Stacey J. Handley

Stacey Handley is a partner at the Vancouver office of Gowling WLG and has been practising commercial real estate law for over 30 years. She advises clients on a range of matters, including major sales and acquisitions and the leasing, development, subdivision, and financing of commercial properties. A significant part of her practice involves leasing commercial retail, office, and industrial properties where she acts on behalf of both landlords and major tenants. Stacey also possesses considerable experience in the development and financing of gaming, entertainment, and hotel resort properties. Serving a diverse clientele, she provides strategic legal advice to investment funds, real estate developers, commercial landlords and tenants, financial institutions, and borrowers. Stacey speaks regularly across Canada at conferences on legal issues facing commercial landlords and tenants. Stacey has been recognized for years in both The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Best Lawyers™ Canada as a leading practitioner in property leasing and real estate law and in 2017, she received the Best Lawyers® Commercial Leasing “Lawyer of the Year” award in Vancouver. She was named in the Legal 500 Canada in 2021 and in Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers 2023 and 2024 lists.