I am a partner and senior member of McInnes Cooper’s Real Estate Group. My practice is primarily commercial real estate based, with a focus on leasing (both landlord and tenant aspects), financing, acquisition and sale of commercial properties. I previously worked as in-house counsel and as a regional real estate representative for a national grocery chain operator. This experience involved site selection, negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, development, permitting and construction issues all related to large scale multi-million dollar retail and office construction projects. I have been actively involved in the past with the International Council of Shopping Centres Legal Conference and has previously hosted the Breakfast Table portion of the Annual Law Conference. I have been involved in the following specific types of transactions:• the acquisition, financing, construction and take-out financing with respect to long term residential care facilities across Nova Scotia;• large scale syndicated financings involving the acquisition and development of wind farm projects;• the successful sale of a large industrial complex in and around an operating paper mill which involved complex commercial terms and related easements;• the drafting, negotiation and registration of complex reciprocal easement and operating agreements involving both retail and industrial sites, including dealing with the financing issues related thereto;• the financing and re-financing of large retail/office premises on both the lender and borrower side.My practice has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as well as the Canadian Legal lexpert Directory in Real Estate law. I am a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and an American College of Mortgage Attorneys fellow. I’m a member of the International Council of Shopping Centres, and have volunteered with Junior Achievement and minor sports associations.