Fred has aligned his practice to cater to the needs of his clients in the negotiation and completion of sophisticated and diverse commercial real estate and corporate/commercial transactions.

Fred’s commercial real estate expertise includes:

• representing developers in the financing, acquisition and development of commercial real estate, including most recently, representing a client of its acquisition of 20+ acres of City of Toronto waterfront property
• negotiating and crafting sophisticated leasing agreements, including build-to-suit leases for commercial landlords and retail leases in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles
• representing real estate investors with respect to the corporate and tax-planned reorganizations of their holdings, including structuring and representing them in the disposition of such real estate holdings, the most recent retainer relating to the sale of a large retail mall in the Regional Municipality of Halton
• representing real estate developers and landlords with all aspects of their development documents including co-ownership agreements, management and development agreements, equity participation agreements and the like

Concurrently with this commercial real estate practice, Fred continues to service his numerous corporate and business clients relating to their commercial and corporate requirements, including:

• representing his clients on sales, acquisitions, mergers and private investments involving both assets and/or shares, including most recently, acting for vendors in several multi-million dollar stock sale transactions to public company purchasers
• representing corporate and business clients in their on-going legal commercial requirements, including the negotiation and completion of leasing arrangements, credit facility transactions, employment and management agreements and various other commercial documents
• representing corporate business clients with their corporate requirements, including corporate reorganizations (whether for tax or estate planning purposes), shareholders agreements and general corporate governance matters

Fred is known for his hard-working, dedicated and efficient work-style and combines that work ethic with uncompromising service to his clients and professionalism in his work. His corporate clients range from small family-based companies to international corporations.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Real Estate - Commercial Development, Secured Transactions, Syndication, Leasing, Construction and, Mortgage Remedies
• Business Practices - Corporate, Commercial Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Partnership Matters, Shareholder Agreements, Venture Capital Transactions

EDUCATION

• US Commercial Leasing Conference
• Called to the Ontario Bar 1983
• Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B. 1981
• York University, B.A. 1977

MEMBERSHIPS

• Law Society of Upper Canada
• Ontario Bar Association
• York University Alumni Association

LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS

• Lecturer for Investors' Group seminars
• Lecturer at various continuing education seminars on a variety of corporate/commercial topics