mcquarrie.com