Partner | Commercial Leasing

Natalie is a leader in the field of Canadian commercial leasing lawyers. On January 1, 1995, Natalie co-founded the firm of Daoust Vukovich LLP. She has been named in Lexpert's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada every year since it was first published 24 years ago.

Natalie has practiced in the commercial leasing area of law for 39 years. She is fully conversant with all types of commercial property lease transactions across all income-producing sectors. Natalie also negotiates and finalizes shared facilities, property management and other agreements related to commercial properties. Natalie is frequently called upon for lease interpretations and opinions, as well as strategic guidance on landlord-tenant disputes. Her practice is balanced between representing the developer/owner’s interests and those of the user/tenant, all along the institutional to entrepreneurial spectrum. Natalie’s approach to problem-solving is both sophisticated and pragmatic.

As an active participant in the Canadian commercial real estate industry, Natalie has chaired conferences, moderated and spoken on panels and volunteered for industry organizations including NAIOP and ICSC (Canada and USA). She has written for many publications, participated as faculty and led workshops at numerous legal symposia hosted by The Law Society of Ontario, Georgetown University Law Center's Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute (now hosted by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), The Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) and other seminar providers. Natalie is recognized by ACRITAS as a Star Lawyer and has been identified in the Chambers & Partners guide as a specialist.

Natalie received a B.Sc. (Mathematics) from Laurentian University in 1980 and her LL.B. from Dalhousie University in 1983. She was called to the Ontario bar in 1985.

Recognition & Awards

Listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024 edition (Most Frequently Recommended – 26^th consecutive time).
Listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023 edition (Most Frequently Recommended)
Listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024 edition (Most Frequently Recommended).
Named in Lexpert’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada every year since it was first published.

Natalie Vukovich

P: 416-597-8911

E: nvukovich@dv-law.com

Luisa Sabadello

Legal Assistant

P: 416-597-6779

E: luisas@dv-law.com

Memberships

Member | Canadian Bar Association
Member | Ontario Bar Association
Member | Law Society of Ontario
Member | International Council of Shopping Centers
Member | NAIOP (Toronto Chapter)

AcritasStar

Education

Called to the Bar | Ontario, 1985
LL.B. | Dalhousie University
B.Sc., Mathematics | Laurentian University

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Commercial Leasing

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