Background
David Mydske is a real estate partner at our Vancouver office. Mr. Mydske was admitted to the British Columbia bar in 1977. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Laws in 1976 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1973.
Areas of Practice
- Mr. Mydske practices in the areas of real estate, purchase and sale, leasing, development and financing, joint ventures, and expropriation.
Professional Experience
- Practice focused in real estate law, with an emphasis on the purchase, sale, development, leasing and financing of retail, office, industrial and residential properties and real estate joint ventures. Also expertise in expropriation of real property.
- National Leader of the firm's commercial real estate practice group.
- Experienced in the practice area, having written and spoken on topics such as real estate development, real estate financing, equity financing and participation mortgages, real estate joint ventures, drafting real estate contracts and providing effective representation in large commercial real estate transactions.
Professional and Community Activities
- Member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC), and the Mortgage Investment Association of British Columbia.
- Guest lecturer at UBC Law School on Real Property Law.
- Listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading lawyer consistently recommended in the area of Property Development (Real Estate; Finance and Development; Land Use Planning/Municipal) and repeatedly recommended in the area of Property Leasing; named in the LEXPERT/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; listed by The National Post as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada in Real Estate Law.li>
