About Douglas

Douglas Forbes is a partner at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP practising corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on transactions and financing, real estate law covering buying, selling, financing, development, and leasing, and condominium law covering development, governance, and financing. He advises clients ranging from large and small businesses to public and private corporations, non-profits, real estate developers, property managers, and condominium corporations on local, provincial, national, and international matters. Forbes earned his Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1989 and was called to the Manitoba bar in 1990. He has been repeatedly recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Property Development and is a past president of both the national and Manitoba chapters of the Canadian Condominium Institute, of which he has been a member since 1998. His services are provided through D.J. Forbes Law Corporation.

Education & credentials

Law school
Osgoode Hall Law School

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