Arturo Pugliese is a Partner in the Real Estate Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP whose practice focuses on real estate transactions, particularly in the areas of purchase and sale, financing and commercial leasing.
His commercial real estate practice encompasses various industries and client types, including foreign investors interested in adding Canadian real estate to their investment portfolios.
Additionally, Arturo regularly advises both national and individual landlords and tenants, in a broad range of property types and areas associated with commercial leasing. Combined with his significant experience in franchise law, he provides tailored real estate advice to franchisors and franchisees.
Prior to joining WeirFoulds, Arturo was a Partner at a law firm focused on business and public law in Canada, with offices throughout Ontario and satellite offices in New York. In this role, Arturo helped clients build a sustainable legal framework to help them grow and reach their business objectives, providing counsel to a wide range of clients.
Arturo is a member of the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee at the Canadian Franchise Association and a member of the Independent Review Committee for a Toronto-based asset management firm. Since 2019, he has also volunteered his expertise as General Counsel of Friends of the Orphans Canada also travelling to the Caribbean to build an addition to an orphanage.
Arturo Pugliese is a Partner in the Real Estate Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP whose practice focuses on real estate transactions, particularly in the areas of purchase and sale, financing and commercial leasing.
His commercial real estate practice encompasses various industries and client types, including foreign investors interested in adding Canadian real estate to their investment portfolios.
Additionally, Arturo regularly advises both national and individual landlords and tenants, in a broad range of property types and areas associated with commercial leasing. Combined with his significant experience in franchise law, he provides tailored real estate advice to franchisors and franchisees.
Prior to joining WeirFoulds, Arturo was a Partner at a law firm focused on business and public law in Canada, with offices throughout Ontario and satellite offices in New York. In this role, Arturo helped clients build a sustainable legal framework to help them grow and reach their business objectives, providing counsel to a wide range of clients.
Arturo is a member of the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee at the Canadian Franchise Association and a member of the Independent Review Committee for a Toronto-based asset management firm. Since 2019, he has also volunteered his expertise as General Counsel of Friends of the Orphans Canada also travelling to the Caribbean to build an addition to an orphanage.
Partner Arturo Pugliese will speak during the 24th annual OBA Franchise Law Conference, which will be hosted by the Ontario Bar Association’s Franchise Law Section on Thursday, November 27, 2025.