DOUGLAS A. HENDLER

Doug received his Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Political Science) from McGill University in 1968. He then obtained his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Toronto in 1971. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1973 and the New York State Bar in 1984.

Douglas speaks French fluently and provides legal services to a number of Quebec based clients. He practices primarily in the areas of corporate commercial law, real estate and institutional financing. His corporate/commercial practice includes all aspects of legal services required by the business community. Doug regularly provides ongoing advice to business clients and acts on mergers and acquisitions, the sale of businesses, the structuring of business transactions and on the drafting and negotiation of agreements for businesses. Doug's real estate practice includes most aspects of land development, condominium law including the registration of condominiums and drafting condominium documents, lease work on behalf of both landlords and tenants and the purchase and sale of all types of real estate, including office buildings, apartment buildings, shopping plazas and single family residential real estate. Doug also acts for both borrowers and lenders in institutional and other financing transactions, including the financing of businesses and real estate, the structuring of loan transactions and the drafting and negotiation of loan agreements and security agreements. Doug also does estate planning work for individual clients.

Doug is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the New York State Bar, the Ontario Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association. He is a former member of the Faculty of Continuing Education at York University and has been an occasional speaker to the Canada Real Estate Association, law schools and other organizations.