Ian J. Cantor
Partner
Direct Line: (416) 369-4314
Fax Number: (416) 864-9223
icantor@mindengross.com
Practice Area:
Commercial Litigation; Commercial Landlord/
Tenant Litigation; Real Estate Litigation
Ian is a partner
in our firm’s litigation group. Ian serves on
our firm’s legal personnel committee and is
actively involved in our student recruitment and
mentoring programs.
In his 15 years of litigation experience,
Ian has acted as counsel on numerous types of
matters including commercial landlord and tenant
disputes including commercial rental rate
arbitrations, commercial and residential real
estate litigation, construction disputes, estate
litigation, the prosecution and defence of
solicitors’ negligence claims, international
litigation including jurisdictional disputes,
mortgage enforcement and remedy matters,
shareholders’ disputes, environmental
litigation, warehouseman disputes and collection
matters.
Ian has achieved marked success for clients
both on trials before the Ontario Superior Court
of Justice and on appeals before the Ontario
Court of Appeal.
One of Ian’s most public cases was on behalf of
a real estate developer who was seeking to
acquire a landmark development property from a
government body which had improperly by-passed
our client and had committed to sell it to
another party. The case was reported widely in
the press and even became the subject of debate
in the provincial parliament. Although the
government body had never signed an agreement to
sell the property to our client, following
various contested proceedings, our client
succeeded in acquiring the property on very favourable terms.
Ian’s clients include real estate developers,
commercial landlords, commercial tenants,
financial institutions, custom home builders,
real estate agents, property managers, food
manufacturers, jewelry retailers and
wholesalers, promotion and incentive program
enterprises and other entrepreneurs and
individuals.
Ian has presented numerous in-house seminars
to property manager clients on commercial
landlord and tenant issues and to financial
institution clients on topics such as the
enforcement of personal guarantees. Ian is also
a regular roundtable leader at the annual
International Conference of Shopping Centres
convention in Toronto, where Ian presents and
discusses topics relevant to retail landlords
and retailers.
When not in the office, Ian contributes to minor sports in the
community. He has served as a coach or manager
for minor hockey, baseball and soccer teams.
Law School: Osgoode Hall Law School
Year of Call: 1990
Year Joined the Firm: 1990 |
Affiliations:
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Upper Canada
Ontario Real Estate Lawyers Association
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