Lawyer Profile
Jane C. Helmstadter
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Jane Helmstadter helps clients advance their business goals by applying practical solutions to a full range of domestic and cross-border purchase and sale, property development, financing, asset management, leasing and joint venture transactions. She has assisted Canada's most prominent private and institutional real estate developers, investors, owners, landlords and tenants in transactions involving office, retail and industrial property, multi-family residential developments, seniors' housing and renewable energy projects. She is a leader of the Toronto office real estate practice and a past member of the firm’s board of directors. Committed to continuing education and high standards of client service among the real estate bar, she frequently shares her knowledge in forums such as: Canadian Tax Foundation's Ontario Tax Conference RealLeasing, a forum on trends and strategies in Canadian real estate leasing International Council of Shopping Centers Law Society of Upper Canada Passionate about advancing the careers of women in real estate, Jane has been a member of Toronto Commercial Real Estate Women (Toronto CREW) since 1998, serving on the board and as 2009 President.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1987 (ON)
Professional Details
Selected Decisions
Client Work Commercial Property Energy & Natural Resources Multi-Family Residential KingSett Capital , on behalf of KingSett Real Estate Growth LP No. 8 and other investors, with Choice Properties REIT, in its C$9.4-billion acquisition of First Capital REIT Clarke in its C$1.1-billion acquisition of Ravelin Properties REIT by way of plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act Great Gulf in the reorganization of its former joint venture with Dream Impact Trust and Dream Impact Fund to separate out Great Gulf's condominium developments forming part of a large Waterfront Toronto project Polytainers in its sale and leaseback transaction with W.P. Carey for its