Jeff H. Larson

Jeff has over 30 years of experience in real estate and lending and has worked in these areas as in-house counsel, as a sole practitioner, and as counsel to regional, national, and international law firms. Jeff has acted for all sizes of entities in the commercial real estate development field from one off in-fill builders to the largest privately held land developer/home builder in North America.

In the commercial banking world, he has acted for both lenders and borrowers in numerous and complex multi-million-dollar transactions, and over the past few years, Jeff has built up a unique niche practice in acting for both banks and First Nations in the emerging area of litigation financing.

Outside of work, Jeff is kept busy by both coaching for, and acting as the Vice President of, the Calwest Basketball Association. When not on or around the court, he loves spending time with his family in the summer at his cabin sitting by a fire or waterskiing and in the winter skiing at Sunshine Village and watching hockey. He is also a past President of the University of Calgary Alumni Association and a former member of the University of Calgary Senate.

EXPERIENCE

• Lead counsel for a major international land developer in the purchase of over 1000 acres of land in and around Calgary worth well over $200 million;

• Lead counsel for a major Alberta land developer in a $57 million development financing;

• Part of the team that represented major international commercial developer in a $1 billion debenture financing;

• Lead counsel for banks and credit unions and for First Nations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and British Columbia First Nation on multi-million-dollar loans to finance land claim litigation against the Crown;

• Sole counsel for a major Alberta land developer in the consolidation of undivided interest titles to over 2000 acres in and around Calgary.

• Founder and director of mutual fund trust entity that raised over $58 million and purchased 1400 condo units in Arizona, Florida and Nevada that sold for $160 million

• Part of the team that represented an international waste and environmental services company in a $475 million financing.

• Represented buyers and sellers in well over 5,000 residential transactions.