Leslie Candes

Leslie Candes is the General Counsel at JEN. She joined JEN in 2023 and provides legal guidance on all of the firm’s legal activities. Her responsibilities include oversight of all land banking and real estate acquisition and development documents, litigation and corporate matters. Before joining JEN, Ms. Candes was the Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel- US for Mattamy Homes where she oversaw all of their legal activities in the US. Prior to that, Ms. Candes was an attorney in private practice in Orlando, Florida.

Ms. Candes graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in Criminology and from Stetson University College of Law with Juris Doctorate of Law.