Vince Fuda

Vince Fuda is a Senior Associate at Dentons, based in Toronto, specialising in the area of commercial leasing. His practice focuses on Real Estate Law.

With a deep understanding of both the legal and business aspects of the field, Vince represents a diverse range of clients, including landlords, tenants, developers, property managers, franchisors and retailers across sectors including luxury fashion, quick-service dining, fitness and grocery retail.

He has extensive experience in the drafting and negotiation of commercial leases and related ancillary agreements for office, retail, industrial and mixed-use properties. In addition to leasing, he has experience negotiating property management agreements, licence agreements, telecom access agreements and collateral access agreements.

A regular contributor to commercial leasing discourse, Vince has hosted roundtables at the ICSC Canadian Law Conference and is a contributing author of the Second Edition of Assignment, Subletting, and Change of Control in a Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide. He is also a past contributor to the Law Society of Ontario's Eight-Minute Commercial Leasing Lawyer program.

His experience includes advising 1-800-Radiator Canada and its shareholders on a strategic partnership with Alfar Capital to support an expansion across Canada; advising Motorola Solutions, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Futurecom Systems Group; advising on the formation of a joint venture to acquire a clean energy solutions provider under CCAA proceedings; advising Continental Battery Company on its acquisition of Great Northern Battery Systems Inc.; advising LaSalle Investment Management on the acquisition from Carttera of three fully occupied, single-tenant buildings, including an Amazon warehouse, comprising more than 600,000 square feet in the Greater Toronto Area; and advising Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. in its acquisition of Friendly Stranger Holdings Corp., making Fire & Flower the largest cannabis retailer in Canada.

He holds a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School (2018) and an Honours Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from the University of Toronto (2015). He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association.