Overland LLP
8 lawyers · Established 2013 · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 369 handling Administrative & Regulatory Law.
About Overland LLP
Overland LLP is a Toronto law firm that focuses on land use planning, development, and municipal law across the city and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Brad Teichman, Christopher Tanzola, and Daniel Artenosi founded the firm in 2013. Teichman brings more than 40 years of experience in planning and land development work, including time at Thomson Rogers and McCarthy Tetrault. The firm now has eight lawyers, four partners (Teichman, Tanzola, Artenosi, and Michael Cara) and four associates (Natalie Ast, Justine Reyes, Rowan Barron, and Daniel Teichman).
The firm's work covers official plan and zoning bylaw amendments, site plan approvals, plans of subdivision and condominium, development charges, parkland dedication, property tax assessment, and expropriation. Overland represents private landowners, developers, school boards, and municipalities, so its lawyers argue both sides of the same kinds of planning disputes and appear regularly before the Ontario Land Tribunal and the Toronto Local Appeal Body. The firm started out in an industrial building near Keele and Finch before moving to its current office on Yonge Street, and it has been ranked among the Top Ten Planning Law Firms in the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area since 2015.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Founded in 2013 by Brad Teichman, Christopher Tanzola, and Daniel Artenosi.
- Ranked among the Top Ten Planning Law Firms in the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area since 2015.
- Brad Teichman brings more than 40 years of experience in planning and land development, having practiced at Thomson Rogers and McCarthy Tetrault before founding Overland.
- Started out in an industrial building near Keele and Finch before moving to the firm's current office on Yonge Street.
In the community
- The firm's lawyers are members of organizations such as the Building Industry and Land Development Association and Lambda Alpha International Land Economics Society, industry groups tied to the same development and land economics work the firm practices.
- Overland's lawyers speak at planning law seminars and conferences, including the Cambridge Forum on Land Use Planning.
- The firm publishes a blog that tracks Ontario planning law and policy changes, including coverage of the Provincial Planning Statement 2024, the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act (Bill 17), and changes to parkland dedication rules under the Planning Act.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentLawyers 8
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1981–2007 · median 22 years in practice 3 of 8 lawyers
- Law schools
- Osgoode Hall Law School, University of Toronto, University of Windsor 3 of 8 lawyers
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
Overland's office is in the Yonge-Norton Centre, a highrise office building at 5255 Yonge Street that was completed in 1992, in the Yonge-Doris area of North York. Overland moved there after starting out in an industrial building near Keele and Finch, a shift from an industrial pocket of North York to a highrise corridor in the same city where the firm's lawyers practice land use planning and development law.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Overland LLP handle rezoning and official plan amendment applications in Toronto?
- Yes. Overland's lawyers work on official plan and zoning bylaw amendment applications, plans of subdivision, and site plan approvals for landowners, developers, school boards, and municipalities across Toronto and the GTHA.
- Can Overland represent a municipality or a landowner at an Ontario Land Tribunal hearing?
- Yes. The firm appears regularly before the Ontario Land Tribunal and the Toronto Local Appeal Body, and it has acted for both private landowners and public authorities, so its lawyers are familiar with both sides of a planning dispute.
- I've received a development charges or education development charges notice, can Overland help?
- Overland advises on development charges and education development charges, along with parkland dedication and property tax assessment, the fees and levies that typically come with a development project in Ontario.
- Does the firm handle expropriation matters?
- Yes. Overland acts for both expropriating authorities and property owners whose land is being expropriated.
- How long has Overland LLP been practicing planning law in Toronto?
- The firm was founded in 2013 by Brad Teichman, Christopher Tanzola, and Daniel Artenosi, and it has been ranked among the Top Ten Planning Law Firms in the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area since 2015.
- Where is Overland LLP located and how big is the firm?
- Overland's office is at 5255 Yonge Street in Toronto. The firm has eight lawyers, four partners and four associates, and it focuses entirely on land use planning, development, and municipal law rather than general practice.
Where to find them
Yonge-Norton Centre, 5255 Yonge Street, Suite 1101, Toronto, ON M2N 6P4 · 416-730-0337
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