Steven Chaimberg
Partner

Steven Chaimberg has been practising in the field of commercial leasing and real estate law for more than 25 years. He has substantial experience with landlord/tenant relationships, and represents both lessors and lessees in the preparation and negotiation of offers to lease, leases, lease assignments, subleases, and other documents that may be required in such matters. His practice also includes the preparation and negotiation of real property related business agreements, as well as business matters of a more general nature such as acquisitions, divestitures, licencing and franchising.

Steven has spoken at conferences on the leasing of commercial space and has prepared the Quebec caselaw updates for the Canadian Shopping Centre Law Conferences of the ICSC from 1998 through 2012.

He has frequently given conferences on landlord/tenant relationships for The Canadian Institute, Federated Press and MMPI Canada, and currently serves on the board of directors of the Salvation Army Catherine Booth Hospital.

• Commercial Law
• Corporate Law and Business Advisory Services
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Real Estate

• LL.B., McGill University, 1981
• B.C.L., McGill University, 1980

• Member of the Quebec Bar
• Member of the Canadian Bar Association
• Member of Urban Development Institute of Québec (UDI)
• Member of the Board of the Salvation Army Catherine Booth Hospital
• Member of the Board of the Côte Saint-Luc Tennis Club
• Speaker for the ICSC Law Conference from 1998 through 2012

• February 2011
  Do servitudes bind third parties?

• June 11, 2012
  Conférence avancée sur la négociation, la rédaction et l’exécution des baux commerciaux
• June 4, 2012
  5e conférence sur la négociation de baux commerciaux
• February 24, 2012
  International Council of Shopping Centers Conference
• December 1, 2011
  The Offer to Lease (and the lease that follows): issues to ponder, tricks to know, and traps to avoid
• June 8, 2011
  A successful landlord-tenant relationship; how to overcome negotiating challenges
• May 19, 2011
  Draft Dodging - Avoiding Interpretation Pitfalls in a Commercial Lease
• April 13, 2011
  Montreal Conference on the leasing of immovables
• February 25, 2011
  Conference on Cross-Canada Legal Update - 2010 calendar year
• January 18, 2011
  Conference on commercial leasing
• October 25, 2010
  Examination and Analysis of Various Operating Expense Clauses in Leases

• Recognized by Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2011 and 2012 editions, as one of the most recommended property leasing lawyers
• Ranks among the lawyers “Consistently Recommended” by Lexpert in the area of property leasing
• BV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell