Andrea White

Andrea is a Partner in our Toronto office. Andrea joined Shibley Righton LLP in April, 2011, bringing to the firm a broad base of experience, especially in the areas of real property law.

She represents one of the charitable foundation’s lotteries, has advised on the purchase and financing of a very large commercial/industrial portfolio, and has acted for one of the largest landlords in Canada. She has also acted for individual tenants on their commercial leases, demonstrating a wide range of ability and experience.

Before joining Shibley Righton LLP, Andrea spent more than a decade in the Toronto office of one of Canada’s largest national firms, building a reputation in business real estate and immigration. She was the senior lawyer for the firm across Canada and overseas, and in terms of real estate, developed solid expertise in commercial, industrial, carriage trade residential, financings, refinancing, mining and leasing.

Andrea has spoken at such organizations as the Quebec Bar Association, the U.S.-Canada Board of Trade Joint Conference in Washington, D.C., and the Centre for International Legal Studies in Salzburg, Austria. She has been an instructor for the Real Estate section for the Canadian Bar Association Course, and is a member of the OBA Real Estate section. She is also a past member of the executive of the immigration section, and is a past member of the International Centre for Shopping Centres, the mentor committee of Commercial Real Estate Women, and the Centre for International Legal Studies. She has spoken at the Six Minute Commercial Leasing seminars and has been a contributor to the Real Property Reports providing case commentaries. She has also written chapters in several books including the Shopping Centre Leases and Distress.

Andrea has an Honours B. A. from the University of Western Ontario, and earned her law degree from the University of New Brunswick. She articled in Toronto and was called to the Bar in 1991.