Stephen J. Messinger
Partner
Direct Line: (416) 369-4147
Fax Number: (416) 864-9223
smessinger@mindengross.com
Practice Area:
Commercial Leasing; Shopping Centre Development; Commercial Work Outs; Commercial Restructuring
Stephen is a member of our Commercial Leasing
Group where he focuses his practice on leasing
and commercial development. Stephen acts for
many of Canada's largest and most well-known
developers, property and asset managers, retail
chains, banks, trust companies and pension
funds. He has appeared before provincial court
judges to discuss lease trends and has appeared
in court on several occasions as an expert
witness on commercial leasing matters
Stephen has been a lecturer at the Continuing
Education Series of the Law Society of Upper
Canada and the Bar Admission Course in Real
Estate. He is also an Executive Committee member
and the Special Initiatives Chairman of the
Canadian Division of the International Council
of Shopping Centers (ICSC), as well as the 1998
and 2001 recipient of its Distinguished Service
Award. Formerly, he was the Co-Chairman for
several years of the ICSC Canadian Law
Conference and was the ICSC Ontario Provincial
Director and Canadian Division Operations
Chairman. He was on the Task Force to review and
amend the Bankruptcy Act. Stephen is often
quoted in a variety of publications, including
The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post,
The Law
Times and The National Canadian Bar Association,
and he has written numerous articles for the
Shopping Centre Management Insider, the
Commercial Lease Law Insider and the Commercial
Tenant’s Lease Insider publications on many
issues relating to property leasing. Stephen is
on the Editorial Board for and contributor to
the publication Shopping Centre Leases,
Volumes 1 & 2. He is currently a member of the
Georgetown University Law Center Advanced
Commercial Leasing Institute Advisory Board.
Stephen is named as one of Canada’s most
frequently recommended property leasing lawyers
by the Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory and the
American Lawyer Media's Guide to the Leading 500
lawyers in Canada.
Law School: University of Toronto
Year of Call: 1968
Year Joined the Firm: 2003 |
Affiliations:
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Upper Canada
International Council of Shopping Centers
American Bar Association
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