ICSC+CANADIAN LAW

Friday May 2, 2025
7:30 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Toronto I/II Foyer

Friday May 2, 2025
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Location: Toronto I/II

No breakfast service after 8:45 am. 

Friday May 2, 2025
8:45 am - 10:15 am
Location: Toronto I/II

1.) What Happens When a Tenant Goes Bankrupt: Effects on the Landlord 

Dina Peat and Dylan Baker, Daoust Vukovich LLP 

2.) Sustainable Developments and Sustainable Operation of Shopping Centres 

Janet Bobechko and Dustin Copeland, WeirFoulds LLP 

3.) Schedule “C” (Scope of Landlord and Tenant’s Work): Do We Understand What We Are Negotiating? 

Lori Goldberg, Miller Thomson LLP 

4.) Basic Due Diligence for Tenants 

Maha Ansari, Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 

5.) Exclusive Covenants: Drafting and Enforcement Issues 

Mamyliz Zinga, Carbonleo 

6.) Managing Transfer Requests: Tenant and Landlord Perspective 

Marta Lewycky and Elaine Jair, BLG Beyond 

7.) Realty Taxes: An Update and How to Manage in a Lease 

Melissa Muskat, Aird & Berlis LLP 

8.) Opening and Operating Covenants/Go–Dark Rights 

Mervyn Allen, McMillan LLP and Leanne Laughlin, Choice Properties REIT

9.) Releases, Indemnities & Waiver of Subrogation: What Happens When a Catastrophic Event Occurs?  How Insurance Plays Out in Real Life 

Morgan Lecompte and Belkacem Menasria, HUB International 

10.) Helpful Leasing Hints 

Nathalie Buisse, Delegatus and Mathieu Jérôme, Colliers

11.) All About Expansions, ROFO’s and ROFR’s 

Robert Schwartz and Selina Piekarski, Gardiner Roberts LLP 

12.) Lease Exit Strategies 

Robert Iaccino and Luigi Pasqualitto, Fasken 

13.) Chattels vs. Fixtures and Why the Distinction Matters 

Robert Jackson, Gowling WLG 

14.) How to Deal With Abandoned Property? 

Sharon Addision, Dentons Canada LLP 

15.) Top Ten Items for Landlord’s Checklist When Working With the Tenant’s Standard Form of Lease 

Stacey Handley, Gowling WLG 

16.) Distinction When Negotiating a Multi-Tenant Property Lease and a Whole Building Lease 

Steven Birken, Dickinson Wright LLP 

17.) Top Ten Items for Tenant’s Checklist in Reviewing Landlord’s Form of Offer 

Steven Cygelfarb, Fogler, Rubinoff LLP 

18.) Restaurant Leases: Special Considerations 

Susan Rosen, Gowling WLG 

19.) Working With Letters of Intent. What You Should be Including and When Are You Bound? 

Syll Kushner, Gowling WLG 

20.) Deconstructing the Option to Renew/Extend Clause: Pre-Conditions to Exercise, Meaning of “Fair Market Rent” and Other Issues 

Vicki Giannocopoulos, Parlee McLaws LLP - Edmonton 

Friday May 2, 2025
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Location: Toronto I/II Foyer

Friday May 2, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Carmichael/Jackson

Canada is facing a period of economic and geopolitical uncertainty that it has not faced in many years.  This session will discuss the impact of some of these changes in leasing from tenants seeking economic certainty through CAM caps or semi-gross leases to tenants using their leases as weapons and not just as a shield.  We will round out the discussion with some lessons from the frontlines and provisions that both landlords and tenants need to be wary of. 

MODERATOR 

Melodie Eng, Partner, McMillan LLP, Toronto, ON 

PANELISTS

Heather Ball, Senior Legal Counsel, CentreCorp, Toronto, ON 

Paul Logan, Partner, Fasken, Calgary AB  

Matthew Newell, Partner, Stewart McKelvey, Halifax, NS 

Friday May 2, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Toronto III: Harris/MacDonald/Lismer

PROFESSIONALISM CREDIT

Join us for a lively discussion in which senior practitioners will share their top tips on how lawyers and clients can make the deal—not break the deal—together. Whether it’s using a winning communication strategy (spoiler alert: it’s not a text at 2 a.m.) or managing a difficult opposing side, we’ve got you covered. You might even learn a few new lawyer jokes. Come for the wisdom, stay for the insights and leave with a better understanding of how to make your lawyer-client relationship work. 

SPEAKERS 

Stephen Messinger, Messinger Consulting Services, Toronto, ON  

Angela Mockford, Mockford Law/The Lease Maven, St. Catharines, ON 

Friday May 2, 2025
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Location: Toronto I/II

We’re ending this year’s conference with one of the most anticipated sessions of the conference! Come listen to seasoned and entertaining industry experts from coast to coast and learn about the most recent and relevant case law—jurisprudence pour nos amis du Québec—of the past 12 months that you need to know about (and most likely will need to re-read).

MODERATOR 

Yan A. Besner, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Montréal, QC 

PANELISTS 

Steven Chaimberg, Partner, Miller Thomson LLP, Montréal, QC 

Gasper Galati, Partner, Daoust Vukovich LLP, Toronto, ON 

Randy S. Shapiro, K.C., Senior Counsel, Parlee McLaws LLP, Calgary, AB

Friday May 2, 2025
12:45 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Toronto I/II

SPEAKER 

Hilary Hennick, ICSC+CANADIAN LAW 2025 Program Planning Committee Vice Chair; Executive Director & Corporate Counsel, Cineplex Entertainment LP

Friday May 2, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Toronto III: Harris/MacDonald/Lismer

No lunch service after 2:00 pm.