Practice Summary
Lou is the team leader for our real estate and private client practices. He has extensive experience advising private clients and businesses across a wide range of sectors, primarily servicing their commercial, real estate and estate planning needs. Lou advises on all aspects of real estate including the buying and selling, leasing and financing of commercial real property, and helps business with their general financing needs. He also advises clients on matters relating to acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructuring, inter-generational transfers and wealth and succession planning. In addition, he regularly provides expert counsel in implementing franchise systems through all stages of development, with a focus on the real estate components, in the restaurant and hotel sectors. He is co-trustee with corporate and individual trustees in administering family trust on behalf of his clients. Lou has worked with a wide range of clients throughout various industries including banks, biotechnology companies, and not-for-profit corporations in the health sciences field. Lou is a member and past president of the Hellenic Canadian Lawyers Association. He is a past commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Board of Trade. He currently sits as a director on the boards of various private companies.
Lou is proficient in Greek.
BAR ADMISSION
Ontario, 1982
EDUCATION
LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 1980
M.B.A. York University, specialty in Financial Analysis, 1981
More About Louis Alexopoulos
Practice Areas
- Real Estate and Commercial Leasing
- Private Client – Wealth and Succession Planning (Wills and Trusts) and Administration
- Private Equity Financing and Mergers and Acquisitions
- Franchisor Services – Focus on hotels and restaurants
- Corporate / Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions and Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Team Leader – Real Estate
- Team Leader – Private Client
Recognitions
Named “Legal Eagle” by Franchise Times Magazine (2014 – 2022)
Professional Associations
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Franchise Association
- International Franchise Association
- Hellenic Canadian Lawyers Association (President 1991-1993)
- Toronto Board of Trade (Board of Directors and Executive Committee – Past)
- Hellenic Canadian Board of Trade
- Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (past)
Selected Works
- Sits as a director on numerous private companies
- Acts as trustee for a number of family trusts with other co-trustees, both individual and institutional
- Acts as Estate Trustee for international clients
Blogs
SOTOS LLP BLOG January 5, 2022Big Changes to Estate Planning in Ontario Have Arrived
SOTOS LLP BLOG November 11, 2021New Ontario Tax Disclosure Obligations – Corporate Ownership Tracking Requirements for “Individuals with Significant Control”
SOTOS LLP BLOG January 10, 2012Is your wealth in private company investments? Consider multiple wills
SOTOS LLP BLOG November 3, 2011McNamee v. McNamee – Implications for “Gifts” in Estate Freeze Situations
SOTOS LLP BLOG September 21, 2008Financial statements and the disclosure document
Personal Statement
When not in the office, you will find me travelling the world (having already visited every continent) or exploring my surroundings and testing my endurance limits on my bicycle.