Best Lawyers in Alberta, Canada for Corporate Governance Practice
Kirk Litvenenko's core practice areas include: corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalization and reorganization transactions and public and private offerings of debt and equity. Kirk is focused on providing elite client service. Kirk builds high-performance internal working teams that are specifically designed to collaboratively service each client's specific and unique needs. Excellent service builds client loyalty and strong relationships, as such, many of the clients for...
Jennifer Kennedy's practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters, with a focus on public and private financings, including cross-border financings, mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructurings and related-party transactions. Ms. Kennedy has acted for issuers, selling shareholders, independent committees of boards of directors, investment dealers and private equity investors in a variety of debt and equity capital market transactions, including project financings. Ms. Kenned...
Crispin is the Administrative Partner of the Calgary office and practices in the areas of business law, corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, and energy. He advises clients on corporate finance, public and private M&A, corporate reorganizations, and governance matters across a range of industries, including oil and gas, oilfield services, mining, power, and manufacturing. Crispin has significant experience with corporate finance and securities transactions, including...
Kevin Johnson’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters, acting for a variety of participants in capital markets transactions. He has acted for issuers, selling shareholders, independent committees of boards of directors and investment dealers in public and private offerings of securities, related-party transactions, corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Johnson has significant experience in cross-border public offerings and both friendly and hosti...
Joseph Yurkovich is a native Edmontonian and a corporate tax lawyer focusing on M&A and tax efficient structures, including limited partnerships with pension investors. Over 40 years of practice, he has assisted drafting of Alberta legislation for ULCs, other corporate law issues and automobile vicarious liability, and advised clients on corporate governance issues, successful take-over bid and shareholder proposals. Apart from his secondment to the tax group of an international accountin...
Katherine Prusinkiewicz is the knowledge lawyer for the Calgary office, working to leverage the practice's collective wisdom to ensure efficiency and uniform quality. She supports lawyers in our business law group with model documents and precedents, legal updates, training and other information needs and assists in our client communication program. As a result of our knowledge management initiatives and the practice’s culture of contributing and sharing knowledge, our clients can expec...
Carolyn maintains a corporate commercial practice with a focus on business transactions, including private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate reorganizations, and debt and equity financings. She also advises clients on corporate governance and general corporate and securities law matters. Carolyn regularly acts for Canadian and U.S. private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as clients in the energy sector, including midstream companie...
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