Benjamin Darryl Leith

Ben Leith* is a partner in the Real Estate & Development Group at Cassels. Ben’s practice focuses on real estate financings offering support to clients on a wide range of mortgage transactions including credit tenant financings, syndicated bank facilities, project financing and traditional mortgage lending. Ben has acted for a wide range of financial institutions on mid- and large-scale real estate lending transactions.

Over the course of his legal career, Ben has acted on credit facilities securing real and personal property, acquisition financings, asset-based loans, project financings, debt restructurings, high yield bond offerings and private equity investments. Prior to joining Cassels, Ben was Counsel in the Real Property & Planning Group at a national law firm, managing deal teams on debt financing transactions.

Ben graduated from the HBA/LL.B. concurrent degree program at the University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law and the Richard Ivey School of Business in 2007.

Ben has presented and written on various topics including the structure of secured lending transactions; real property and the PPSA, credit agreements and legal opinions. Selected publications include: