Dennis has been ranked as Most Frequently Recommended leading practitioner in Toronto for Property Leasing in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory since the inaugural edition, and has also been included in all relevant editions of Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada. He has been qualified in court as an expert in commercial landlord and tenant law. Since 1978, his practice has focused on commercial leasing and development law. He has extensive experience in all aspects of large and complex commercial, retail, office, and industrial leasing transactions across Canada and the United States. Dennis has written and lectured on topics such as landlord and tenant remedies, ground leases, the use of commercial leases as a creative financing technique, lease negotiation strategies, income tax aspects of commercial lease transactions, restrictive covenants, leasehold improvement construction problems, insurance risk management, HST and commercial leases, construction contracts, architect's agreements, telecommunications license agreements, and a variety of other topics.
