Dana Shen
Canada Guide 2025
Up and Coming : Real Estate
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Up and Coming
About
Provided by Dana Shen
Practice Areas
Partner in the Real Property & Planning Group in the firm’s Toronto office. Dana focuses on commercial real estate and has extensive experience in fund structuring (including advising on foreign capital investment in the Canadian market), joint venture arrangements, acquisitions, financing, and sales. Dana represents a diverse clientele, including institutional investors, private equity funds, asset managers, universities and colleges, and institutional lenders, for whom she guides through every stage of the real estate lifecycle. Her strategic approach to complex joint venture structures and her meticulous management of large-scale acquisitions across diverse asset classes, including industrial parks, shopping malls, offices, and multi-residential complexes, have earned her a reputation for excellence. Dana’s clients rely on her for practical, clear, and concise advice that steers them through their complex commercial real estate transactions with confidence and clarity.
Career
Ontario bar, 2015.
Professional Memberships
Dana is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.
Personal
Dana obtained her JD from the University of Toronto in 2014, and obtained her Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences with a minor in Psychology from McMaster University in 2011.
Chambers Review
Canada
Dana Shen enters the up-and-coming rankings this year due to her broad real estate practice, which covers leasing, transactions and joint ventures.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I can always count on her for smart and meaningful legal advice. Dana Shen is an excellent choice for legal counsel for any company."
"She has a constantly cool disposition, even when issues would otherwise frustrate other counsel."
"I can always count on her for smart and meaningful legal advice. Dana Shen is an excellent choice for legal counsel for any company."
"She has a constantly cool disposition, even when issues would otherwise frustrate other counsel."
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