Best Lawyers in Canada for Real Estate Law
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Zack is a business lawyer who maintains a broad corporate practice with a focus on real property transactions. Zack’s experience includes working as counsel on asset and share transactions, lending transactions (for both lender and borrower clients), mergers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and similar matters. His experience includes drafting and reviewing purchase agreements, financing and mortgage documents, shareholders’ agreements, co-ownership agreements, leases, e...
Karoline Clarke is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Karoline, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Karoline is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Christine Duguay is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Leasing Law and Real Estate Law. Christine, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christine is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Melinda Tomlinson is an associate in Miller Thomson's real estate group. Her practice focuses primarily on commercial real estate, including purchase and sale transactions, financing, and leasing. She also maintains a general corporate and commercial law practice. Melinda has developed a strong focus on real estate financing and has routinely acted for both lenders and borrowers on a range of commercial and residential finance transactions. She has extensive experience in the area of private ...
Emma-Lee Kramer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Emma-Lee, who practices law in Edmonton, Alberta, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Emma-Lee is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Steven Brassard is a lawyer in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team at our Quebec City office. In recent years, he has worked on numerous commercial and corporate law matters, including disputes between shareholders, remedies for oppression and rectification of abuse of power or iniquity. He also had the opportunity to represent clients in litigation involving construction contracts. His field of practice leads him to regularly plead before the various courts. He is particularly experie...
Anthony D'Angelo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Anthony, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Anthony is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Kirsty Strong is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Kirsty, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kirsty is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Liam Oster is an associate practising in our real estate team and business law group. He represents a wide range of clients, and has particular experience with commercial leasing, hotel and shopping centre management, and specialty consumer product regulations, including cannabis, vaporizer and nutraceutical products. Liam has represented commercial property owners in a wide variety of transactions, including acquisition, sale, financing, leasing and operation of various hotel and shopping-ce...
Adriel’s corporate and commercial work consists of purchase and sale transactions, real property conveyancing, commercial leasing, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions. He has represented parties on both sides of these transactions and has experience advising a range of clients, including individuals, sole proprietors, non-profit organizations, lending institutions, and corporations.
Andrea Wong is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Andrea, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Andrea is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Winkie Chan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Winkie, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Winkie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Emma is a real estate lawyer with a wide range of experience, including major projects and financings, infrastructure development, acquisitions and dispositions, partnerships, subdivisions, real estate development and leasing. Her clients primarily include First Nations, developers and lenders. A particular focus of Emma’s practice lies on aboriginal law matters and development of reserve and treaty lands. She is experienced in advising First Nations, developers and lenders on leases an...
Associate | Commercial Leasing Allison applies a client-focused and business-minded approach to her law practice, which includes acting for commercial retail, office and industrial landlords and tenants in a variety of leasing matters. Allison was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2019. Allison is a graduate of the dual law and business program (HBA/JD) offered by the Richard Ivey School of Business and Western Law. Allison graduated in the top 10% of her graduating class and was awarded the De...
Josh’s practice primarily focuses on advising owner operated businesses on tax and corporate matters. As part of that focus, Josh represents many physicians and dentists and their professional corporations. He is experienced in working with clients, their accountants, and other professional advisors on tax planning matters related to purchasing, structuring, and selling businesses as well as tax efficient estate planning.
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Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Our methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
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