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About the role

  • Commercial Leasing Associate advising landlords, tenants and other Canadian property clients at WeirFoulds. Drafting, negotiating and reviewing sophisticated leases, assignments and related documents.

Responsibilities

  • Work with members of the Commercial Leasing Practice Group on challenging, sophisticated and diverse matters
  • Represent landlords, tenants, developers, property managers, lenders, franchisors and franchisees
  • Negotiate, draft, review and revise commercial leasing documents, including leases, offers, amendments, assignments, subleases and consents
  • Support commercial leasing and real estate matters
  • Provide client service, develop clients and build and strengthen client relationships
  • Integrate AI into commercial leasing/real estate practice

Requirements

  • Junior associate lawyer
  • Between 1–3 years of commercial leasing and/or real estate experience, with some commercial leasing experience
  • Familiarity with drafting and reviewing commercial lease documentation, including offers to lease, leases, lease renewals, assignments and consents
  • Familiarity with preparing lease summaries and abstracts
  • Experience conducting due diligence on leasing matters and supporting lease negotiations
  • Knowledge of Canadian Leasing Law
  • Excellent drafting skills
  • Attention to detail and willingness to learn the rationale behind drafting
  • Demonstrated entrepreneurialism, including client service, client relationships and business development
  • Ability to work with lawyers at all levels and be a team player
  • Ability to balance competing demands
  • Self-motivated, innovative and flexible
  • Strong work ethic and commitment to excellence
  • Experience integrating AI into a commercial leasing/real estate practice
  • Must be in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario, or in the process of doing so if coming from another province
  • Application must include a cover letter, resume and transcripts

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement
  • Collegial working environment
  • Opportunity to work on challenging, sophisticated and diverse matters
  • Opportunity for professional specialization in commercial leasing

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

CA$130,000 - CA$195,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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