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Ms Katarzyna Sliwa
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner
Career
Katarzyna is a partner managing the municipal, land use planning and development law group. She is also the National Real Estate practice group co-leader. She assists landowners in weaving through the approval process for development and redevelopment projects and resolving complex land use issues throughout the province of Ontario. She frequently appears before the Ontario Municipal Board, as well as municipal councils and committees. Katarzyna has acted for development companies, landowner groups, institutions, commercial and retail establishments, restaurants, hotels, builders and homeowners on official plan, zoning, subdivision, severance, variance and site plan matters. She has also acted as project manager on larger development projects. Katarzyna has negotiated and drafted a variety of development agreements including Section 37 Agreements, Site Plan Agreements, Reciprocal Agreements and Tieback, Encroachment and Crane Swing Agreements.
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English Polish
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Education
Osgoode Hall, 2007, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop University of Western Ontario and University of Groningen in the Netherlands (exchange), 2004, LLB University of Toronto, 2000, BA (Honours) Admission and Qualifications: Ontario, 2005
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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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