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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m M A Y 2 0 1 4 45 Harris Sheaffer LLP Toronto harris-sheaffer.com McLean & Kerr LLP Toronto mcleankerr.com Harris Sheaffer LLP was established in 1992 by Gary Harris, Robert Sheaffer, Philip Draper, and the late Mark Freedman, who were shortly joined by Barry Rotenberg. It has 15 lawyers, 13 of whom dedicate most of their efforts to real estate development work and two of whom look after tax, corporate/commercial, and estate aspects. Top clients include Urbancorp, Amacon, Canderel Stoneridge Equity Group Inc., Onni Group, Urban Capital, and various commercial/real estate lenders, including leading financial institutions. A notable file is the Aura Condominium — the tallest residential condominium in Canada. McLean & Kerr LLP has been serving business clients since 1921. It comprises 26 licensed lawyers, evenly divided between real estate/cor- porate practitioners and commercial/insurance litigators. The empha- sis of the real estate practice is to act for commercial landlords and lenders in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, financing, and leasing. Landlord clients include pension funds, REITs, national prop- erty management corporations, and corporate owners of shopping centres, ranging from strip centres to major regional centres, as well as office and industrial properties. The firm has national and interna- tional affiliations with pre-eminent law firms in Canada, the United States, and throughout the world through its participation in the Law Firm Alliance, Globalaw Alliance, and Alliance of Business Lawyers. C A N A D I A N L AW Y E R M A G A Z I N E Harris Sheaffer LLP was established in 1992 by Gary Harris, Robert Sheaffer, Philip Draper, and the late Mark Freedman, who were shortly joined by Barry Rotenberg. It has 15 lawyers, 13 of whom dedicate most of their efforts to real estate development work and Draper, and the late Mark Freedman, who were shortly joined by Barry Rotenberg. It has TOP 5 Commercial real estate BOUTIQUES Terra Law Corp. Vancouver terralawcorp.ca Terra Law Corp. was founded in July 2013 by Russell Benson, Beverly Ellingson, Glenn Leung, and Elizabeth Yip, who decided to leave equity partnership at McCarthy Tétrault LLP to start a commercial real estate boutique — the first of its kind in British Columbia. Terra Law has nine lawyers who have assisted a broad range of clients, includ- ing Anthem Properties, Bosa Development Corp., Concert Properties Ltd., Fairborne Homes Ltd., GWL Realty Advisors, Intergulf Development Group, Intracorp Projects Ltd., and SFU Community Trust. Recent significant projects include major mixed-use developments involving multi-tower residential, retail, office, and community amenities. The firm has also worked on investment purchases including a heritage office building in Seattle, a hotel in Vancouver, a senior's housing facility in Vancouver, and single and multi-tenant buildings in B.C. communities. Tied Tied Top 5 Commercial real estate boutiques