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Mr Sheldon Disenhouse
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner
Career
Sheldon is a partner at Dentons with a practice that focuses exclusively on commercial leasing. With more than three decades’ acting on behalf of developers, retailers, landlords and tenants, Sheldon has earned an unparalleled reputation as one the country’s most distinguished lawyers and insightful thought leaders on every aspect and intricacy surrounding commercial leasing.
Based in Toronto, and supported by a team of accomplished paralegals, Sheldon has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating leases and related ancillary documentation for office, retail and industrial spaces on behalf of his diverse client base, which includes REITS, major public companies, and national and international retailers.
Given his professionalism and leadership in commercial leasing, as well as his longstanding relationships with major market players, Sheldon is consistently named one of Canada’s leading lawyers in Commercial Leasing Law, Property Leasing and Franchise Law. He is recognized internationally as among North America’s Leading 500 Lawyers. Sheldon is a dynamic speaker on these topics and has written about them in a wide range of national and international publications.
To complement his busy practice, Sheldon is extremely active in his industry and his community. He is a past co-chair of the Canadian Law Conference of the International Council of Shopping Centers. He has also been involved in numerous communal organizations, including a number of committees of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, chair of Camp Ramah in Canada and the National Ramah Commission (New York), and the executive of Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
- Member, Canadian Bar Association – Ontario
- Member, The Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers Association
- Member, Canadian Franchise Association
- Member, Ontario Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
Education
Osgoode Hall Law School, 1981, York University, LL.B
University of Toronto, 1978, Honors B.A.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Real estate
Dentons leverages the bench strength of its global network to provide a comprehensive service to real estate companies and developers, entrepreneurs, owners and tenants of commercial retail, office and industrial buildings, shopping centres and hotels, in addition to purchasers, sellers and investors (financial institutions, pension funds, REITs), on a diverse spectrum of real estate matters. The practice is led by Clark Kassian in Calgary, who brings expertise to acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, land development and commercial leasing; Katarzyna Sliwa in Toronto, who manages complex negotiations related to approval processes for development and redevelopment projects; rail, hotel and leisure specialist Lyle Zulak in Calgary; Robert Bothwell in Edmonton, who joined from Bennett Jones LLP in February 2023; Sheldon Disenhouse in Toronto, who focuses on commercial leasing; Philip Rimer in Ottawa, who specializes in real estate and infrastructure transactions with Indigenous stakeholders; Scott Wilson in Vancouver, who brings experience to acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and energy and infrastructure projects; and Marie-Andrée Thibault, who arrived at the Montreal office from Fasken in May 2023. Other key figures include Jillian Shortt, who operates out of the Toronto and Calgary offices and who assists with the creation of single and two-tier joint venture structures and limited partnerships. Isaiah Banach joined as counsel in May 2023.
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