While other top firms are clustered in the downtown core, we at Davies Howe call King Street West and the Entertainment District our home. It suits our style – sharp, urban and contemporary.
Our values are simple and we live them every day – Integrity, Creativity, Excellence and Teamwork.
We call it ICE-T.
Summer Student Position for Summer 2023
Davies Howe LLP is looking for an exceptional student to join our Land Use Development and Litigation teams for the summer of 2023.
Our Land Use Development team advises clients on a broad range of land use and real estate development approvals. We regularly act for developers and land owners on a host of matters ranging from large-scale development applications for residential, commercial, industrial and mixed use projects, to applications facilitating small-scale infill projects. Our lawyers appear regularly before the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) and the Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB).
Davies Howe LLP represents clients throughout Toronto and southern Ontario and is listed annually as one of the top-three development law firms by the development industry publication Novae Res Urbis.
Our litigation group represents clients at various levels of the Courts with a focus on insurance defence, employment and general commercial litigation. Our litigation group also represents clients in complex litigation related to land development matters including judicial reviews and appeals of decisions issued by administrative tribunals.
Learning opportunities include:
- Working directly alongside partners and associates at tribunal hearings and before the courts including the preparation of originating processes and hearing documents;
- Participating at examinations for discovery, witness preparation meetings, and assisting at hearings and mediations;
- Revising and updating agreements relating to a wide variety of matters associated with the practice of land development law and litigation; and
- Conducting legal research on matters of evolving law and land use policies.
Our student should expect to regular and direct contact with clients while at Davies Howe.
Required skills and attributes:
- A strong academic background;
- Excellent writing and research skills;
- Strong interpersonal skills;
- Entrepreneurial ambition; and
- Creativity.
Application Details
Interested candidates should include the following in their application packages:
- A covering letter;
- The candidate’s current curriculum vitae;
- Copies of transcripts (Law School and Undergraduate); and
- Letters of reference, if available.
Preference will be given to candidates with backgrounds or experience –academic or practical – in real estate development and/or urban planning.
Applications are to be submitted by no later than November 30, 2022.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Davies Howe LLP is a busy and growing downtown Toronto (Adelaide and Brant) law firm looking. Davies Howe LLP is recognized as one of the Top 10 Development Law Firms in both the GTA and GTHA with our lawyers involved in practically every major decision. Our firm requires all firm members to be fully vaccinated with a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine (3 shots plus two weeks). If you are offered employment, you will find a vaccination clause in your offer of employment.
Currently we are working in a hybrid environment.
Candidates are asked to email their resume, cover letter in confidence to: hiring@davieshowe.com.