Ranking tables
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use | Canada
Ontario
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
- Aird & Berlis LLP 7 Years Ranked
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 7 Years Ranked
- Goodmans LLP 7 Years Ranked
- Davies Howe Partners LLP
Band 2
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP 6 Years Ranked
- Stikeman Elliott LLP 6 Years Ranked
- WeirFoulds LLP 7 Years Ranked
- Kagan Shastri DeMelo Winer Park LLP
Band 3
- Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP 3 Years Ranked
- McCarthy Tétrault LLP 4 Years Ranked
- Overland LLP
- Soloway Wright
Senior Statespeople
- Leo Longo Aird & Berlis LLP5 Years Ranked
- N Jane Pepino Aird & Berlis LLP7 Years Ranked
- Roslyn Houser Goodmans LLP7 Years Ranked
- Patrick DevineKagan Shastri DeMelo Winer Park LLP
Eminent Practitioners
Band 1
- Calvin Lantz Stikeman Elliott LLP7 Years Ranked
- David Bronskill Goodmans LLP7 Years Ranked
- Pitman Patterson Borden Ladner Gervais LLP7 Years Ranked
- Ira KaganKagan Shastri DeMelo Winer Park LLP
Band 2
- Chris Barnett Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP5 Years Ranked
- Cynthia Macdougall McCarthy Tétrault LLP4 Years Ranked
- Michael Polowin Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP7 Years Ranked
- Signe Leisk Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP7 Years Ranked
- Mark FlowersDavies Howe Partners LLP
- Scott SniderTurkstra Mazza
- Susan RosenthalDavies Howe Partners LLP
Band 3
- Bruce Engell WeirFoulds LLP4 Years Ranked
- Eileen Costello Aird & Berlis LLP5 Years Ranked
- Robert Howe Goodmans LLP6 Years Ranked
- Tara Piurko Miller Thomson LLP3 Years Ranked
- Tom Halinski Aird & Berlis LLP3 Years Ranked
- Jason ParkKagan Shastri DeMelo Winer Park LLP
- Kim MullinWood Bull LLP
Band 4
- Denise Baker WeirFoulds LLP1 Years Ranked
- Ian Andres Goodmans LLP6 Years Ranked
- John Dawson McCarthy Tétrault LLP2 Years Ranked
- Katarzyna Sliwa Dentons Canada LLP2 Years Ranked
- Patrick Duffy Stikeman Elliott LLP9 Years Ranked
- Raivo Uukkivi Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP6 Years Ranked
- Quinto AnnibaleLoopstra Nixon LLP
Up and Coming
- Andrew Jeanrie Bennett Jones LLP3 Years Ranked
- Isaac Tang Borden Ladner Gervais LLP2 Years Ranked
- Amber StewartAmber Stewart Law
- Christopher TanzolaOverland LLP
- Daniel ArtenosiOverland LLP
- Jennifer MeaderTurkstra Mazza
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Aird & Berlis LLPReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use2024 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedAird & Berlis is a stalwart Toronto law firm with an eminent municipal and land use planning group, offering impressive expertise in planning, zoning and land development. The team has an enviable client roster consisting of municipalities, landowners and developers, and is frequently asked to negotiate development agreements, subdivisions and easements. It offers extensive experience of OLT hearings and appearances before other administrative boards, and is well placed to handle official plan appeals and by-law amendments. The firm is also well respected for its broad transactional real estate practice.1 Borden Ladner Gervais LLPReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use2024 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedBorden Ladner Gervais has a national real estate department with a significant footprint in Ontario. The team is especially well regarded for its prowess in municipal and land use planning, frequently assisting large municipalities with expropriations, OLT hearings and approvals. It is equally well versed in matters relating to infrastructure project development, as well as handling office, condominium and industrial mandates. The commercial real estate group serves major institutional clients and has notable experience of complex financing, M&A and leasings. The firm's notable clients also include funds, developers, portfolio managers and healthcare companies.1 Goodmans LLPReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use2024 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedGoodmans has a widely revered Ontario real estate practice, acclaimed for the breadth of its experience and prestigious client base. The firm assists public and private companies with significant transactions, including leasing and construction mandates, as well as large portfolio acquisitions and complex financings. It is frequently mandated on major hotel deals and represents an impressive roster of pension funds, asset managers, REITs and other institutional players. The group is also very well respected for its land use and municipal law expertise, regularly assisting developers with approvals and other land development matters in the City of Toronto and Greater Golden Horseshoe. Its clients in this area include government bodies, municipalities, major developers and advocacy groups.
Band 2
2 Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLPReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use2024 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedCassels Brock & Blackwell is a respected Toronto-based law firm with an impressive aptitude for real estate financing, including mortgage lending matters. The team offers extensive expertise assisting REITs, institutional investors and commercial lenders with transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions and commercial leasing mandates. It also regularly acts on joint venture developments and portfolio transactions, and is further equipped to advise on development approvals, subdivisions and other land use planning matters. The team acts for clients in an array of sectors, including energy, education and hospitality.2 Stikeman Elliott LLPReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use2024 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedStikeman Elliott is recognised for its impressive strength in managing large real estate transactions, including purchases, sales and financings. Its lawyers frequently assist clients entering into co-ownership and joint venture agreements, as well as demonstrating strong expertise in complex commercial leasing and sale-leasebacks. The team's experience covers a wide range of product types, including commercial, retail and mixed-use properties. It is further equipped to handle issues surrounding land development, including zoning approvals and official plan amendments. The group demonstrates notable experience in OLT hearings. Its clients include public and private companies and REITs.2 WeirFoulds LLPReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use2024 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedWeirFoulds has a skilled group with considerable experience acting for municipalities on significant expropriations and OLT appeals, in addition to its engagement on mid-market transactions in Ontario. The team acts for landowners and developers, providing advice and representation in connection with planning approvals and other development matters. It counsels clients on ownership structures and purchases and sales. The firm is highlighted for its visibility on leasing mandates.
Band 3
3 Gowling WLG (Canada) LLPReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use2024 | Band 3 | 3 Years RankedGowling WLG has a well-regarded real estate group with a strong track record in commercial leasing, as well as advising on acquisitions, developments and financings. The group is well equipped to handle broader real estate mandates, such as fund formation and advice on defaulted loans. The firm represents a number of international brands with regard to office and industrial real estate matters in Canada. The group has further capabilities with clients at the Ontario Court of Appeal and the OLT.3 McCarthy Tétrault LLPReal Estate: Zoning/Land Use2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedMcCarthy Tétrault is universally recognised as a real estate powerhouse in Toronto, offering the full suite of services to financial institutions, pension plans, REITs and large infrastructure developers. The team is admired for its expertise in leaseback transactions, substantial acquisitions and real estate fund formation work. It is also well regarded for its experience in construction and bond financing agreements, as well as large commercial developments. The group is frequently mandated on highly sophisticated transactions, assisting clients with portfolio acquisitions, infrastructure developments and co-ownerships. The firm additionally represents clients in obtaining rezoning and site plan approvals, including appearing before the OLT.