Ira Barkin

Ira Barkin is a partner and co-heads the Real Estate Group at Goodmans.

Ira plays a leading role in large acquisition, financing, development, restructuring and securitization transactions. His real estate background includes extensive experience in seniors housing, commercial leasing, clean energy land development and telecommunications financing.

Major public and private companies, pension funds and governmental entities rely upon Ira’s advice in connection with sophisticated real estate joint ventures, mixed-use land development and capital market transactions.

Ira is recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Canada for real estate, Best Lawyers in Canada for real estate, commercial leasing law, and health care law, The Legal 500 Canada for real estate and construction, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for real estate - property development, real estate - commercial leasing, and project finance, and featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Energy and in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure.

He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Bar Association and Ontario Bar Association.

Ira has published articles and has lectured at the Annual Seniors Housing Forum, the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Solar Summit and Expo. Ira is also a contributor to The Canadian REIT Handbook, published by the Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac).