Richard Arezes

Richard Arezes is a Partner in and the Co-Chair of WeirFoulds' Real Estate Practice Group. His practice focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including land acquisitions and dispositions, development and financing. Richard has acted for many different clients (including lenders, private and publicly traded corporations and municipalities) on a multitude of complex real estate transactions. Richard also specializes in corporate structuring for his clients including joint venture, partnership and co-ownership arrangements. Richard works closely with the internal real estate teams and in-house counsel to some of Canada’s largest retail and commercial companies, assisting them with their real estate matters. After obtaining an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2005, Richard earned his J.D. degree from the University of Western Ontario in 2009. Prior to joining WeirFoulds, Richard was active in law school as a case worker for the Western Business Law Clinic where he provided information and services to small start-up and early stage businesses.