Overview
Nizar Dahrouge is an experienced and practical business lawyer advising entrepreneurs and corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, business structuring, financing, and commercial agreements with suppliers, distributors and customers.
Nizar also has a great deal of experience in real estate transactions including acquisitions, sales, financing, and leasing. Nizar has worked on and structured highly complex purchase and sale transactions with sophisticated parties and significant deal values.
Prior to joining the firm, Nizar obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Alberta, and his Bachelor of Commerce from Grant MacEwan University. In the time between his Bachelor of Commerce degree and commencing legal studies, Nizar worked as President and Treasurer for a non-profit organization.
Professional achievements & leadership
- Best Lawyers in Canada, Real Estate Law, 2025
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024
Thought leadership
- Co-author, “COVID-19: A relief resource for commercial tenants and landlords across Canada,” Real Estate Report Communiqué, April 9, 2020
Community involvement
- Head Coach, EMSA Soccer, 2012-2014
- Student Legal Services, 2015-2016
- Pro Bono Tax Advocacy Project, 2016-2017
Professional memberships
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
Bar admissions & education
- Alberta, 2018
- J.D., University of Alberta, 2017
- B.Comm., Grant MacEwan University, 2012
