Howard J. Sloan

First Year of Call
1979

Areas of Practice
Corporate and Commercial Law, Property Development, Real Property, Securities

Description
Howard J. Sloan practices in the Corporate & Commercial and Commercial Real Estate & Leasing Group. Howard’s practice is focused on commercial transactions with an emphasis on real estate, financing, leasing, syndications and share & asset acquisitions and dispositions. He possesses expertise in the niche areas of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS), derivatives and securities and has particular exposure to the forensic analysis of Additional Rent provisions in commercial leases.

With over 36 years of experience, Howard’s breadth of legal and business knowledge, along with his creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, attention to detail and client service has attracted a loyal and sophisticated client base. His clients include developers, aggregators, syndications, lenders, landlords, tenants and contractors. They rely on Howard for expert advice and effective solutions, tailored to their individual needs.

Howard is the founding member of the Ontario Bar Association’s Managing Partners Roundtable which was launched in the spring of 2011. Since its inception, the group has grown to 88 unique firm leaders from 61 firms. Howard has been instrumental in devoting much of his time to ensuring the success of the roundtable and at times, he acts as a moderator for the group discussions.

He also manages the firm’s relationship with LAWorld, an international legal network of 55 independent mid sized law firms covering most of the major commercial centres around the world, with more than 1350 lawyers across 90 cities.