
Overview
Ian Andres is a partner and heads the Municipal and Land Development Group at Goodmans.
Ian’s practice encompasses a wide variety of administrative law matters for public and private sector clients throughout Ontario. He specializes in municipal and planning issues, assisting clients on complex development applications and land use policy appeals with significant growth management, infrastructure, servicing, environmental and heritage components. He frequently represents property owners in expropriation proceedings, court applications, tax assessment and rebate appeals, and has extensive experience with land valuation, development charges, tax incentive grants and brownfield remediation programs. He also provides advice on a broad range of other municipal issues including governance, accountability, by-law interpretation, financing, taxation, licensing, permitting, procurement and lobbying.
Ian regularly appears before municipal committees and councils, the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the Ontario Municipal Board and Local Planning Appeal Tribunal), the Toronto Local Appeal Body, the Assessment Review Board and the Superior Court of Justice.
In 2018, Ian was honoured as one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40. He was recently selected by his peers in Best Lawyers in Canada (2023) for his work in administrative, public, municipal and real estate law, and he is recognized in real estate: zoning and land use law by Chambers Canada (2023) and in property development by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2023), and featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure (2023).
Expertise
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Development Changes and Infrastructure Financing
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Dispute Resolution
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Environmental
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Expropriation
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Judicial Review
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Municipal and Land Development
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Property Assessment and Taxation
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Real Estate
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Regulatory, Administrative and Public Law
Featured Work
Ian’s representative work includes acting for:
- residential subdivision developers in the Greater Golden Horseshoe in respect of land use policy and planning approvals for greenfield projects and the creation of new communities
- mid-rise and high-rise developers in the Greater Toronto Area in respect of land use policy and planning approvals for mixed-use infill and intensification projects
- individual property owners in connection with severance and minor variance applications and appeals
- individual property owners and tenants in connection with tax assessment appeals and expropriation matters
- municipalities and other public sector entities in respect of governance, regulatory, jurisdictional and financing disputes
Awards & Recognition
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Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure Canada's Leading Infrastructure Lawyers 2023
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The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Recognized, Property Deveopment 2023
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Chambers Canada Recognized, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Ontario 2023
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Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized: Administrative and Public Law, Municipal Law, Real Estate Law 2023
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Chambers Canada Ranked, Up and Coming, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use - Ontario 2022
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Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized: Administrative and Public Law, Municipal Law, Real Estate Law 2022
Credentials
Professional Involvement
Credentials
- University of Toronto, J.D., 2006, with Honours Standing
- University of Toronto, B.A., 2002, Honours with Distinction
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association, Past Chair of Municipal Law Section Executive
Call to Bar
- 2007 Ontario
Insights
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Environmental
Ontario Proposes to Consolidate Environment and Land Tribunals
The Government of Ontario recently introduced legislation that proposes to combine an existing cluster of five land and environmental tribunals into a single entity called the Ontario Land Tribunal…
News & Events
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Construction and Infrastructure
Goodmans Recognized in the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2023
We are delighted to announce that the Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure 2023 has once again recognized Goodmans LLP lawyers among Canada's experts in the infrastructure… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023 Continues to Recognize Goodmans
We are proud to announce we have once again been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023.85 Goodmans lawyers have been recognized as top-tier in their fields and leaders across… -
Mergers and Acquisitions
Chambers and Partners Continues to Honour Goodmans with Top Tier Recognition
We are delighted to announce Goodmans LLP has once again received top tier recognition from Chambers and Partners in the Chambers Canada 2023 Guide released today. Recognition from Chambers…