Jillian Karras

Avocate principale

Vancouver
JKarras@blg.com
604.640.4068
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Jillian (Jill) has in-depth expertise in commercial real estate law, with a focus on acquisitions/sales and commercial leasing and real estate-based financing.

Jill’s diverse client base includes real property and commercial developers, landlords, tenants, chartered banks, corporations, and institutional and private lenders.

She leads major acquisition, financing, development, restructuring, and securitization deals, offering strategic advice to her clients.

Experience

  • Working on the largest residential development project in the history of the City of Vancouver.
  • Acting for Alterra Mountain Company through the complex acquisition of Mike Wiegele Heli-Skiing, ensuring a smooth transition and handling a significant real estate component.
  • Assisted a large real estate investment, development and management company to streamline and manage real estate leasing at premier shopping centers in BC and Alberta, enhancing tenant relations and optimizing property utilization.

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2024) of The Best Lawyers in Canada® as “Ones to Watch” (Commercial Leasing Law & Real Estate Law) and in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada® "Ones to Watch" (Real Estate Law)

Bar Admission & Education

  • Colombie-Britannique, 2016
  • Alberta, 2016
  • J.D., Université Thompson Rivers, 2015
  • International Business Certificate (Distinction), Grenoble École de Management, 2011
  • B.B.A. (Hons.), Simon Fraser University, 2010