Brian D. Rogers K.C.

Counsel

Phone:403.254.3867Email:brogers@mcleod-law.comOffice:Downtown

Assistant

Cecilia Brandao

Phone:403.873.3713Email:cbrandao@mcleod-law.com

Practice Areas

Residential Real Estate Business Law Commercial Real Estate Construction, Development & Infrastructure

Brian D. RogersCounsel

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My goal is to provide strategic legal advice with a thoughtful and constructive approach.

Brian has extensive experience with all types of Real Estate properties and projects, including:

Financing
Leasing
Development
Acquisition
Disposition

He has worked with residential, commercial, industrial and infrastructure, and represented clients as both lead negotiator and legal counsel, including negotiations for, and on behalf of, the Province of Alberta.

Brian continues to be engaged in pro bono legal work for select clients, civic authorities, charitable and religious foundations, and organizations.

Brian is recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada for work in Real Estate and Commercial Leasing Law. Clients have highly recommended Brian on Martindale-Hubbell.com and Canadian-Lawyers.ca with a rating of 5 out of 5 (“Gold” rating).

Education

1973 University of Alberta, LLB

1970 University of Calgary, BA

Admission

1974 Alberta

Client Testimonial HighLight

What clients are saying

As a former MLA and Minister for the Province of Alberta, I highly value Brian’s contributions as a member of the Alberta Cancer Board and as a Trustee of the Alberta Cancer Board Foundation. Brian provided strategic and legal expertise, highly successful negotiations to reduce pharmaceutical costs, and support for the Compassionate Drug Program. He also provided exceptional legal advice and negot...
Martindale-Hubbell, Client Review
Brian became President of our family foundation in 1993, served until 2006, and remains an active board member today. His commitment and expertise have been extremely valuable, and his pro bono service exemplary. His contributions to legal matters and assessing grant allocations have been significant.
Martindale-Hubbell, Client Review
Brian is an excellent lawyer with encyclopedic knowledge of real estate law and a strong understanding of business principles in the commercial real estate sphere. This allows him to provide sage advice that helps us make more informed and better decisions in our property management and investment business.
Martindale-Hubbell, Client Review
He has a real-world and excellent grasp of both legal and business issues. He has excellent interpersonal relations with other lawyers, and when a file gets tough, Brian solves the problems.
Martindale-Hubbell, Client Review
Brian is well versed in land development, conveyancing, and commercial transactions, and is a superb, patient, and respected negotiator. He acted as lead legal counsel on the 370-acre, $1.2B Eagle Ridge Project, dealing with regulators and the Province of Alberta and solving complex issues as they arose. He was excellent in that role. Highly recommend.
Martindale-Hubbell, Client Review
Brian Rogers is everything you want in a business and real estate lawyer. He is extremely skilled and experienced in land development and real estate law, and I have worked with Brian over the last 30 years on several successful land development projects in Edmonton and Calgary.
Martindale-Hubbell, Client Review
Under the leadership of S. (Rishi) Chakraborty and Laura Wynnyk, and with strategic counsel from Brian Rogers, McLeod Law provided insightful advice that extended beyond the transactional details. Their holistic approach ensured that our family office's unique needs and long-term goals were always a priority. Their ability to seamlessly see the big picture around regulatory approvals, shareholder...
Naim AliCEO of SM2 Holdings

Brian has acted as counsel for the purchase and sale of various businesses with many types of ownership structures, including co-ownership, joint ventures, and limited partnerships. His representative experience includes acting for private and public corporations, from land developers and investors, pension funds, national insurance corporations, hospitality corporations, educational institutions, public school boards, tribal councils, religious institutions to government agencies and authorities.

Counsel to Centron Group in the 370 Acre $1.2 Billion Eagle Ridge Project, including development of both commercial and 2,780 residential units.
Counsel to the Province of Alberta in the $1.42 Billion Southwest Calgary Ring Road project (SWCRR).
Counsel for the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council for the development of the St. Eugene Mission Project in Cranbrook, British Columbia. This was an award-winning project that resulted in the transformation of a residential school into a hotel, golf course and casino development project.
Negotiations with the City of Calgary and the Federal Government regarding acquisitions and dispositions of public and private lands.
Counsel to private and public corporations in commercial, residential and industrial developments regarding land assemblies, granting of public reserves, easements and road agreements, and related negotiations with the City of Calgary and other municipal and provincial regulatory agencies.
Counsel to various developers in the Garrison Woods project developed involving extensive negotiations concerning the acquisition residential and commercial sites from Canada Lands.
Counsel to various public and private corporations in real estate matters inclusive of negotiations regarding the acquisition and disposition of real estate properties and the structuring of financing and related securities in the Province of Alberta.
Counsel to public school boards in the acquisition of new school sites.
Counsel to various hospitality corporations in the negotiation of land agreements, licensing matters, lease agreements and international contracts.
Counsel for an accredited Olympic hospitality company including negotiating memorandums of understanding, purchase agreements and other operating and hospitality agreements.
Counsel to the Ismaili community in regard to the acquisition, financing and operation of the ismaili Community Centre and Jamatkhana.
Counsel to the Temple B'nai Tikvah in a shared use agreement with the United Church and structuring a memorandum of understanding and completion of the site acquisition.
Counsel to a seniors' care facilities owner and operator in regard to its acquisitions, financing and operations.