Manuel A. Martins
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Partner at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 1996
- Languages
- English
Business & Corporate LawBusiness & Corporate LawAbout Manuel A. Martins
Manuel A. Martins is a partner in Gowling WLG's Waterloo Region office, and real estate sits at the centre of the practice: buying and selling property, leasing, subdivisions, condominiums, land development and limited partnership structures. Owners, investors and lenders come to Martins regularly for strategic business advice, and for the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements that are complex or out of the ordinary.
The work isn't confined to property, though. On the financing side, Martins represents both lenders and borrowers, mainly in commercial financings and secured transactions. Corporate commercial files round things out, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and share and asset deals, and Martins has helped clients with cross-border transactions involving the UK, the US, the European Union, Mexico and China.
Martins earned an LLB at the University of Ottawa and was called to the Ontario bar in 1996. Within the firm, Martins once led the Canadian Real Estate Practice Group and still belongs to it, was the founding editor of its Real Estate & Urban Development newsletter, and sits on the executive committee of the Financial Services Industry Group. Martins also served on Gowling WLG Canada's Board of Trustees.
Born in Portugal, Martins lived in Cambridge before moving to Kitchener, and has served on several community boards across the region. Most recently, that's meant being named Vice Chair of the Waterloo Region Community Foundation's board.
Practice areas
Real estate transactions
Purchases and sales, leasing, subdivisions, condominiums, land development and limited partnership structures. Martins advises owners, investors and lenders and negotiates the commercial agreements behind these deals.
Commercial lending
Acting for lenders and for borrowers, with most of the work in commercial financings and secured transactions.
Corporate commercial and cross-border deals
Mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and share and asset transactions, including cross-border matters touching the UK, the US, the European Union, Mexico and China.
Education & credentials
- LLB, University of Ottawa (1994)
- BA, Political Science, University of Toronto (1991)
- Called to the Ontario bar (1996)
Memberships & affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association: Martins is a member of the Canadian Bar Association.
In the community
- Named Vice Chair of the board of the Waterloo Region Community Foundation.
- Has served as a director of the Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation.
- Has served as a director of the Waterloo Region Catholic Schools Foundation.
- Past board member of Skills Canada (Ontario) and of the United Way of Cambridge and North Dumfries.
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