DJW Lawyers
1 lawyer · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 764 handling Business & Corporate Law.
About DJW Lawyers
DJW Lawyers is a business law firm based in Toronto, founded by David J. Wilson after 25 years of legal practice on Bay Street. Wilson is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Queen's University and is licensed to practice law in Ontario and in New York State. The firm advises on mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending and finance, commercial real estate, construction and construction liens, employment law, business litigation, and estate planning, areas that often overlap when a single corporate transaction touches financing, real estate, and staffing at once.
Clients range from multinational corporations to smaller, family owned businesses in construction, manufacturing, hospitality, technology, transportation, retirement communities, and renewable energy, and many have grown with the firm over a number of years. In one recent file, DJW Lawyers acted for the Hygate family as counsel on the Hygate on Lexington retirement residence from its 2018 acquisition through financing and construction to its 2025 sale to Sienna Senior Living Inc. for $93.3 million. The firm's main office is in Toronto's Liberty Village, with a second Toronto office downtown at First Canadian Place.
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Milestones & recognition
- David J. Wilson, the firm's founder, is licensed to practice law in both Ontario and New York State.
- DJW Lawyers advised the Hygate family as counsel on the Hygate on Lexington retirement residence from its 2018 acquisition through financing and construction to its 2025 sale to Sienna Senior Living Inc. for $93.3 million.
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Offices 2
The neighbourhood
DJW Lawyers' main office is at 60 Atlantic Avenue in Liberty Village. It's a heritage building dating to around 1898, a two storey former winery. From 1991 to 2012 the artist studio organization Artscape ran its head office there, part of the years when Liberty Village was turning from a factory district into a design and tech hub. Developer Hullmark and Quadrangle Architects later converted the building into office, retail, and restaurant space.
For downtown meetings, the firm also keeps a Toronto office at First Canadian Place, the tower at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets in the Financial District. That puts DJW Lawyers a short trip from the banks and corporate clients its commercial lending, real estate, and M&A work regularly involves.
Frequently asked questions
- What kind of clients does DJW Lawyers work with?
- DJW Lawyers acts for businesses of many sizes, from multinational corporations to smaller, family owned operations, across sectors that include construction, manufacturing, hospitality, technology, transportation, retirement communities, and renewable energy.
- Can DJW Lawyers handle a merger, acquisition, or business sale?
- Yes. The firm advises purchasers, vendors, founders, and investors on local and cross border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic alliances, and can bring in outside specialists for securities, tax, competition, or valuation issues on larger deals.
- Does DJW Lawyers do commercial real estate work?
- Yes. The firm represents purchasers, vendors, developers, investors, lenders, landlords, and tenants on acquiring, selling, financing, leasing, and developing commercial property, plus construction contracts and construction liens.
- Will DJW Lawyers prepare a will or set up a trust?
- Yes. The estate planning practice covers wills, trusts (including family and alter ego or joint partner trusts), incapacity planning, and estate administration, and the firm works with outside tax advisors to help minimize taxes, probate fees, and administration costs.
- I think I was wrongfully terminated, or I need help with an employee issue. Can DJW Lawyers help?
- Yes. DJW Lawyers acts for both employers and employees on workplace issues, including termination, employment agreements, workplace policies, and health, safety, and privacy matters, and represents clients before tribunals and courts.
- Where are DJW Lawyers' offices?
- The firm's main office is at 60 Atlantic Avenue in Toronto's Liberty Village, with a second Toronto office at First Canadian Place at Bay and King streets downtown.
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