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)