Jane C Helmstadter
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Real Estate
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About
Provided by Jane C Helmstadter
Practice Areas
Jane is a partner and co-head of the firm’s commercial real estate practice. She helps clients apply practical solutions to a full range of domestic and cross-border purchase and sale, property development, financing, asset management, leasing and joint venture transactions. Jane has advised Canada’s most prominent private and institutional real estate developers, investors, owners, landlords and tenants in transactions involving office, retail and industrial property, multi-family residential developments and renewable energy projects. She has highly-specialised expertise regarding obligations under provincial and municipal land transfer tax regulations.
Career
Admitted to Ontario bar, 1987
Personal
Jane is passionate about advancing the careers of women in real estate. She has been a member of Toronto Commercial Real Estate Women (Toronto CREW) since 1998, serving on the board and as 2009 President. She currently sits on the President’s Advisory Committee and Co-Chairs the Women’s Leadership Committee.
Chambers Review
Canada
Jane Helmstadter is the practice group co-head and is experienced in advising on real estate transactions and development projects. She is also highly regarded for her work on real estate tax matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jane Helmstadter is very strong strategically, thinking through complex issues and understanding that legal points have a financial aspect that should be considered in all negotiations."
"Jane Helmstadter is our go-to for all land transfer tax matters; her knowledge is encyclopaedic."
"She can get to the cracks of the problem quickly and she comes up with solutions that are business-oriented."
"She can distil complex concepts into simple agreements and is commercially minded and has personal experience with every type of real estate transaction under the sun."
"Jane Helmstadter is very strong strategically, thinking through complex issues and understanding that legal points have a financial aspect that should be considered in all negotiations."
"Jane Helmstadter is our go-to for all land transfer tax matters; her knowledge is encyclopaedic."
"She can get to the cracks of the problem quickly and she comes up with solutions that are business-oriented."
"She can distil complex concepts into simple agreements and is commercially minded and has personal experience with every type of real estate transaction under the sun."
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