Background

Sybil Johnson-Abbott is a Partner at our Ottawa office. Sybil was called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario in 2002 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 2001 from McGill University. She also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Literature with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan. Sybil is a member of the Ottawa Commercial Real Estate and Commercial Lending Groups. Sybil is conversant in French.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Real Estate and Lending

Professional Experience

• Sybil’s work experience includes:
  • Acting on purchase and sales transactions (commercial, residential, condominium and rural)
  • Negotiating and drafting agreements of purchase and sale
  • Municipal related real estate, including expropriation matters, land development, subdivision and site plan agreements and applications for severance
  • Drafting easement agreements
  • Secured lending and mortgage enforcement
  • Commercial leasing
  • Providing title opinions
  • Acting on asset purchase transactions

Professional and Community Activities

• Member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member of the Young Lawyers Division – Canadian Bar Association - Ontario
• Member of Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Ottawa
• Member of County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA)