Executive summary
Katherine is a member of the Real Estate Group at Gardiner Roberts, where her practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate. She advises clients on acquisitions and dispositions, land development, joint ventures, commercial leasing, and real estate financing, and represents landowners, developers, entrepreneurs, lenders, landlords, and tenants across a wide range of asset classes, including vacant land, mixed-use residential, industrial, and commercial properties.
In addition to her real estate practice, Katherine advises on corporate and commercial matters, including share and asset transactions, as well as corporate structuring and reorganizations connected to real estate and business objectives.
Before joining Gardiner Roberts, Katherine worked as in-house counsel for a global real estate investor, where she gained hands-on experience with retail and office leasing, commercial property dispositions, and the development and operation of retail shopping centres across Canada.
Katherine is also actively involved in the community as a mentor with GEM (Girls E-Mentorship), supporting high school girls facing socioeconomic barriers as they develop leadership skills and pursue their academic and career goals.
Expertise
Insights
Articles and Presentations
- Don’t Get Boxed In: Re-evaluating a Co-Tenancy Clause and the Need for Flexibility (co-author), Six Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer 2018
- Aboriginal Peoples in the Criminal Justice System: R. v. Kokopenance and Other Developments, Ontario Bar Association, April 2015
Memberships and recognition
Professional memberships
- Law Society of Ontario
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association