Jennifer M. Wong

OVERVIEW

Jennifer is an associate in the firm’s Real Estate Group, with a focus on secured financing transactions and commercial leasing matters. She is an active participant in the legal and broader community, serving as a director for Lawyers for Climate Justice, a volunteer lawyer with Access Pro Bono, and a member of the firm’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee.

Prior to joining the firm, Jennifer practiced at a global firm in downtown Vancouver where she assisted clients with a wide range of real estate and corporate-commercial matters, and represented financial institutions, corporations, and individuals.

Outside of the office, Jennifer enjoys playing softball, coddling her two cats, and painting with watercolours.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT WORK

Lending:

Representing both institutional and private lenders, as well as borrowers, with respect to loan transactions, including the preparation, negotiation, and registration of security documents.

• Acts for Schedule I banks regarding mortgage takeouts and commercial mortgages in British Columbia; and
• Acted for a private lender secured by a $14.7 million commercial mortgage over Lower Mainland property.

Leasing:

Advising commercial landlords and tenants by preparing, reviewing, and negotiating lease agreements, renewals, extensions, and modifications.

• Regularly acts for a commercial landlord regarding a mixed-use development containing 100+ office and retail units
• Advises tenants at all stages of commercial lease transactions, including structuring offers to lease, reviewing landlord forms of leases, and providing advice on tenant inducements

Real Estate Development:

Preparing disclosure statements on behalf of developers, including for phased developments and bare land strata.

• Disclosure statements for a mixed-use phased development, including title reports summarizing registered encumbrances and air space parcel agreements
• Facilitating development sales and obtaining inventory financing
• Advises clients on the ins-and-outs of stratifying property through strata lots versus air space parcel division

General Real Estate:

Advising clients on all matters pertaining to the acquisition, financing, and sale of real property.

• Acted on behalf of a purchaser to acquire three commercial properties with 13 tenants
• Acted on behalf of a $10 million financing transaction, assisting the client to leverage their newly-purchased real estate and existing property.

PRESENTATIONS

“Structuring and Negotiating Real Estate Transactions: A Day in the Life of a Real Estate Lawyer” – Presented to the Centre for Business Law, Peter A. Allard School of Law, The University of British Columbia, 2024 (with Aneez Devji, Partner)

“Top Issues in Lease Negotiations” – Presented to Richards Buell Sutton LLP Commercial Leasing Breakfast Seminar, 2024

“Mortgage Law Update” – Presented to the 15th Annual Residential Real Estate Conference, 2022

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Director, Lawyers for Climate Justice (2023 – present)
• Volunteer Lawyer, Access Pro Bono (2022 – present)
• Legal Intern, West Coast Environmental Law (2016)
• Clinician, Law Students’ Legal Advice Program (2016)