Municipal Commercial Transactions & Contracting

MUNICIPAL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS & CONTRACTING
Municipalities across Alberta seek Brownlee’s advice when they undertake complex transactions and projects, including:

the negotiating and drafting of operating agreements, supply agreements and management agreements
borrowing and lending
the creation of municipal corporations and other entities
purchase, sale, lease, subdivision and development of land
public private partnerships
grant programs and grant agreements
software and intellectual property licensing

MUNICIPAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Much of what municipalities do involves the real estate they own and maintain. Brownlee helps ensure municipalities meet their obligations by utilizing the expertise of practitioners with a breadth of experience in many different areas of municipal real estate services. Our areas of experience include:

the preparation of purchase and sale agreements
the subdivision and sale of lands
land acquisitions and sales
road acquisitions and sales
leasing
licensing
restricted covenants
utility rights of way
conservation agreements
access agreements
gravel leases
road closures

A LEADING ADVISOR FOR MUNICIPALITIES
Brownlee’s long-time clients have learned to call us early in any process. The earlier we are contacted, the more thoughtfully and efficiently we are able to guide clients through the options available to them. This allows us to successfully narrow these options down to the ones with the best possible outcomes.

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