Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Practice covers a full range of transactions, including leasing, acquisitions, development and financing. Acts for both large and small developers, pension funds and financial institutions. Practice also includes insolvency and realisation work related to real property.
Commercial real estate practice covers all aspects of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, large and mid-scale secured construction and term financing, securitizations, construction contracts, asset management and development agreements, joint ventures, operating contracts, leasing and licensing. Recent transactions include acting for lenders in respect of large-scale bond and other forms of financings relating to office, retail and industrial complexes, condominium and hotel developments, entertainment and gaming facilities, timberland operations and multi-asset pool senior and mezzanine lending.
Silvana has 31 years of commercial real estate experience. She has worked on a wide variety of transactions, with an emphasis on real estate financings, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate properties, receivership sales, security enforcement and restructurings. Silvana is committed to providing clients with timely, high-quality service and strives to provide practical, effective advice to help achieve the client's goal. Silvana has written numerous articles on real estate matters, including loans to joint ventures, due diligence in real estate financings and tendering in an electronic registration environment.
Thomas is Co-Practice Group Leader of the Real Estate group. He is a trusted adviser to pension funds and institutional and private investors in the acquisition and disposition of real property and mortgage portfolios. He has been active in the privatization and disposition of government assets throughout Canada. He has structured real estate joint ventures and partnerships and placed financing secured by real estate on behalf of both individuals and institutions.
Rising Stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Andy’s deep real estate knowledge and insight into the energy and infrastructure industries help inform and guide clients in their most important and complex real estate projects and transactions.Andy’s practice focuses on commercial real estate law, with an emphasis on energy projects, infrastructure and public-private partnerships. Andy acts regularly on behalf of developers, consortiums, lending syndicates and government authorities on project construction, development and financing, as well as acquisitions and dispositions. He also has experience advising on the real estate components of M&A transactions, REITs and other securities law matters.
Partner and leader of our Real Property and Planning Group in Vancouver. He advises clients in a number of different industries on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, development, structuring, leasing and financing.
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Garth focuses on the acquisition, development and financing of commercial real estate and infrastructure projects. He advises numerous Canadian and foreign-based institutional clients, including banks, pension funds, life insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, utility companies and Crown corporations, in connection with the acquisition, disposition, leasing and financing of their commercial and industrial properties. Garth is qualified as an expert witness in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta regarding solicitors’ standard of conduct in real estate transactions. For his infrastructure practice, Garth assists clients in structuring major design-build-finance-operate projects in the transportation sector as public-private partnerships, and on the real estate and construction aspects of various energy-related infrastructure projects.
Partner in the Real Property and Planning Group in Montréal. Practice focuses on real estate acquisitions, real estate financings, property development, commercial leasing, and joint venture transactions. Regularly represents financial institutions and public and private companies in the multi-residential, retail and hotel industries, and for development work. Acting on major transactions for purchasers, lenders and developers of residential and mixed-use projects, including on projects involving vertical subdivisions and co-ownership.
Partner in the firm’s Toronto office. Practice focuses on private equity structuring, pension fund structuring, limited partnerships, joint ventures, and commercial real estate, including acquisitions, sale and leaseback transactions, financings, and property development. A significant portion of his practice is devoted to serving the pension fund industry and private equity real estate sector. Has been engaged by a range of private equity funds, pension funds, and pension fund managers in private equity fund structures, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and asset management advice. In the last 15 years, has acted for real estate fund promoters in structuring, marketing, and closing multiple open and closed-ended funds across varying asset classes, which have attracted investment from investors of all sizes and types, and then in deploying funds raised in real estate projects.
John works on acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing, development, condominium and leasing transactions involving major Canadian commercial real properties, including many of the country's most prominent retail, office and industrial developments. He is particularly experienced in helping U.S. and European clients and lawyers understand the legal and practical differences in conducting real estate transactions in Canada. John is Co-Practice Group Leader of the Firm's Real Estate Group, made up of approximately 40 lawyers.
Daniel's practice encompasses all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development and financing. He is regularly consulted by both foreign and domestic real estate investors and represents several banks/financial institutions and borrowers on real estate financing transactions. Daniel also acts for clients in the renewable energy and hospitality industries and has experience with developing, buying, selling and financing renewable energy projects (including solar and wind farms) and hotels.
Practice focuses on commercial real estate including acquisitions and dispositions of all asset classes; commercial leasing including, new project first occupancies, ground lease and sale lease back transactions; borrower and lender side financing transactions, including securitization/ bond financings; real estate development projects including condominium and subdivision development. Extensive experience in the structure and implementation of real estate joint ventures, co-ownerships and other multi-ownership structures. Represents pension funds, REITs, developers, government agencies, financial institutions, public and private real estate managers, and life insurance companies.
A leading real estate lawyer, Graham brings decades of experience helping clients navigate the real estate industry through business-minded counsel focused on optimal opportunities and outcomes for clients.Co-head of Torys’ Commercial Real Estate Practice, Graham is known for his extensive experience in commercial real estate and infrastructure transactions, including real estate joint ventures, acquisitions, divestitures, project finance, development, leasing, construction and secured lending.Graham regularly acts for public and private businesses in some of their most complex and transformational real estate transactions. He brings market insight and real estate experience through his longstanding work in the seniors housing, retail, office and hospitality sectors.
