DLA Piper Canada welcomes Partner Nikolas Blanchette
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is pleased to announce that Nikolas Blanchette has joined the firm as a partner and head of the Real Estate Group in our Montreal office. Nikolas practises real estate, commercial and contract litigation, including expropriations. He is a seasoned litigator, having pleaded before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Quebec Court of Appeal and trial courts and tribunals, including the Tribunal administratif du Québec.
Nikolas has extensive experience with expropriation, development and infrastructure, municipal taxation, environmental regulations, commercial leasing, regulatory and administrative issues, and municipal law. He has distinguished himself over the course of several high-value litigation disputes, expropriation matters, and complex transactions.
Nikolas also provides strategic advice in commercial real estate transactions in various asset classes. Clients value his pragmatic approach to risk management, particularly in complex transactions that include brownfields liability.
With a deep understanding of real estate and expropriation law, Nikolas frequently delivers lectures and conferences on the subject. He has authored over 30 publications in real estate, contracts and expropriation, and is often cited by the Québec Courts.
“With his industry knowledge and unparalleled background in complex real estate disputes, Nikolas will add tremendous value to our real estate and litigation groups, said Robert Seidel, K.C., Canada Managing Partner. “We are happy to count Nikolas as part of the growing DLA Piper team in Montreal and look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration.”
